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" Thetis' son he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight, And thus commands the vision of the night : • . directs Fly hence, delusive dream, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent repair... "
The works of Samuel Johnson - Page 87
by Samuel Johnson - 1823
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The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An ...

Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...Leaders a-fleep : They allb pretended it was ridiculous to defcribe all H 4 the y To honour Thetis' fon he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war:. Then bids an empty Phantome rife to fight, And thus commands rhe Vifion of the night.. Fly hence, deluding Dream! and...
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The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 396 pages
...thrones above ; All, but the ever-wakeful eyes of Jove. To honour Thetis' fon he bends his care, ' 3 And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war : Then bids an empty phantom rife to fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night : Fly hence, deluding Dream ! and light as...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...empty phantom rife to fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night : diredls Fly hence, delufive dream, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent...th' embattled train, March all his legions to the dufty plairt. Now tell the King 'tis given him to deftroy Declare ev'n now The lofty walls of wide-extended...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets; with critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 516 pages
...Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above, All but the ever-watchful eye of Jove. To honour Thetis' fon he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rife to fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night : diredts Fly hence, delufive dream, and,...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 522 pages
...Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above, All but the ever-watchful eye of Jove. To honour Thetis' ton he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rife to fighf, And thus commands the vifion of the night : direfts Fly hence, delufive dream, and,...
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prefaces biographical and crirical to the works of the english poets

samuel johnson - 1781 - 396 pages
...'light sV -•V .'-":.i,;. - • ..'••;..:?:.• ' '.I air, To Agamemnon's royal tent Tepair ;• Bid him in arms draw forth th' embattled . train, "March all his legions to the duflyplaiH. Now tell the King 'tis given him to dcftrpy .iDeclaire ev'n now The lofty Avails of wide-extended...
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Pope. Pitt. Thomson. Watts. A. Philips. West. Collins. Dyer. Shenstone ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 516 pages
...Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above, All but the ever-watchful eye of Jove. To honour Thetis' fon he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. E 2 Then Then bids an empty phantom rife to fight,And thus commands the vifion of the night : direfb...
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The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 418 pages
...night: direds Fly hence, delufive dream, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent repair:; Eid him in arms draw forth ;th' embattled train, March all his legions to the dirfty plain. Now tell the King 'tis;given him to deftroy Declare ev'a now The lofty walls of wide-extended...
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The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets;: With Critical ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1783 - 504 pages
...phantom rife tb fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night : direfts Fly hencfc, delufive drearn, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arm's draw forth th' embattled train, March all his legions to the dufty plain. Now tell the King 'tis...
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The lives of the most eminent English poets (concluded). Miscellaneous lives

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 650 pages
...Immortals flumber'd on their thrones above, All but the ever-watchful eye of Jove. To honour Thetis' fon he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rife to fight, And thus commands the vifion of the night : ; directs Fly hence, delufive dream, and...
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