The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the Author |
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... Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : Between this manuscript , which is written upon accidental fragments of paper , and the printed edi- tion , there must have been an intermediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it ...
... Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : Between this manuscript , which is written upon accidental fragments of paper , and the printed edi- tion , there must have been an intermediate copy , that was perhaps destroyed as it ...
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... Troy were round the pillar seen ; Here fierce Tydides wounds the Cyprian queen Here Hector glorious from Patroclus ' fall , Here dragg'd in triumph round the Trojan wall . Motion and life did every part inspire , Bold was the work , and ...
... Troy were round the pillar seen ; Here fierce Tydides wounds the Cyprian queen Here Hector glorious from Patroclus ' fall , Here dragg'd in triumph round the Trojan wall . Motion and life did every part inspire , Bold was the work , and ...
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... Troy , the Greeks , having sacked some of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryseïs and Briseis , allotted the first to Agamemnon , and last to Achilles . Chryses , By these he begs ; and lowly ...
... Troy , the Greeks , having sacked some of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryseïs and Briseis , allotted the first to Agamemnon , and last to Achilles . Chryses , By these he begs ; and lowly ...
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... Troy . 10 Meantime the radiant sun , to mortal sight Descending swift , roll'd down the rapid light . Then to their starry domes the gods depart , The shining monuments of Vulcan's art : Jove on his couch reclined his awful head , And ...
... Troy . 10 Meantime the radiant sun , to mortal sight Descending swift , roll'd down the rapid light . Then to their starry domes the gods depart , The shining monuments of Vulcan's art : Jove on his couch reclined his awful head , And ...
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... Troy . For now no more the gods with fate contend , At Juno's suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits the impending fall . This hear observant , and the gods obey ! The vision ...
... Troy . For now no more the gods with fate contend , At Juno's suit the heavenly factions end . Destruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits the impending fall . This hear observant , and the gods obey ! The vision ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phœbus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth