The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian To all he sued , but chief implored for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye sons of Atreus ...
... chiefs untimely slain . The stern Pelides ' rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian To all he sued , but chief implored for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye sons of Atreus ...
Page xi
... chief bestow'd , Such from his arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with ...
... chief bestow'd , Such from his arms the fierce effulgence flow'd ; Onward she drives him , furious to engage , Where the fight burns , and where the thickest rage . When fresh he rears his radiant orb to sight , And gilds old Ocean with ...
Page 65
... chief give ear . Fays , Fairies , Genii , Elves , and Demons , hear ; Ye know the spheres , and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the aƫrial kind . Some in the fields of purest ether play , And bask and whiten in the blaze of ...
... chief give ear . Fays , Fairies , Genii , Elves , and Demons , hear ; Ye know the spheres , and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the aƫrial kind . Some in the fields of purest ether play , And bask and whiten in the blaze of ...
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... chief were those , who not for empire fought , But with their toils their people's safety bought : High o'er the rest Epaminondas stood ; Timoleon , glorious in his brother's blood ; Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , Great in ...
... chief were those , who not for empire fought , But with their toils their people's safety bought : High o'er the rest Epaminondas stood ; Timoleon , glorious in his brother's blood ; Bold Scipio , saviour of the Roman state , Great in ...
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... chief by whom our hosts are led , The king of kings , shall touch that sacred head . Encouraged thus , the blameless man replies : Nor vows unpaid , nor slighted sacrifice , But he , our chief , provoked the raging pest , Apollo's ...
... chief by whom our hosts are led , The king of kings , shall touch that sacred head . Encouraged thus , the blameless man replies : Nor vows unpaid , nor slighted sacrifice , But he , our chief , provoked the raging pest , Apollo's ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous 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 Menelaus mighty mind monarch mortal night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam pride prince proud Pylian 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