 O Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles ; sing the deadly wrath that brought Woes numberless upon the Greeks, and swept To Hades many a valiant soul, and gave Their limbs a prey to dogs and birds of air, — For so had Jove appointed, —...  The Atlantic Monthly - Page 921867Full view - About this book
 | Theology - 1870 - 588 pages
...of men, And high Achilles, wrangling fell apart. Mr. Bryant translates as follows : — O, Qoddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles; sing the...Men, And great Achilles — parted first as foes. For the sake of the comparison, we subjoin Cowper's rendering, and Derby's. Of Derby's version, as... | |
 | Homer - Trojan War - 1870 - 728 pages
...beaten open by Hector with a Stone. — His Entrance at the Head of his Troops. 313 THE ILIAD. BOOK I. O GODDESS ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles...gave Their limbs a prey to dogs and birds of air, — 5 For so had Jove appointed, — from the time When the two chiefs, Atrides, king of men, And great... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1871 - 436 pages
...375 THE ILIAD. THE ILIAD. BOOK I. GODDESS! sing the wrath of Peleus" son, Achilles; sing the deadlv wrath that brought Woes numberless upon the Greeks,...prey to dogs and birds of air, — $ For so had Jove appointed,—from the time When the two chiefs, Atrides, king of men, And great Achilles, parted first... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - American literature - 1872 - 658 pages
...enemy never sleeps ; And thou must watch and combat till the day Of the new earth and heaven. EOMER. O GODDESS ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles...king of men, And great Achilles — parted first as toes. Which of the gods put strife between the chiefs, That they should thus contend ? Latona's son,... | |
 | American literature - 1872 - 660 pages
...sleeps ; And thou must watch and combat till the day Of the new earth and heaven. HOMES. O GODDESS I sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles ; sing the...so had Jove appointed, from the time When the two chieis — Atridcs, king of men, And great Achilles — parted first as foes. Which of the gods put... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - English literature - 1874 - 362 pages
...Atrides, king of men, And high Achilles, wrangling fell apart. Mr. Bryant translates as follows : — O Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles...of men, And great Achilles, parted first as foes. For the sake of the comparison, we subjoin Cowper's rendering, and Derby's. Of Derby's version, as... | |
 | William Cleaver Wilkinson - English literature - 1874 - 360 pages
...Atrides, king of men, And high Achilles, wrangling fell apart. Mr. Bryant translates as follows:— O Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles;...prey to dogs and birds of air,— For so had Jove appointed,—from the time When the two chiefs, Atrides, king of men, And great Achilles, parted first... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 400 pages
...The mighty Agamemnon, King of men, Confronted stood by Peleus' godlike son." s And Mr. Bryant thus : "O Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles...of men, And great Achilles, parted first as foes." We do not need to point out the greater simplicity, vigor and compactness of the latter version. The... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 404 pages
...war, The mighty Agamemnon, King of men, Confronted stood by Peleus' godlike son." And Mr. Bryant thus: "O Goddess ! sing the wrath of Peleus' son, Achilles...prey to dogs and birds of air,— For so had Jove appointed,—from the time When the two chiefs, Atrides, king of men, And great Achilles, parted first... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 404 pages
...Confronted stood by Peleus' godlike son." And Mr. Bryant thus: "0 Goddess ! iing the wrath of Peleus' ton, Achilles ; sing the deadly wrath that brought Woes...Their limbs a prey to dogs and birds of air,— For BO had Jove appointed, — from the time When the two chiefs, Atrides, king of men, And great Achilles,... | |
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