The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorJones and Company, 1827 - 424 pages |
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Page viii
... Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief implored for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye ...
... Troy's proud walls lie level with the ground : May Jove restore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief implored for grace , The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye ...
Page ix
... Troy's destruction came ! To count them all , demands a thousand tongues , A throat of brass and adamantine lungs . Now , Virgin Goddesses , immortal Nine ! That round Olympus ' heavenly summit shine , Who see through Heaven and Earth ...
... Troy's destruction came ! To count them all , demands a thousand tongues , A throat of brass and adamantine lungs . Now , Virgin Goddesses , immortal Nine ! That round Olympus ' heavenly summit shine , Who see through Heaven and Earth ...
Page 27
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... Troy , the Greeks , having sacked some of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryseïs and Briseïs , allot- ted the first to Agamemnon , and last to Achilles . Chryses , the father of Chryseis , and ...
... Troy , the Greeks , having sacked some of the neighbouring towns , and taken from thence two beautiful captives , Chryseïs and Briseïs , allot- ted the first to Agamemnon , and last to Achilles . Chryses , the father of Chryseis , and ...
Page 11
... Troy's proud monarch , and the friends of Troy ! That adverse gods commit to stern debate The best , the bravest of the Grecian state . Young as ye are , this youthful heat restrain , Nor think your Nestor's years and wisdom vain . A ...
... Troy's proud monarch , and the friends of Troy ! That adverse gods commit to stern debate The best , the bravest of the Grecian state . Young as ye are , this youthful heat restrain , Nor think your Nestor's years and wisdom vain . A ...
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