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
... rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian That strew'd with warriors dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely ...
... rage O Goddess , sing , wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring , Grecian That strew'd with warriors dead the Phrygian plain , Heroes And peopled the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely ...
Page ix
... rage . translation proceeded : the four first books appeared in The reputation of this great work failed of gaining him. We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes ...
... rage . translation proceeded : the four first books appeared in The reputation of this great work failed of gaining him. We , wretched mortals ! lost in doubts below , But guess by rumour , and but boast we know ) Oh ! say what heroes ...
Page xxx
... rage , Still leave some ancient virtues to our age : Nor let us say ( those English glories gone ) , The last true Briton lies beneath this stone . The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of common - places , though somewhat ...
... rage , Still leave some ancient virtues to our age : Nor let us say ( those English glories gone ) , The last true Briton lies beneath this stone . The epitaph on Withers affords another instance of common - places , though somewhat ...
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... rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease , And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the bliss above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound , When the ...
... rage disarm ; Music can soften pain to ease , And make despair and madness please : Our joys below it can improve , And antedate the bliss above . This the divine Cecilia found , And to her Maker's praise confined the sound , When the ...
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... rage , Destructive war , and all - involving age . See from each clime the learn'd their incense bring ! Hear , in all tongues consenting Pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind ...
... rage , Destructive war , and all - involving age . See from each clime the learn'd their incense bring ! Hear , in all tongues consenting Pæans ring ! In praise so just let every voice be join'd , And fill the general chorus of mankind ...
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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 descend 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 honour Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phoebus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shew 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