The Works of the English Poets: Pope's Homer. The Iliad -v.37-38 Pope's Homer. The OdysseyH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... wound 3 Fierce as he mov'd , his filver fhafts refound . Breathing revenge , a sudden night he spread , And gloomy darkness roll❜d about his head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates ...
... wound 3 Fierce as he mov'd , his filver fhafts refound . Breathing revenge , a sudden night he spread , And gloomy darkness roll❜d about his head . The fleet in view , he twang'd his deadly bow , And hiffing fly the feather'd fates ...
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... wounds of war . 220 But know , proud monarch , I'm thy flave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Theffalia's fhore .. Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What fpoils , what conquefts , fhall Atrides gain ? To this the king : Fly ...
... wounds of war . 220 But know , proud monarch , I'm thy flave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Theffalia's fhore .. Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What fpoils , what conquefts , fhall Atrides gain ? To this the king : Fly ...
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... wound . At this , the fire embrac'd the maid again , So fadly loft , fo lately fought in vain . ' Then near the altar of the darting king , Difpos'd in rank their hecatomb they bring : With water purify their hands , and take The facred ...
... wound . At this , the fire embrac'd the maid again , So fadly loft , fo lately fought in vain . ' Then near the altar of the darting king , Difpos'd in rank their hecatomb they bring : With water purify their hands , and take The facred ...
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... wound ; There groan'd the chief in agonizing pain , 870 875 880 Whom Greece at length shall wish , nor with in vain . His forces Medon led from Lemnos ' fhore , Oïleus ' fon , whom beauteous Rhena bore . 885 Th ' Oechalian race , in ...
... wound ; There groan'd the chief in agonizing pain , 870 875 880 Whom Greece at length shall wish , nor with in vain . His forces Medon led from Lemnos ' fhore , Oïleus ' fon , whom beauteous Rhena bore . 885 Th ' Oechalian race , in ...
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... wounds and death they bring , And all the war defcends upon the wing . But filent , breathing rage , resolv'd and skill'd By mutual aids to fix a doubtful field , Swift march the Greeks : the rapid duft around Darkening arifes from the ...
... wounds and death they bring , And all the war defcends upon the wing . But filent , breathing rage , resolv'd and skill'd By mutual aids to fix a doubtful field , Swift march the Greeks : the rapid duft around Darkening arifes from the ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt chariot chief cloſe counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcend Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft hoftile Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian maid Menelaus mighty monarch moſt muſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince proud Pylian race rage rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhield ſhore ſhould Simoïs ſkies ſpear ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wiſdom wound
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