 ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry...  The Iliad, tr. by A. Pope - Page 29by Homerus - 1807Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 404 pages
...the first book stands thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, O Goddess, sing', wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 412 pages
...the first book stands thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing, That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, O Goddess, sing> wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian... | |
 | Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 324 pages
...warriors dead the Phrygian plain, And peopled the dark shades with heroes slain. It now stands thus : That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain — and was evidently altered to preserve the sense of the word. fourth my latter translations* and... | |
 | Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 318 pages
...warriors dead the Phrygian plain, And peopled the dark shades with heroes slain. It now stands thus : That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain — and was evidently altered to preserve the sense of the word. fourth my latter translations* and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 430 pages
...decline : Achilles wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, hcav'nly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and clouded... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1820 - 428 pages
...decline : Achilles wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. • In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and clouded... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...petition. Tin; scene lies in the Grecian camp, then changes to Chrysa, and lastly to Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd,...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburied, on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore : Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...and lastly to Olympus. THE ILIAD, BOOK I. s' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumberM, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore: Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1823 - 612 pages
...lines of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licences which an easy writer must decline ; Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurfd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the first... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 690 pages
...Hues of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licences which an easy writer must decline : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing. The wrath which hurt'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the first... | |
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