 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
 | Creative week - 1856 - 414 pages
...thus renders into English verse : " Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburiedon the native shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | William Peter - 1856 - 590 pages
...by giving vie. my to the Trojan«. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unmunber'd, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to...reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limb? unbnried on the naked shore, Devouring dogs nnd hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...haughty chiefs their jars begun, Atrides, king of men, and Peleus' godlike son." POPE. " 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...haughty chiefs their jars begun, Atrides, king of men, and Peleus' godlike son." POPE. " 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... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - Poets, English - 1857 - 578 pages
...English versions. Thus Pope— " Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes umiumbcr'd, 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 At rides... | |
 | Robert Carruthers - Poets, English - 1857 - 554 pages
...close embodied crowd." Dennis : " While the bees are a close embodied crowd, how can they spread ?" " That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain." Dennis : " Now, I appeal to any impartial person if hurling souls to the gloomy reign of Pluto be not... | |
 | Joseph SPENCE - Authors, English - 1858 - 488 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 wpoi'a-iJ/EV. What a useful study might... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 504 pages
...lies in the Greelan camp, then changes to Chrysa, and lastly to Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Grcece lexander Pope unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore : Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Authors, Classical - 1861 - 632 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing ! That wrath which hnrl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...much more of the Homeric expression than Derby, and he does so in the present instance : " Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess, sing I" This sets forth the idea of Homer accurately enough, and it is poetical withal, though greatly inferior... | |
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