 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
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1874 - 798 pages
...Subjects), at the end of the second volume, was wholly mine. January, 1734." 13 » ILIAD. Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! i Booh i. Line I. The distant Trojans never injured me. Booh i. Line 200. Shakes his ambrosial curls,... | |
 | Charles Carroll Bombaugh - Anthologies - 1875 - 868 pages
...to Greece the [direful] spring Of woes unnumbered, [Heavenly] Goddess, sing! That wrath which hurled 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 — Now turn from the Iliad... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1875 - 794 pages
...soul stood ready wing'd for flight, And-o'er his eyeballs swum the shades of night. POPE. Thatwrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. POPE. The rest are vanish'd, none repass the gate, And not a man appears to tell their fate. POPE.... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...life who could not bear another's misfortunes perfectly like a Christian. • ibid. ILIAD. Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! Book i. Line I. The distant Trojans never injured me. . Book i. Line 200. Shakes his ambrosial curls,... | |
 | Homer - 1877 - 558 pages
...petition. The 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1896 - 794 pages
...fainting soul stood ready wing'd for flight, And o'er his eyeballs swum the shades of night. POPE. That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. POPE. The rest are vanish'd, none repass the gate, And not a man appears to tell their fate. POPE.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hepburn Millar - English poetry - 1896 - 316 pages
...and the words placed under them adopted in their stead. The beginning of the first book stands thus: That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, " The stern Policies' rage, O Goddess, sing, Grecian... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 216 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurled 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 218 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing I That wrath which hurled 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 218 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing I That wrath which hurled 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... | |
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