 Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable...  Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... - Page 311805 - 358 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Edward Tyas Cook - Books and reading - 1919 - 432 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. " You must not call it Homer," said Bentley... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 pages
...trans. 13 "Hie rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame. HOMER— Iliad. Bk.XI. L.394. POPE'S trans. 14 ittle, the whole matter And copy of the father, eye, nose, lip, HOMER— Iliad. Bk.XII. L. 393. POPE'S trans. 15 Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame. HOMER... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1928 - 280 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge the soul to war, But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give.' power of this brilliant work. Its merit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poetry - 1963 - 884 pages
...than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I shou'd not vainly dare 45 In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble Age must come, Disease,...Us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe ; 50 Brave, tho' we fall; and honour'd, if we live; Or let us Glory gain, or Glory give! He said, his... | |
 | Galvano Della Volpe - Philosophy - 1991 - 276 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war: But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease,...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; or see his rendition of Priam's speech of desperation to Hector. Similarly, Arnold warned Ruskin not... | |
 | Robin Sowerby - Greece - 1995 - 230 pages
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas! ignoble age must come, Disease,...fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!' Sarpedon asks Glaucus why they are singled... | |
 | Helen Deutsch - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 300 pages
...Fearful than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I shou'd not vainly dare In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble Age must come, Disease,...bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; Brave, tho we fall; and honour'd, if we live; Or let us Glory gain, or Glory give! (27— 52)25 This oration... | |
 | Simon Dentith - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 228 pages
...Fearful than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I should not vainly dare, In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble Age must come. Disease, and Death's inexorable Doom; The Life which othets pay, let Us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; Brave, tho' we fall; and honour'd,... | |
 | María Pía Lara - Philosophy - 2001 - 320 pages
...Fearful than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I shou'd not vainly dare In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble Age must come, Disease,...bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; Brave, tho' we fall; and honour'd, if we live; Or let us Glory gain, or Glory give! The young man at Auschwitz,... | |
 | Richard Claverhouse Jebb - Philosophy - 2002 - 312 pages
...always, — forward ! Either we shall give glory to a foeman, or he to us.' Pope translates : — ' But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease,...us bestow. And give to fame what we to nature owe." The two last verses are an expansion of the one Greek word, lopev, — 'forward!' — and how the balanced... | |
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