The Works of the British Poets, 第 12 巻John & Arthur Arch; and for Bell & Bradfute, and J. Mundell & Company Edinburgh., 1795 - 1157 ページ |
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... Should Venus leave thee , every charm must fly , Fade from thy cheek , and languish in thy eye . Ceafe to provoke me , left I make thee more The world's averfion than their love before ; Now the bright prize for which mankind engage ...
... Should Venus leave thee , every charm must fly , Fade from thy cheek , and languish in thy eye . Ceafe to provoke me , left I make thee more The world's averfion than their love before ; Now the bright prize for which mankind engage ...
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... Should Hector bafely quit the field of fame ? My early youth was bred to martial pains , My foul impels me to th ' embattled plains : Let me be foremost to defend the throne , And guard my father's glories , and my own . Yet come it ...
... Should Hector bafely quit the field of fame ? My early youth was bred to martial pains , My foul impels me to th ' embattled plains : Let me be foremost to defend the throne , And guard my father's glories , and my own . Yet come it ...
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... should want an equal foe . But , warriors , you , that youthful vigour boast , The flower of Greece , th ' examples of our host , Sprung from fuch fathers , who such numbers iway , Can you stand trembling , and defert the day ? His warm ...
... should want an equal foe . But , warriors , you , that youthful vigour boast , The flower of Greece , th ' examples of our host , Sprung from fuch fathers , who such numbers iway , Can you stand trembling , and defert the day ? His warm ...
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... should engage Thy friend to plead against so just a rage . But fince what honour afks , the general fends , And fends by those whom most thy heart com- mends , The best and nobleft of the Grecian train ; Permit not thefe to fue , and ...
... should engage Thy friend to plead against so just a rage . But fince what honour afks , the general fends , And fends by those whom most thy heart com- mends , The best and nobleft of the Grecian train ; Permit not thefe to fue , and ...
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... should provide , With each a fable lambkin by her fide ; At every rite his share should be increas'd , And his the foremost honours of the feast . Fear held them mute : alone , untaught to fear Tydides fpoke - The man you feek , is here ...
... should provide , With each a fable lambkin by her fide ; At every rite his share should be increas'd , And his the foremost honours of the feast . Fear held them mute : alone , untaught to fear Tydides fpoke - The man you feek , is here ...
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Achilles Æneas Ajax Alcinous ANTISTROPHE arms Atrides beneath blood bold brave breaft caft chief coaft courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fate feaft fear feas fecret feems fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fince fire firft fkies flain flame flies foft fome forrows foul fpear ftand ftill ftrength fuch fury fword Georgic Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion Jove king labours laft lefs loft mighty mortal muft Neptune night numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Pindar plain poet prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife ſhall ſhore ſkies ſpread ſtand ſtate Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe veffel Virgil whofe woes wound youth
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115 ページ - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cittern's silver sound : Through the fair streets, the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
419 ページ - All were attentive to the godlike man, When from his lofty couch he thus began: 'Great queen, what you command me to relate, Renews the sad remembrance of our fate: An empire from its old foundations rent, And...
iv ページ - This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer; and whatever commendations have been allowed them on this head, are by no means for their invention in having enlarged his circle, but for their judgment in having contracted it. For when the mode of learning changed in...
x ページ - That the Earl of Halifax was one of the first to favour me ; of whom it is hard to say whether the advancement of the polite arts is more owing to his generosity or his example...
37 ページ - Behold the mighty Hector's wife! Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
vi ページ - We ought to have a certain knowledge of the principal character and distinguishing excellence of each: it is in that we are to consider him, and in proportion to his degree in that we are to admire him. No author or man...
231 ページ - Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground: Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man.
126 ページ - Talk not of life, or ransom (he replies): Patroclus dead, whoever meets me, dies: In vain a single Trojan sues for grace; But least, the sons of Priam's hateful race. Die then, my friend! what boots it to deplore? The great, the good Patroclus is no more! He, far thy better, was foredoom'd to die, And thou, dost thou bewail mortality?
389 ページ - By this it is probable that Homer lived when the Median monarchy was grown formidable to the Grecians, and that the joint endeavours of his countrymen were little enough to preserve their common freedom from an encroaching enemy. Such was his moral, which all...