| Charles Butler - 1824 - 476 ページ
...translation, " Around her throne the vivid planets roll, " And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, 11 O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, " And..." Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light." To. the preference which Melmoth claims for the translation of this passage, over the original, an... | |
| Charles Butler - 1824 - 368 ページ
...solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing polo, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip...skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, An excuse for the ornaments, with which Pope luis studiously attempted to set off his translation,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1824 - 384 ページ
...o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed,...from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing iu the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Dion blaze.... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1901 - 654 ページ
...o'ercasts the solemn scene; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed,...sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays 1 The long... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 ページ
...the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing e cara So many flames l>efore proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1902 - 860 ページ
...the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing amour, and warmth, that the two parties of books,...while, waiting in suspense what would be the issue ; So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And lighten glimmering Xanthus with their rays ; The long... | |
| William Edward Simonds - 1902 - 510 ページ
...the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head." In this description Pope rises to his highest reach of power ; but, truly, his verses are not Homer.... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 666 ページ
...unnumbered gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks...bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, reIoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault and bless the useful light." — POPE'S translation of Homer's... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 ページ
...unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in...prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skiesThe conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, hand, So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1903 - 644 ページ
...the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from... | |
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