The Iliad of HomerG. Bell & sons, 1878 - 459 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 87
Page xxxvi
... heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment . Homer not only appears the inventor of poetry , but excels all the inventors of other arts in this , that he has swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him . What he has done ...
... heart of a reader under the strongest enchantment . Homer not only appears the inventor of poetry , but excels all the inventors of other arts in this , that he has swallowed up the honour of those who succeeded him . What he has done ...
Page 8
... heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast . Distracting thoughts by turns his bosom rul'd , Now fir'd by wrath , and now by reason cool'd : 250 That prompts his hand to draw the deadly sword , 255 Force thro ' the Greeks , and ...
... heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast . Distracting thoughts by turns his bosom rul'd , Now fir'd by wrath , and now by reason cool'd : 250 That prompts his hand to draw the deadly sword , 255 Force thro ' the Greeks , and ...
Page 11
... heart . ' 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk along the barren sands : Arriv'd , the hero in his tent they find , 430 ; With gloomy aspect , on his arm reclin'd . At awful distance long they silent ...
... heart . ' 425 Th ' unwilling heralds act their lord's commands ; Pensive they walk along the barren sands : Arriv'd , the hero in his tent they find , 430 ; With gloomy aspect , on his arm reclin'd . At awful distance long they silent ...
Page 20
... heart , and pleasure his design , Thus interpos'd the architect divine : ' The wretched quarrels of the mortal state ' Are far unworthy , gods ! of your debate : ' Let men their days in senseless strife employ , ' We , in eternal peace ...
... heart , and pleasure his design , Thus interpos'd the architect divine : ' The wretched quarrels of the mortal state ' Are far unworthy , gods ! of your debate : ' Let men their days in senseless strife employ , ' We , in eternal peace ...
Page 28
... heart possess'd , And much he hated all , but most the best . Ulysses or Achilles still his theme ; But royal scandal his delight supreme . 270 Long had he liv'd the scorn of every Greek ; Vex'd when he spoke , yet still they heard him ...
... heart possess'd , And much he hated all , but most the best . Ulysses or Achilles still his theme ; But royal scandal his delight supreme . 270 Long had he liv'd the scorn of every Greek ; Vex'd when he spoke , yet still they heard him ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Achilles Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides bands battle behold beneath blood bold brave brazen breast chariot chief combat command coursers crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful dust E'en Epeian Eurypylus eyes fall fame fate fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flame fleet flies force fury glory goddess godlike gods gore grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste heart heaven Hector hero Homer honours host Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove Jove's Juno king lance Lycian martial Menelaus Merion mighty monarch mortal Nestor numbers o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phoebus plain Polydamas press'd Priam prince prize proud race rage rise sacred Sarpedon Scamander shade shield shining ships shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke stand steeds stern stood stretch'd Swift Teucer thee Thetis thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulysses walls warrior wound youth
Popular passages
Page 113 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 22 - And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith ? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also : go forth, and do so.
Page 154 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; ' The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 123 - Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy. The babe clung crying to his nurse's breast, Scar'd at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest.
Page 123 - ... ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers, protect my son ! Grant him like me to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown ; Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age ! So when, triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain, he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him, with deserv'd acclaim, And say, this chief transcends his father's fame : While pleas'd amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart...
Page 123 - No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle, and direct the loom : Me glory summons to the martial scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men. Where heroes war, the foremost place I claim, The first in danger as the first in fame.
Page xliii - Read Homer once, and you can read no more; For all books else appear so mean, to poor, Verse will seem prose: but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 406 - Loud sounds the axe, redoubling strokes on strokes ; On all sides round the forest hurls her oaks Headlong. Deep-echoing groan the thickets brown; Then rustling, crackling, crashing, thunder down.
Page 122 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Page xxvi - Homer, that no man of a true poetical spirit is master of himself while he reads him. What he writes, is of the most animated nature imaginable; every thing moves, every thing lives, and is put in action. If a council be...