Translation of the Iliad of HomerS. Andrus and son, 1851 - 544 pages |
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... chief invention ; and as long as this , which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself , remains unequalled by his followers , he still continues superior to them . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and be more approved ...
... chief invention ; and as long as this , which is indeed the characteristic of poetry itself , remains unequalled by his followers , he still continues superior to them . A cooler judgment may commit fewer faults , and be more approved ...
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... chief character ; in particular places , where the sense can bear any doubt , to follow the strongest and most poetical , as most agreeing with that character ; to copy him in all the variations of his style , and the different ...
... chief character ; in particular places , where the sense can bear any doubt , to follow the strongest and most poetical , as most agreeing with that character ; to copy him in all the variations of his style , and the different ...
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... chief by whom our hosts are led , The king of kings , shall touch that sacred head . " Encouraged thus , the blameless man replies : " Nor vows unpaid , nor slighted sacrifice , But he , our chief , provoked the raging pest , Apollo's ...
... chief by whom our hosts are led , The king of kings , shall touch that sacred head . " Encouraged thus , the blameless man replies : " Nor vows unpaid , nor slighted sacrifice , But he , our chief , provoked the raging pest , Apollo's ...
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... chief implored for grace The brother - kings of Atreus ' royal race : The generous Greeks their joint consent ... chiefs incline T'avert the vengeance of the power divine ; Then , rising in his wrath , the monarch storm'd ; Incensed he ...
... chief implored for grace The brother - kings of Atreus ' royal race : The generous Greeks their joint consent ... chiefs incline T'avert the vengeance of the power divine ; Then , rising in his wrath , the monarch storm'd ; Incensed he ...
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... chiefs ! since Heaven itself alarms . Unite , and rouse the sons of Greece to arms . But first with caution try what ... chief obey : The sceptred rulers lead : the following host , Pour'd forth by thousands , darkens all the coast . As ...
... chiefs ! since Heaven itself alarms . Unite , and rouse the sons of Greece to arms . But first with caution try what ... chief obey : The sceptred rulers lead : the following host , Pour'd forth by thousands , darkens all the coast . As ...
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Achilles Ajax appear arms bands battle bear beneath blood bold bound brave breast breath calls chariot chief clouds command coursers dare dart dead death deep descends divine dreadful dust earth eyes fair fall fame fate fear fell field fierce fight fire flames flies force Full fury give glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste head hear heart heaven Hector hero honours host immortal javelin Jove king lance lies live mighty mind mortal move night o'er once Patroclus plain prize proud race rage replies rest rise sacred shade shield shining ships shore side sire skies slain sons soul sound spear spoke spread stand steeds stood Swift tears thee thou thunder train trembling Trojan troops Troy turns Ulysses walls warrior wound yield youth
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Page 141 - 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 xix - Read Homer once, and you can read no more ; For all books else appear so mean, so poor, Verse will seem prose : but still persist to read, And Homer will be all the books you need.
Page 152 - ... 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 deserved acclaim, And say, "This chief transcends his father's fame": While pleased, amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart...
Page ix - The truth of it is, Virgil seldom rises into very astonishing sentiments, where he is not fired by the Iliad.
Page 479 - He ceased. The Fates suppress'd his labouring breath, And his eyes stiffen'd at the hand of death; To the dark realm the spirit wings its way (The manly body left a load of clay,) And plaintive glides along the dreary coast, A naked, wandering, melancholy ghost! Achilles, musing as he roll'd his eyes O'er the dead hero, thus (unheard) replies; Die thou the first! When Jove and Heaven ordain, I follow thee...
Page 270 - 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 doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!
Page ix - Homer makes us hearers, and Virgil leaves us readers. If in the next place we take a view of the sentiments, the same presiding faculty is eminent in the sublimity and spirit of his thoughts. Longinus has given his opinion, that it was in this part Homer principally excelled.
Page 153 - Swift through the town the warrior bends his way. The wanton courser thus with reins unbound Breaks from his stall, and beats the trembling ground ; Pamper'd and proud, he seeks the wonted tides, And laves, in height of blood, his shining sides...
Page 270 - 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. 390 But since, alas! ignoble Age must come, Disease, and Death's inexorable Doom; The Life which others pay, let us 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!
Page ix - Aristotle had reason to say, He was the only Poet who had found out Living Words ; there are in him more daring Figures and Metaphors than in any good Author whatever. An Arrow is impatient to be on the Wing, a Weapon thirsts to drink the Blood of an Enemy, and the like.