 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...  Translation of the Iliad of Homer - Page ixby Homer, Alexander Pope - 1851 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 362 pages
...himself while he reads him" (Poems, vol. Vn, p. 4). Homer indeed saw the animation of the material world ("An Arrow is impatient to be on the Wing, a Weapon thirsts to drink the Blood of an Enemy" [Poems, vol. vn, p. 10]), but by "Nature" Pope primarily means "how the world is" or "how human beings... | |
 | Paul Hammond - 2006 - 262 pages
...Spirit is Master of himself while he reads him'.36 Homer indeed saw the animation of the material world ('An Arrow is impatient to be on the Wing, a Weapon thirsts to drink the Blood of an Enemy'),37 but by 'Nature' Pope primarily means 'how the world is' or 'how human beings behave': the... | |
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