 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...  Translation of the Iliad of Homer - Page 270by Homer, Alexander Pope - 1851 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Homer - 1899 - 204 pages
...wise ; Do you, young warriors, hear my age advise " ; " and pay in glory what in life you owe " ; " the life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe " ; " she scorned the champion but the man she loved " ; " thy love the motive and thy charms the prize... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 pages
...impresses us in the same way as when it was uttered by Homer. The antithesis of the last two lines — The life which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe — is excellent, and is just suited to Pope's heroic couplet ; but neither the antithesis itself,... | |
 | Edward Capps - 1901 - 516 pages
...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...others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to honor owe ; Brave though we fall, and honor'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give ! " XII,... | |
 | 1901 - 622 pages
...lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war : But since, alas 1 ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Nothing could better exhibit Pope's prodigious talent, and nothing, too, could be better in its own... | |
 | William John Courthope - 1901 - 474 pages
...to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life that others pay let us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe. Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. We watch the conflict between divine and... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's canse. Book xii. Line 283 The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Line 393. And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air. Book xiii. Line 106. The best of things beyond... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1903 - 366 pages
...1775, p. vii. 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,...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Nothing could better exhibit Pope's prodigious talent, and nothing, too, could be better in its own... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 pages
...vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war But since, alas! ignoble ace must come, 391 Disease, and death's inexorable doom; The life which...us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; deep: Brave tho' we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give! ' He said:... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pages
...a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause. Book xii. Line 283 The life which others pay let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. t,\ne 3^3, And seem to walk on wings, and tread in air. Book xiii. Line 10<i. The best of things beyond... | |
 | Agnes Maule Machar - 1903 - 616 pages
...since, alas 1 ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, That Life which other's pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. Brave let us fall, or honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain or glory give. Such, men shall own, deserve... | |
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