...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, $ Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles and Atrides...

...of Peleus' Son, the direful Spring Of all the Grecian Woes, O Goddess, sing! That Wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely slain ; Whose Limbs unbury'd on the naked Shore Devouring Dogs and hungry Vultures tore. Since Great Achilles and Strides...

...The first lines of Pope's Iliad afford examples of many licences which an easy writer must decline ? Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing ; The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the...

...of Peleus' Son, the direful Spring Of all the Grecian Woes, O Goddess, sing! That Wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy Reign The Souls of mighty Chiefs untimely slain ; Whose Limbs unbury'd on the naked Shore Devouring Dogs and hungry Vultures tore. Since Great Achilles and Strides...

...where he thus speaks of AchilWs anger : s V Ifil , eturitf Qivtllfl Tl fill' That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs...naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore. ran. But this was not so common as in more early ages ; for we find Achilles himself celebrating the...

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...'Actuate a\yi tOtlKev. Their simplicity is obvious, and one can imagine with what ease Mr Pope wrote : ' Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, Heavenly Goddess, sing,' or how, when he had once got his metre, these lines flowed from Mr Way's pen : ' The wrath of Achilles...

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...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes uunumher'd, heavenly goddess, sing I That wrath which hurl'd ones and Co. limhs unhuru-d ou the naked shore, Devouring dogs aiid hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles and...

...beneath. Prior. The following licence of a foreign reign, Did all the dregs of bold Socinus drain. Pope. That wrath which hurled to Pluto's gloomy reign, The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. Id. Russet's blood Stained the sad annals of a giddy reign. Thornton. I This right arm shall fix Her...