...decline : Achilles wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heav'nly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. • In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and clouded...

...decline : Achilles wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, hcav'nly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. In the first couplet the language is distorted by inversions, clogged with superfluities, and clouded...

...and the words placed under them adopted in their stead. The beginning of the first book stands thus: The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all...gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelidcs' rage, O Goddess, sing. wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

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

...lastly to Olympus. THE ILIAD, BOOK I. s' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumberM, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore: Since great Achilles and Atrides...

...sixth syllable, the verse becomes solemn and grave. It marches with a more slow and measured pace. • The wrath of Peleus" son, | the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, | O Goddess, sing. But the grave and solemn cadence becomes still more apparent when the c&sural pause is found after...

...the spotless mind, Each prayer accepted | and each wish resignM . On the 6th— The wrath of Feleus' son | the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes | O goddess, sing ! On the 1th — Q, Is it favourable to the sublime ? A. No ; nor to the highly pathetic strain. An...

...and the words placed under them adopted in their stead. The beginning of the first book stands thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all...the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which huiTd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, O...

...and the words placed under them adopted in their stead. The beginning of the first book stands thus ; The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing, That wrath wliich hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides'...

...grave. The verse marches now with a more slow and measured pace than in either of the two former cases. The wrath of Peleus' son | the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes | O goddess, sing ! But the grave solemn cadence becomes still more sensible, when the pause falls after the 7th syllable,...