 Talk not of ruling, in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words (he cried) can ease my doom. Rather I 'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 251by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Homer - 1761 - 474 pages
...this dol'rous gloom, 595 Nor think vain words, he cry'd, can eafe my doom : Rather I chufe laborioufly to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A Have to feme poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the fcepter'd monarch of the dead. 6rDO But... | |
 | 1792 - 532 pages
...this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words/ he cried, 'can eafe my doom.1 Rather I choofe laboriourty to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A flave to fome poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the fçepter'd monarch of the dead. POPE.... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...this dolorous gloom, Kof think yaio xvords (he cried) can eaie my doom. < Hi: her I choofe laborioudy to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A .iivt ti fume poor bind that toils for bread ; i .riiti reign the fceptred monarch of the dead. Bat... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1796 - 426 pages
...this dol'rous glooiib Nor think vain words (he cry'd) can eafe my doom ; Rather I choofe laborioufly to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A SLATE TO SOME POOR HIND THAT TOILS FOR BREAD, THAN LIVE A SCEFTER'D MONARCH OF THE DÏAD. In this gloomy... | |
 | Lucian (of Samosata.) - Dialogues, Greek - 1779 - 446 pages
...a&ion of his life! who, when he might have reigned fecure many years [»] Rather 1 choofe laborioufly to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A flave to fome poor hind, that toils for bread, Than reign the fcepterM monarch of the dead. Pope's... | |
 | Solomon Grildrig - 1805 - 390 pages
...and striking proof. Rather I chuse laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital ^ir, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred momarch of the dead. POPE HOM. ODYSS. 11. 597. « The heathens therefore as being ignorant of the true... | |
 | Homer - Greek poetry - 1806 - 236 pages
...Agamemnon is ignorant of the whole transaction, and desires Ulysses to give him information. V. 599- d slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead.] Nothing sure can give us a more disadvantageous image of a future state, than this speech which Homer... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 488 pages
...slave to some poor hind that toils for Bread; «an reign the sceptred monarch of the dead. 600 *it say, if in my steps my son proceeds, And emulates his godlike father's deeds? " at the clash of arms, and shout of foes, Swells his bold heart, his bosom nobly glows ? Say, if my... | |
 | John Jortin - Theology, Doctrinal - 1809 - 268 pages
...Talk not of ruling in this dolorous gloom, Nor think vain words, he cried, can ease my doom : Bather I choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe...Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead." But, considering the disposition and the character of Achilles, he could not be happy in a state which deprived... | |
 | Euripides - 1809 - 544 pages
.../Swro; ereJa<f ita H ulawiv nxuwtrt Kara ^liUIVOi<riv nvaa-ffea. Odyss. L. ii. ^. 488* Rather I chuse laboriously to bear A weight of woes and breathe the...some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the scepter'd monarch of the dead. P0PE. At Argos, will they kill, nor in their rage Spare either you or... | |
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