 | William Macneile Dixon - 1912 - 368 σελίδες
...no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not greatly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war ; But since, alas! ignoble...age must come Disease and death's inexorable doom; That life which others pay, let us bestow. And give to fame what we to nature owe." Pope's Translation,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1914 - 502 σελίδες
...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 : But since, alas ! ignoble...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe. BO Nothing could better exhibit Pope's prodigious talent ; and nothing, too, could be better in its... | |
 | Sir Edward Tyas Cook - 1919 - 432 σελίδες
...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. But since, alas ! ignoble...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give. " You must not call it Homer," said Bentley... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 σελίδες
...trans. 13 "Hie rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame. HOMER— Iliad. Bk.XI. L.394. POPE'S trans. 14 ittle, the whole matter And copy of the father, eye, nose, lip, HOMER— Iliad. Bk.XII. L. 393. POPE'S trans. 15 Earth sounds my wisdom, and high heaven my fame. HOMER... | |
 | John Dennis - 1928 - 280 σελίδες
...fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge the soul to war, But since, alas ! ignoble age must come,...what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give.' power of this brilliant work. Its merit... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 σελίδες
...no less the Fearful than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I shou'd not vainly dare 45 In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble...Us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe ; 50 Brave, tho' we fall; and honour'd, if we live; Or let us Glory gain, or Glory give! He said, his... | |
 | Galvano Della Volpe - 1991 - 276 σελίδες
...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: But since, alas ! ignoble...us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe; or see his rendition of Priam's speech of desperation to Hector. Similarly, Arnold warned Ruskin not... | |
 | Robin Sowerby - 1995 - 236 σελίδες
...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. But since, alas! ignoble...fame what we to nature owe; Brave though we fall, and honoured if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!' Sarpedon asks Glaucus why they are singled... | |
 | Helen Deutsch - 1996 - 300 σελίδες
...claims no less the Fearful than the Brave, For Lust of Fame I shou'd not vainly dare In fighting Fields, nor urge thy Soul to War. But since, alas, ignoble...bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; Brave, tho we fall; and honour'd, if we live; Or let us Glory gain, or Glory give! (27— 52)25 This oration... | |
 | Simon Dentith - 2000 - 228 σελίδες
...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. But since, alas, ignoble...Disease, and Death's inexorable Doom; The Life which othets pay, let Us bestow, And give to Fame what we to Nature owe; Brave, tho' we fall; and honour'd,... | |
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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. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable... 
