...sixth syllahle, the verse hecomes solemn, and marches, as it were, with a more measured pace ; as, The wrath of Peleus* son | the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, | O Goddess, sing. It is sometimes necessary to vai y the position of the caesura, as too great a uniformity throughout...

...a close embodied crowd. Dennis—"While the bees are a close embodied crowd, how can ihej spread?" That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. Dennis—" Now, I appeal to any impartial person if hurling souls to the gloomy reign of Pluto be not...

...etjlen SJetfcn bet ДОав. The wrath of I'cleus' son, the direful spring Of ¡ill the Grecian woes, о Goddess sing, That wrath, which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of migthy chiefs untimely slain. Sbji: Singe ben Sctn, o ®ötUn, be« фе1е(Ьеп -Sí^ftíeiié 3f)iv,...

...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...reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain." " The stern Policies' rage, O Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring ; Grecian...

...of the first book stands thus : — The wrath of Pelcus' son, the direful spring Of all the tirecian woes, O Goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to...gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides' rage, 0 Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...renders into English verse : " Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing ; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose limbs unburiedon the native shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides...

...vie. my to the Trojan«. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unmunber'd, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy...reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limb? unbnried on the naked shore, Devouring dogs nnd hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and...

...Peleus' godlike son." POPE. " 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...

...versions. Thus Pope— " Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes umiumbcr'd, heavenly goddess sing! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy...souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles and At rides...

...Peleus' godlike son." POPE. " 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...