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

...peopled the dark hell with heroes slain; liUYl the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore, Since great Achilles and Atrides strove ; Snch was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose limbs, unburied on the hostile shore,...

...which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain; Whose limbs unburied, on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore: Since great Achilles andAtrides strove, [Jove! Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Declare, O Muse ! in what...

...the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures...strove ; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose limbs, unburied on the hostile shore, Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore,...

...the dark hell with heroes slain'; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures...strove; Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Jove. Whose limbs, unburied on the hostile shore, Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore,...

...decline : Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly 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, heavenly 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...

...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' rage, O Goddess, sing, wrath Of all the woes of Greece the fatal spring, Grecian...

...the dark hell with heroes slain ; fill'd the shady hell with chiefs untimely Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore, Since great Achilles and Atrides strove; [Jove. Such was the sovereign doom, and such the will of Whose limbs, unburied on the hostile shore....

...Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumhcr'd, heavenly Goddess, sing ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whose lirrhs unhuled on the naked shore, Devouring dogs ana jungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and...