 Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd,...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 31by Plutarch - 1822Full view - About this book
 | George Crabb - 1818 - 1000 pages
...bright sigis Apollo guida The jear, and earth in several climes ditidet, DRY DEN. Two urns by JoveN high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one,...and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man be fills Blessings to these, to those itMributet ill. Pore. Why grieves my son ? Thy anguish let me... | |
 | George Crabb - 1818 - 918 pages
...signs Apoll» gold« The jeu, and eartb la several clime» ilivida. DRYDKK. Two urns tiy Jove's hlçh throne have ever stood. The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup nf mortal man be Alls Blessings to tbne, to those attributes III. POPE. AV Ii v grieve» my ion ! Thjr... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 574 pages
...the latter, if we may judge from the quantity used, exceeded in all proportion that of the former. ' Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...to those distributes ills, To most he mingles both. — Pope's Iliad, b. xxiv. v. 663. tion is as steady, and the principle as invisible, as that of the... | |
 | Plutarch - 1821 - 378 pages
...think themselves * Plutarch here refers to a passage in the speech of Achilles to Priam in the last Iliad, which is thus translated by Pope : Two urns...fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; most happy to whom fortune gives an equal share of good and evil. For A'imilius having four sons, two... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 344 pages
...is born to bear. Such is, alas! the gods' severe decree: They, only they are bless'd, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is curs'd indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven. The happiest... | |
 | Homer - 1822 - 342 pages
...is born to bear. Such is, alas! the gods' severe decree: They, only they are bless'd, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is curs'd indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven. The happiest... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...born to bear. Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree : They, only they are bless'd, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...: the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.... | |
 | 1822 - 488 pages
...with a mountain of winds, another with a magazine of hail, and a third with a pile of thunderbolts. ' Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...: the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curst indeed ; Pursu'd by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.... | |
 | Plutarch - 1823 - 440 pages
...adopted into other * Plutarch here refers to a passage in the speech of Achilles to Priam in the last Iliad, which is thus translated by Pope: Two urns...mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad nnmix'd, is cu'rs'd indeed. The happiest taste not happiness sincere, But find the cordial draught... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 414 pages
...plentifully out of the tun that stood at his right hand; but, as mankind degenerated, and became unworthy * Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is curs'd indeed ; Pursu'd by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven. POPE'S... | |
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