 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, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne - Page 45by Plutarchus - 1810Full view - About this book
 | 1898 - 526 pages
...insensibly into my afternoon's slumber, it wrought my imagination into the following dream : — Two ums by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source...and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to those, to those distributes ills; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed... | |
 | Homer - 1899 - 204 pages
...born to bear. 660 Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; They, only they, are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, 665 Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed... | |
 | Homer - 1900 - 212 pages
...our care: fifio To mourn avails not: man is born to bear. They, only they are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good; 065 From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pages
...— BYEON : Childe Harold, cants to. tlanza 179. s See Middleton, page 172. * See Dryden, page 276. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, — The source of evil one, and one of good. The Iliad of Homer. Book xxic. Line 663. The mildest manners with the bravest mind. Line 963. Fly,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson - 1903 - 550 pages
...with the other evils of life, it is destined to temper the cup we are to drink. 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. Putting to myself... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1186 pages
...— BYEON : Childe Harold, canta te. etanxa 179. 8 See Middleton, page 172. s See Dryden, page 270. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, — The source of evil cue, and one of good. The Iliad of Homer. Book xxir. Lint 663. The mildest manners with the bravest... | |
 | Loren Harper Whitney - 1905 - 304 pages
...from the Iranian Seer, and by changing the original slightly, paint this picture? 8Yas. 45, § 1. " Two Urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil, one ; the other good. From thence, the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those, distributes... | |
 | Thomas Love Peacock - 1906 - 438 pages
...omisit. This sense is implied, not expressed. Pope missed it in his otherwise beautiful translation. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...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... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1906 - 1198 pages
...— BYRON : Cliilde Harold, canla tr. slanxi 179. 3 See Middleton, page 172. 4 See Dryden, page 276. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and oue of good. The Iliad of Homer. Boakxxit. Line 6C3. The mildest manners with the bravest rniiul. ¿ine... | |
 | Homer - 1909 - 630 pages
...bear. CGO ' Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; ' They, only they, are blest, and only free. ' Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, '...one of good ; ' From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, GG5 ' Blessings to these, to those distributes ills ; ' To most he mingles both : the wretch... | |
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