 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, unrnix'd,...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 42by Plutarch - 1816Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 pages
...born to bear; 660 Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; They, only they, are blest, and only free. ars his hunter, or beneath him dies, fot less resolved,...Confronts Achilles, and awaits the war, Jisdainful of Blesxings to these, to those distributes ill« ; To most, he mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste... | |
 | Plutarch - 1834 - 496 pages
...may think • Plutarch here refers to a passage in the speech of Achilles to Prism a the last Iliad, which is thus translated by Pope:—. Two urns by...ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good. Prom thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...aXXort 5* tof'At-t, Such is, nias ! the gods' severe decree, They, only they arc blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...mingles both: the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmixed, is curst indeed. — POPE. Verse 7. The righteous Lord loveth righteousness] He loves that... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1836 - 502 pages
...660 Such is, alas ! the gods' severe decree ; They, only they, are hlest, and only free. Two urns hy ts and caverns shagg'd with horrid thorn ; Shrines...And pitying saints, whose statues leam to weep ; I h distrihutes ills ; To most, he mingles hoth. The wretch decreed To taste the had, unmix'd, is curst... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 882 pages
...sa/]X£. Kai I xaxr¡ ßovßfutfrts SKI j^aova áiav eXauve Фо1та ¿' ows asoiíTi TST^SVOS, OUTI / " h} To be in covenant with, is a kind of proverbial...beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee." unmixed, is cursed indeed : Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders outcast both of... | |
 | Samuel Burder - 1839 - 516 pages
...befals him in this world. Thus Homer introduces Achilles comforting Priam for the loss of his son : Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to those, to these distributes ills ; To most he mingles both — the wretch decreed To taste the bad... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...have everst.« -I. The source of evil one, and one of gmxl ; From thence the cup of mortal man lie of thy deomJ To taste the bad unmix'd, is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven. He wanders,... | |
 | Homer - 1840 - 292 pages
...born to bear. 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...distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decresd To taste the bad, ummx'd, is curst indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders,... | |
 | Plutarch - 1841 - 790 pages
...passed the Ionian from Brundusium toCorcycra: from Achill« to Priam, in thtlait Iliad, which fa (huí translated by Pope : Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil our, and one of food. From thence the cap of mortal man he fills, Blcssiugs to these, to those distribute!... | |
 | Charles Daubuz - 1842 - 264 pages
...and evil out of the other. The passage is in the last book of the Iliad, and thus translated by Mr. Pope : Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood,...mingles both. The wretch decreed To taste the bad unmixed is cursed indeed ; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driv'n, He wanders, outcast both of... | |
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