 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
 | 1877 - 558 pages
...his critic of the passage in Pope's Homer, quoted by Bentham : Two urns by Jove's bieh throne bave ever stood. The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal life he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributee Ills. "In the present case," he continued,... | |
 | Homer - 1878 - 596 pages
...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, '...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... | |
 | William Harvey- Jellie - 1882 - 718 pages
...Jupiter, one of good, the other of evil, in which potions are ready for men to drink : — "Two urne by Jove's high throne have ever stood: The source...mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributee ills ; To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmixed, is cursed... | |
 | George Crabb - 1882 - 876 pages
...prize, Or both ttiriilc t'lie crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies, She drew an angel down. DUYKLN. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one. and one of good ; Krom thence the cup ol mortal man he tills Blessings to these, to those dislri/iutta ills. POPE.... | |
 | Homer - 1883 - 524 pages
...is 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...he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ill : To most he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmix'd, is cursed indeed ; Pursued... | |
 | John Stahl Patterson - 1883 - 526 pages
...bear the light of life." — [Theseus iit Euri fides. Homer sums it up in this philosophical way: " Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, the one of good. From thence the cup of mortal man he fills. Blessings to these, to those distributes... | |
 | Edward Clodd - 1885 - 308 pages
...angels, whether charged with weal or woe, are his messengers. In the Iliad Zeus dispenses both : — " 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 distribute... | |
 | Plutarch - 1889 - 562 pages
...born to bear. Such is, alas ! the <;-.'!/ severe decree : They, only they, are blest, and only free. Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...cup of mortal man he fills. Blessings to these, to these distributes ills ; To most he minples both ; the wretch decreed To taste the bad unmiz'd is cursed... | |
 | 1890 - 580 pages
...in which Jove allots to human life, from two golden urns, the vicissitudes through which we pass : " Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The...one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he nils, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills— To most he mingles both."— Hind xxiv, 6&MM8.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1891 - 1190 pages
...SCOTT : Loy of the Lost Minstrel. Unknclled, nncoftined, and nnknown. — HYEON : Childe Harold, canto Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, — The source of evil one, and one of good. The Iliad of Homer. Bookxxiv. Line 663. The mildest manners with the bravest mind. Line 963. Fly, dotard,... | |
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