"Ill-fated Paris ! Slave to Womankind, / As smooth of Face as fraudulent of Mind"
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
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Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott
Date
1715-1720
Metaphor
"Ill-fated Paris ! Slave to Womankind, / As smooth of Face as fraudulent of Mind"
Metaphor in Context
Ill-fated Paris ! Slave to Womankind,
As smooth of Face as fraudulent of Mind!
Where is Deiphobus , where Asius gone?
The godlike Father, and th'intrepid Son?
The Force of Helenus , dispensing Fate,
And great Othryoneus , so fear'd of late?
Black Fate hangs o'er thee from th'avenging Gods,
Imperial Troy from her Foundations nods;
Whelm'd in thy Country's Ruins shalt thou fall,
And one devouring Vengeance swallow all.
(ll. 965-74)
As smooth of Face as fraudulent of Mind!
Where is Deiphobus , where Asius gone?
The godlike Father, and th'intrepid Son?
The Force of Helenus , dispensing Fate,
And great Othryoneus , so fear'd of late?
Black Fate hangs o'er thee from th'avenging Gods,
Imperial Troy from her Foundations nods;
Whelm'd in thy Country's Ruins shalt thou fall,
And one devouring Vengeance swallow all.
(ll. 965-74)
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Citation
17 entries in ESTC (1715, 1718, 1720, 1721, 1729, 1732, 1736, 1738, 1754, 1767, 1770, 1790, 1791, 1796). Vol. 2 is dated 1716; vol. 3, 1717; vol. 4, 1718; vols. 5 and 6, 1720.
See The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope, 6 vols. (London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-1720). <Link to ESTC><Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Vol. II><Vol. III><Vol. IV><Vol. V><Vol. VI>
See The Iliad of Homer, Translated by Mr. Pope, 6 vols. (London: Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott, 1715-1720). <Link to ESTC><Link to Vol. I in ECCO-TCP><Vol. II><Vol. III><Vol. IV><Vol. V><Vol. VI>
Date of Entry
10/26/2003
