"The Furies that relentless Breast have steel'd, / And curs'd thee with a Heart that cannot yield."
— Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by W. Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott
Date
1715-1720
Metaphor
"The Furies that relentless Breast have steel'd, / And curs'd thee with a Heart that cannot yield."
Metaphor in Context
Then thus the Chief his dying Accents drew;
Thy Rage, Implacable! too well I knew:
The Furies that relentless Breast have steel'd,
And curs'd thee with a Heart that cannot yield.
[1]Yet think, a Day will come, when Fate's Decree
And angry Gods, shall wreak this Wrong on thee;
Phoebus and Paris shall avenge my Fate,
And stretch thee here, before this Scæan Gate.
Thy Rage, Implacable! too well I knew:
The Furies that relentless Breast have steel'd,
And curs'd thee with a Heart that cannot yield.
[1]Yet think, a Day will come, when Fate's Decree
And angry Gods, shall wreak this Wrong on thee;
Phoebus and Paris shall avenge my Fate,
And stretch thee here, before this Scæan Gate.
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Searching in HDIS (Poetry)
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
06/10/2005
