He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- DMI number:
- 29676
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- Last Line:
- And at the fourth the distant Egae shook
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Imitation / translation / paraphrase and Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Ancient history, Mythology, and Poetry / literature / writing
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from the Iliad, Book I. Twickenham edition VII.
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- Last Line:
- The world's vast concave when the gods contend
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Homer
- Attributed To:
- Homer
Poem Aliases
Pope. Iliad. Book 1.
Homer. Iliad. Book 1.
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