He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- DMI number:
- 12901
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- Last Line:
- The world's vast concave when the gods contend
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Composite poem, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Mythology
- Author:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extracts from the Iliad, Book I + XX. Twickenham edition VII + VIII.
- Translated from:
- Homer
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- He spoke and awful bends his sable brows
- Last Line:
- And at the fourth the distant Egae shook
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of select pieces from the Spectator, Tatler, Guardian, Dryden and Pope, for schools [T128606] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.278-279
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T128313]
- Page No(s):
- p.295
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- Title:
- A collection...for the benefit of English schools [T167216] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.295
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
Poem Aliases
Homer. Iliad. Book 1.
Homer. Iliad. Book 20.
Pope. Iliad. Book 1.
Pope. Iliad. Book 20.
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