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of all is he, yet for an evil sign is he set, and bringeth much fever upon 



hapless men." 



Girl, nimble with thy feet, not with thy hands ! 

 Curl'd minion, dancer, coiner of sweet words! 

 Fight, let me hear thy hateful voice no more ! 



This is in the tone of II. 22 : 279 ff. : "Thou hast missed, so no wise yet, 

 godlike Achilles, hast thou known from Zeus the hour of my doom, 

 though thou thoughtest it. Cunning of tongue art thou, and a deceiver in 

 speech, that fearing thee I might forget my valor and strength." With 

 the thought of the passage from Arnold may be compared Vergil, Aen. 

 1 1 : 390 f . : " Will your prowess always lie in your blustering tongue, and 

 in those feet only swift to fly ?" 



Speak not to me of truce, and pledge, and wine! 



Remember all thy valour; try thy feints 



And cunning! all the pity I had is gone; 



Because thou hast shamed me before both the hosts 



With thy light skipping tricks, and thy girl's wiles. 



This is an adaptation of II. 22:261 ff.: "Hector, talk not to me, thou 



madman, of covenants Bethink thee of all thy soldiership: 



now behooveth it thee to quit thee as a good spearman and valiant man 

 of war. No longer is there way of escape for thee, but Pallas Athene 

 will straightway subdue thee to my spear; and now in one hour shalt 

 thou pay back for all my sorrows for my friends whom thou hast slain, 



in the fury of thy spear." 



— at once they rush'd 

 Together, as two eagles on one prey 

 Come rushing down together from the clouds, 

 One from the east, one from the west. 



These lines remind one of two passages in Homer, II. 22:308 ff., and 

 Ody. 2 : 146 ff ., because of their Homeric tone, although the situation is 

 different and the verbal resemblance is not marked. 



Pages 79 f. : 



And you would say that sun and stars took part 

 In that unnatural conflict; for a cloud 

 Grew suddenly in Heaven, and dark'd the sun 

 Over the fighters' heads; and a wind rose 

 Under their feet, and moaning swept the plain, 

 And in a sandy whirlwind wrapp'd the pair. 



