The Iliad and Odyssey [and The battle of the frogs and mice] tr. into Engl. blank verse by W. Cowper, Volume 31809 |
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Homerus. 1 Alike desirous , in her hollow grot Calypso , beauteous Goddess , still detain'd Wooing him to her arms ; and when , at length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To ...
Homerus. 1 Alike desirous , in her hollow grot Calypso , beauteous Goddess , still detain'd Wooing him to her arms ; and when , at length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To ...
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... Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jove , Saturnian Sire , o'er all supreme ! * Chrysippus , as quoted by Gellius , inveighs with much reason- able indignation against those profligate and audacious persons , who , to excuse a slavish obedience ...
... Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jove , Saturnian Sire , o'er all supreme ! * Chrysippus , as quoted by Gellius , inveighs with much reason- able indignation against those profligate and audacious persons , who , to excuse a slavish obedience ...
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... Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing chief detains , And ever with smooth speech ...
... Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing chief detains , And ever with smooth speech ...
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... Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his home return , Dispatch we then Hermes the Argicide , Our messenger , to fair Ogygia's isle , Who shall inform ...
... Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his home return , Dispatch we then Hermes the Argicide , Our messenger , to fair Ogygia's isle , Who shall inform ...
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... Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the threshold of Ulysses ' hall Grasping her brazen spear she stood , in form The hero ...
... Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the threshold of Ulysses ' hall Grasping her brazen spear she stood , in form The hero ...
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abode Achaia's Ægisthus Alcinous ancient Antilochus Antinoüs approach'd arriv'd Atrides bade banquet bard bark behold beneath beside call'd Calypso ceas'd charg'd chief Circe Clytemnestra crew Cyclops daughter death Deep Demodocus divine dread Eurylochus Eurymachus Eustathius ev'ry eyes falchion father feast fill'd flocks flood friends galley Goddess godlike Gods Greecians guest hands hast hath heart Heav'n herald hero Homer Icarius Ilium illustrious immortal isle Ithaca Jove king Laertes land Laodamas length lest libation Lotophagi Mean-time Menelaus Minerva native shores Nausicaa Neleus Neptune Nestor night noble num'rous nymph o'er oars once palace Pallas pass'd Penelope perish'd Phæacia's sons Phæacians Pisistratus plac'd poet pow'r pray'r prepar'd Pylus reach'd receiv'd renown'd replied return'd rock sable saying seiz'd ship side sire slain sleep slew sorrow Sov'reign spake stood stranger suitors Telemachus thee thence thine thou shalt thyself Tiresias toils Troy Ulysses urg'd waves wine woes youth