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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... Nestor ; thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his ...
... Nestor ; thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his ...
Page 27
... The young prince has the same advantage afforded him in the third book , where Nestor prepares the way for him by an inquiry concerning the cause of his voyage . - C . • Of these , his absent eldest , whom he ODYSSEY II . 11-29 . 27.
... The young prince has the same advantage afforded him in the third book , where Nestor prepares the way for him by an inquiry concerning the cause of his voyage . - C . • Of these , his absent eldest , whom he ODYSSEY II . 11-29 . 27.
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... Nestor sacrifices to the Goddess , and , the solemnity ended , Telemachus sets forth for Sparta in one of Nestor's cha- riots , and accompanied by Nestor's son Pisistratus . BOOK III . THE sun , emerging from the lucid waves , Ascended ...
... Nestor sacrifices to the Goddess , and , the solemnity ended , Telemachus sets forth for Sparta in one of Nestor's cha- riots , and accompanied by Nestor's son Pisistratus . BOOK III . THE sun , emerging from the lucid waves , Ascended ...
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... Nestor , within whose bosom lies , perhaps , Advice well worthy of thy search ; entreat An answer at his lips sincere and true , Who will not lie , for he is passing wise . To whom Telemachus discreet replied : Ah Mentor ! how can I ...
... Nestor , within whose bosom lies , perhaps , Advice well worthy of thy search ; entreat An answer at his lips sincere and true , Who will not lie , for he is passing wise . To whom Telemachus discreet replied : Ah Mentor ! how can I ...
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... Nestor sat , And Nestor's sons , while , busily the feast Tending , his num'rous followers roasted , some , The viands , some transfix'd them with the spits . They , seeing guests arriv'd , together all Advanc'd , and , grasping ...
... Nestor sat , And Nestor's sons , while , busily the feast Tending , his num'rous followers roasted , some , The viands , some transfix'd them with the spits . They , seeing guests arriv'd , together all Advanc'd , and , grasping ...
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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