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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Page 131
... Phæacians , kinsmen of the Gods * They as a God shall reverence the chief , And in a bark of theirs shall send him thence To his own home , much treasure , brass and gold And raiment giving him , to an amount Surpassing all that , had ...
... Phæacians , kinsmen of the Gods * They as a God shall reverence the chief , And in a bark of theirs shall send him thence To his own home , much treasure , brass and gold And raiment giving him , to an amount Surpassing all that , had ...
Page 156
... short history of the first Phæacians , merely to enliven his matter , and to relieve it from an appearance of sameness . - C . Of Hypereia , bord'ring on the fierce Cyclopean race , 156 ODYSSEY VI . 1-4 . ARGUMENT OF THE SIXTH BOOK. ...
... short history of the first Phæacians , merely to enliven his matter , and to relieve it from an appearance of sameness . - C . Of Hypereia , bord'ring on the fierce Cyclopean race , 156 ODYSSEY VI . 1-4 . ARGUMENT OF THE SIXTH BOOK. ...
Page 167
... Phæacian race . She said , and to her beauteous maidens gave Instant commandment - My attendants , stay ! Why flee ye thus , and whither , from the sight * Phocylides , as quoted by Clarke , has beautifully expressed the same sentiment ...
... Phæacian race . She said , and to her beauteous maidens gave Instant commandment - My attendants , stay ! Why flee ye thus , and whither , from the sight * Phocylides , as quoted by Clarke , has beautifully expressed the same sentiment ...
Page 168
... Phæacian shores , So dear to the immortal Gods are we . Remote , amid the billowy Deep , we hold Our dwelling , utmost of all humankind , And free from mixture with a foreign race . This man , a miserable wand'rer comes , Whom we are ...
... Phæacian shores , So dear to the immortal Gods are we . Remote , amid the billowy Deep , we hold Our dwelling , utmost of all humankind , And free from mixture with a foreign race . This man , a miserable wand'rer comes , Whom we are ...
Page 171
... Phæacian race Heed not , but masts , and oars , and ships well - pois'd , With which exulting they divide the flood ) ; Then , cautious , I would shun their bitter taunts Disgustful , lest they mock me as I pass ; For of the meaner ...
... Phæacian race Heed not , but masts , and oars , and ships well - pois'd , With which exulting they divide the flood ) ; Then , cautious , I would shun their bitter taunts Disgustful , lest they mock me as I pass ; For of the meaner ...
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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