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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... arms ; and when , at length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To his lov'd Ithaca ( nor even there , Friends only should he meet , but many a foe ) , Then all the Pow'rs ...
... arms ; and when , at length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To his lov'd Ithaca ( nor even there , Friends only should he meet , but many a foe ) , Then all the Pow'rs ...
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... arms of his companions died , Troy's siege accomplish'd . Then his tomb the Greeks Of ev'ry tribe had built , and he ... arm Their hands , and famine pales their ghastly cheeks . Zacynthus , others also , rulers here In craggy Ithaca 14 ...
... arms of his companions died , Troy's siege accomplish'd . Then his tomb the Greeks Of ev'ry tribe had built , and he ... arm Their hands , and famine pales their ghastly cheeks . Zacynthus , others also , rulers here In craggy Ithaca 14 ...
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... arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board ... arms as then , * Ephyre has been already noticed in the first volume of the Iliad as a city of Thesprotia ; but the ...
... arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board ... arms as then , * Ephyre has been already noticed in the first volume of the Iliad as a city of Thesprotia ; but the ...
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... arm'd From Sparta ; such is his tremendous drift . Even to fruitful Ephyre , perchance , He will proceed , seeking some baneful herb , Which , cast into our cup , shall drug us all * . * It is as plain in the original as in the ...
... arm'd From Sparta ; such is his tremendous drift . Even to fruitful Ephyre , perchance , He will proceed , seeking some baneful herb , Which , cast into our cup , shall drug us all * . * It is as plain in the original as in the ...
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... arms , And tackle , such as well - built galleys bear , Then moor'd her in the bottom of the bay . Mean - time his mariners in haste repair'd Down to the shore , for Pallas urg'd them on . And now , on other purposes intent , The ...
... arms , And tackle , such as well - built galleys bear , Then moor'd her in the bottom of the bay . Mean - time his mariners in haste repair'd Down to the shore , for Pallas urg'd them on . And now , on other purposes intent , The ...
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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