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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... arriving soon Beneath the lofty roof , plac'd her bright spear Within a pillar's cavity , long time The armoury where many a spear had stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne ...
... arriving soon Beneath the lofty roof , plac'd her bright spear Within a pillar's cavity , long time The armoury where many a spear had stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne ...
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... Arriving now among them , at the sight Of such enormities would much be wroth . To whom replied Telemachus discreet : Since , stranger ! thou hast ask'd , learn also this . * " Epavos , a convivial meeting , at which every man paid his ...
... Arriving now among them , at the sight Of such enormities would much be wroth . To whom replied Telemachus discreet : Since , stranger ! thou hast ask'd , learn also this . * " Epavos , a convivial meeting , at which every man paid his ...
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... arrive , While an inhabitant shall yet be left In Ithaca , who shall by violence wrest Thine from thee . But permit me , noble Sir ! To ask thee of thy guest . Whence came the man ? What country claims him ? Where are to be found His ...
... arrive , While an inhabitant shall yet be left In Ithaca , who shall by violence wrest Thine from thee . But permit me , noble Sir ! To ask thee of thy guest . Whence came the man ? What country claims him ? Where are to be found His ...
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... arrive ) when , after woes Num'rous , Ulysses should regain his home . Secure that chamber was with folding doors Of massy planks compact , and , night and day , Within it ancient Euryclea dwelt , Guardian discreet of all the treasures ...
... arrive ) when , after woes Num'rous , Ulysses should regain his home . Secure that chamber was with folding doors Of massy planks compact , and , night and day , Within it ancient Euryclea dwelt , Guardian discreet of all the treasures ...
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... such a degree is almost a literal version of a line found in the eleventh book of the Odyssey . Τὴν δ ̓ ἀνεμός τε κυβερνήτης τ ̓ ἴθυνεν . him ARGUMENT OF THE THIRD BOOK . Telemachus , arriving 50 ODYSSEY II . 538-544 .
... such a degree is almost a literal version of a line found in the eleventh book of the Odyssey . Τὴν δ ̓ ἀνεμός τε κυβερνήτης τ ̓ ἴθυνεν . him ARGUMENT OF THE THIRD BOOK . Telemachus , arriving 50 ODYSSEY II . 538-544 .
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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