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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... attended to it in the translation . † We are told , that Homer was under obligations to Mentes , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here ...
... attended to it in the translation . † We are told , that Homer was under obligations to Mentes , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here ...
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... Attended them with bread in baskets heap'd , And eager they assail'd the ready feast . At length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance ...
... Attended them with bread in baskets heap'd , And eager they assail'd the ready feast . At length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance ...
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... attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode And if thy mother's choice be strongly bent To marriage ...
... attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode And if thy mother's choice be strongly bent To marriage ...
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... attend thee forth . But haste , join thou the suitors , and provide , In sep'rate vessels stow'd , all needful stores , Wine in thy jars , and flour , the strength of man , In skins close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as ...
... attend thee forth . But haste , join thou the suitors , and provide , In sep'rate vessels stow'd , all needful stores , Wine in thy jars , and flour , the strength of man , In skins close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as ...
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... attending , soon arriv'd Among the multitude . There 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 ...
... attending , soon arriv'd Among the multitude . There 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 ...
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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