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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... bark , seeking some pois'nous drug , Wherewith to taint his brazen arrows keent , Which drug through fear of the eternal Gods Ilus refus'd , but readily my sire Gave to him , for he lov'd him past belief ) , Could now , Ulysses , clad ...
... bark , seeking some pois'nous drug , Wherewith to taint his brazen arrows keent , Which drug through fear of the eternal Gods Ilus refus'd , but readily my sire Gave to him , for he lov'd him past belief ) , Could now , Ulysses , clad ...
Page 18
... bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ...
... bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ...
Page 38
... bark With twenty rowers , skill'd their course to win To whatsoever haven : for I go To sandy Pylus , and shall hasten thence To Lacedemon , tidings to obtain Of my long - absent sire , or from the lips Of man , or by a word from Jove ...
... bark With twenty rowers , skill'd their course to win To whatsoever haven : for I go To sandy Pylus , and shall hasten thence To Lacedemon , tidings to obtain Of my long - absent sire , or from the lips Of man , or by a word from Jove ...
Page 42
... bark well - oar'd Will serve thee , and myself 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 ...
... bark well - oar'd Will serve thee , and myself 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 ...
Page 44
... bark Nor rowers have to boast my own , denied That honour ( so ye judg'd it best ) by you . He said , and from Antinoüs ' hand his own Drew softly . Then their delicate repast The busy suitors on all sides prepar'd , Still taunting as ...
... bark Nor rowers have to boast my own , denied That honour ( so ye judg'd it best ) by you . He said , and from Antinoüs ' hand his own Drew softly . Then their delicate repast The busy suitors on all sides prepar'd , Still taunting as ...
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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