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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... began . For he recall'd to mind Ægisthus slain By Agamemnon's celebrated son Orestes , and retracing in his thought That dread event , the Immortals thus address'd : How rash are humankind ! who charge on Us * The Ethiopians , according ...
... began . For he recall'd to mind Ægisthus slain By Agamemnon's celebrated son Orestes , and retracing in his thought That dread event , the Immortals thus address'd : How rash are humankind ! who charge on Us * The Ethiopians , according ...
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... the Greeks to council : they aloud Gave forth the summons , and the throng began . When all were gather'd , and th ' assembly full , He grasp'd his lance , and , setting forth , 26 ODYSSEY II . 1-10 . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK. ...
... the Greeks to council : they aloud Gave forth the summons , and the throng began . When all were gather'd , and th ' assembly full , He grasp'd his lance , and , setting forth , 26 ODYSSEY II . 1-10 . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK. ...
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... began : Hear me , ye men of Ithaca , my friends ! Nor council here nor session hath been held , Since great Ulysses left his native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be , Or of our ...
... began : Hear me , ye men of Ithaca , my friends ! Nor council here nor session hath been held , Since great Ulysses left his native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be , Or of our ...
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... , thus she spake * : * The web she began was of the largest dimensions and of the finest texture , because a work of that kind proceeding slowly , both Princes , my suitors ! since the noble chief Ulysses ODYSSEY II . 99-122 . 31.
... , thus she spake * : * The web she began was of the largest dimensions and of the finest texture , because a work of that kind proceeding slowly , both Princes , my suitors ! since the noble chief Ulysses ODYSSEY II . 99-122 . 31.
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... began : Hear me , ye Ithacans ! be never king From this time forth , benevolent , humane , Or righteous , but let every scepter'd hand Rule merciless , and deal in wrong alone , Since none of all his people , whom he sway'd With such ...
... began : Hear me , ye Ithacans ! be never king From this time forth , benevolent , humane , Or righteous , but let every scepter'd hand Rule merciless , and deal in wrong alone , Since none of all his people , whom he sway'd With such ...
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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