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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... chief ! who from his friends Remote , affliction , hath long time endur'd In yonder woodland isle , the central boss Of Ocean . That retreat a Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the ...
... chief ! who from his friends Remote , affliction , hath long time endur'd In yonder woodland isle , the central boss Of Ocean . That retreat a Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the ...
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... chief * Στῆ δ ̓ Ἰθάκης ἐνὶ Δήμῳ— The word Δῆμος is here said by the scholiast to be a proper name , and the name of the place in Ithaca where stood the palace of Ulysses . - B . & C. But Barnes accounts this interpretation of it an idle ...
... chief * Στῆ δ ̓ Ἰθάκης ἐνὶ Δήμῳ— The word Δῆμος is here said by the scholiast to be a proper name , and the name of the place in Ithaca where stood the palace of Ulysses . - B . & C. But Barnes accounts this interpretation of it an idle ...
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... chief renown'd In war , Anchialus ; and I rule , myself , The Taphians , mariners expert and bold . This day we here arriv'd , myself and crew , Seeking a people of another tongue Athwart the gloomy flood , in quest of brass , * Μάλ ...
... chief renown'd In war , Anchialus ; and I rule , myself , The Taphians , mariners expert and bold . This day we here arriv'd , myself and crew , Seeking a people of another tongue Athwart the gloomy flood , in quest of brass , * Μάλ ...
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... chief , But in some island of the boundless flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd ...
... chief , But in some island of the boundless flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd ...
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... chief Hath perish'd also . Seek thou then again Thy own apartment , spindle ply and loom , And task thy maidens ; management belongs To men of joys convivial , and of men Especially to me , chief ruler here * . She heard astonish'd ...
... chief Hath perish'd also . Seek thou then again Thy own apartment , spindle ply and loom , And task thy maidens ; management belongs To men of joys convivial , and of men Especially to me , chief ruler here * . She heard astonish'd ...
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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