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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... close To Pallas ' ear , the Goddess thus address'd : My inmate and my friend ! far from my lips Be ev'ry word that might displease thine ear ! Song and the sprightly lyre may well engage These wanton feeders at another's cost , Whose ...
... close To Pallas ' ear , the Goddess thus address'd : My inmate and my friend ! far from my lips Be ev'ry word that might displease thine ear ! Song and the sprightly lyre may well engage These wanton feeders at another's cost , Whose ...
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... close 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 ...
... close 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 ...
Page 25
... close , And fasten'd it with bolt and brace secure . There lay Telemachus , on finest wool Repos'd , contemplating all night his course Prescrib'd by Pallas to the Pylian shore . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK . Telemachus , having ...
... close , And fasten'd it with bolt and brace secure . There lay Telemachus , on finest wool Repos'd , contemplating all night his course Prescrib'd by Pallas to the Pylian shore . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK . Telemachus , having ...
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... close of his speech , produced a prophecy without intending it , because the suitors in fact did not depart till Ulysses came , the only person of her choice , and slew them . But Clarke judges , and seemingly with good reason , that ...
... close of his speech , produced a prophecy without intending it , because the suitors in fact did not depart till Ulysses came , the only person of her choice , and slew them . But Clarke judges , and seemingly with good reason , that ...
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... close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as shall voluntary share thy toils . In sea - girt Ithaca new ships and old Abound , and I will choose , myself , for thee The prime of all , which without more delay * The sentiment ...
... close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as shall voluntary share thy toils . In sea - girt Ithaca new ships and old Abound , and I will choose , myself , for thee The prime of all , which without more delay * The sentiment ...
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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