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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... course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st us not , is sure . This also tell me , hast thou now arriv'd New to our isle , or wast thou heretofore My father's guest ? Since many to our house Resorted in ...
... course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st us not , is sure . This also tell me , hast thou now arriv'd New to our isle , or wast thou heretofore My father's guest ? Since many to our house Resorted in ...
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... course retard . For not yet breathless lies the noble 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 ...
... course retard . For not yet breathless lies the noble 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 ...
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... course to me it seems More decent far , when such a bard as this , Godlike for sweetness , sings , to hear his song . To - morrow meet we in full council all , That I may plainly warn you to depart From this our mansion . Seek ye where ...
... course to me it seems More decent far , when such a bard as this , Godlike for sweetness , sings , to hear his song . To - morrow meet we in full council all , That I may plainly warn you to depart From this our mansion . Seek ye where ...
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... 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 convened ODYSSEY I. 548-556 25.
... 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 convened ODYSSEY I. 548-556 25.
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... course which , only nam'd , moves their disgust ) , But rather choose , intruding here , to slay My sheep , and beeves , and fatted goats , and drink My sable wine - waste hard to be sustain'd . For I have no Ulysses to relieve Me and ...
... course which , only nam'd , moves their disgust ) , But rather choose , intruding here , to slay My sheep , and beeves , and fatted goats , and drink My sable wine - waste hard to be sustain'd . For I have no Ulysses to relieve Me and ...
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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