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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... Daughter divine of Jove , these things record , As it may please thee , even in our ears . The rest , all those who had perdition ' scap'd By war or on the Deep , dwelt now at home ; Him only , of his country and his wife VOL . I. B 1 ...
... Daughter divine of Jove , these things record , As it may please thee , even in our ears . The rest , all those who had perdition ' scap'd By war or on the Deep , dwelt now at home ; Him only , of his country and his wife VOL . I. B 1 ...
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... daughter of Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he merited the death he found ; So B 2 ODYSSEY I. 41-57 . 3 Their suff'rings, far more truly the result ...
... daughter of Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he merited the death he found ; So B 2 ODYSSEY I. 41-57 . 3 Their suff'rings, far more truly the result ...
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... Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing chief detains , And ever with smooth speech insidious seeks , To ...
... Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing chief detains , And ever with smooth speech insidious seeks , To ...
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... daughter , bore Thoösa , by the Sov'reign of the waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the Shaker of the shores , Although he slay him not , yet devious drives Ulysses from his native isle afar . But come ...
... daughter , bore Thoösa , by the Sov'reign of the waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the Shaker of the shores , Although he slay him not , yet devious drives Ulysses from his native isle afar . But come ...
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... daughter to receive , bestow . But hear me now ; thyself I thus advise . The prime of all thy ships preparing , mann'd With twenty rowers , voyage hence to seek Intelligence of thy long absent sire . Some mortal may inform thee , or a ...
... daughter to receive , bestow . But hear me now ; thyself I thus advise . The prime of all thy ships preparing , mann'd With twenty rowers , voyage hence to seek Intelligence of thy long absent sire . Some mortal may inform thee , or a ...
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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