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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Page 14
... dwell and opulence ; but Heav'n Hath cast for us , at length , a diff'rent lot , And he is lost , as never man before . For I should less lament his death itself , Had he among his friends at Ilium fall'n , Or in the arms of his ...
... dwell and opulence ; but Heav'n Hath cast for us , at length , a diff'rent lot , And he is lost , as never man before . For I should less lament his death itself , Had he among his friends at Ilium fall'n , Or in the arms of his ...
Page 56
... dwell on the continent of the same opinion ; and in the works of the ancient poets mariners are univer- sally asked - if they are pirates ? the inquirer accounting it no un- civil question , and the answerer never resenting it.-C. At ...
... dwell on the continent of the same opinion ; and in the works of the ancient poets mariners are univer- sally asked - if they are pirates ? the inquirer accounting it no un- civil question , and the answerer never resenting it.-C. At ...
Page 125
... dwell'st remote ? And thou enjoin'st me a cessation too From sorrows num'rous , and which , fretting , wear My heart continual ; first my spouse I lost With courage lionlike endow'd , a prince All - excellent , whose never - dying ...
... dwell'st remote ? And thou enjoin'st me a cessation too From sorrows num'rous , and which , fretting , wear My heart continual ; first my spouse I lost With courage lionlike endow'd , a prince All - excellent , whose never - dying ...
Page 127
... dwell below . Then answer thus the fading form return'd : Vain words are evil . Whether he be dead , Or still alive , rest uninform'd by me * . So saying , her egress swift beside the bolt She made , and melted into air . Upsprang From ...
... dwell below . Then answer thus the fading form return'd : Vain words are evil . Whether he be dead , Or still alive , rest uninform'd by me * . So saying , her egress swift beside the bolt She made , and melted into air . Upsprang From ...
Page 138
... dwell In yonder boundless Heav'n , to whom belongs Unerring skill to judge , and not to me . She spake ; Ulysses shudder'd at the sound , And thus th ' afflicted hero quick replied : Ah ! other thoughts than of my safe return Employ ...
... dwell In yonder boundless Heav'n , to whom belongs Unerring skill to judge , and not to me . She spake ; Ulysses shudder'd at the sound , And thus th ' afflicted hero quick replied : Ah ! other thoughts than of my safe return Employ ...
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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