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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... and of your blood ask no account * . There is in the original an evident stress laid on the word Nýrool , which is used in both places . It was a sort of lex talionis , He ended , and each gnaw'd his lip , aghast ODYSSEY I. 447-471 . 21 ས.
... and of your blood ask no account * . There is in the original an evident stress laid on the word Nýrool , which is used in both places . It was a sort of lex talionis , He ended , and each gnaw'd his lip , aghast ODYSSEY I. 447-471 . 21 ས.
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Homerus. He ended , and each gnaw'd his lip , aghast At his undaunted hardiness of speech . Then thus Antinoüs spake , Eupithes ' son : Telemachus ! the Gods , methinks , themselves Teach thee sublimity , and to pronounce Thy matter ...
Homerus. He ended , and each gnaw'd his lip , aghast At his undaunted hardiness of speech . Then thus Antinoüs spake , Eupithes ' son : Telemachus ! the Gods , methinks , themselves Teach thee sublimity , and to pronounce Thy matter ...
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... ended , and Telemachus rejoic'd In that good omen . Ardent to begin , He sat not long , but , moving to the midst , Receiv'd the sceptre from Pisenor's hand , His prudent herald , and addressing , next , The hoary chief Ægyptius , thus ...
... ended , and Telemachus rejoic'd In that good omen . Ardent to begin , He sat not long , but , moving to the midst , Receiv'd the sceptre from Pisenor's hand , His prudent herald , and addressing , next , The hoary chief Ægyptius , thus ...
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... ended , and in accents shrill , that spoke Her tender fears , his gentle nurse exclaim'd : My child ! ah , wherefore hath a thought so rash Possess'd thee ? whither , only and belov'd , Seek'st thou to ramble , travelling , alas ! To ...
... ended , and in accents shrill , that spoke Her tender fears , his gentle nurse exclaim'd : My child ! ah , wherefore hath a thought so rash Possess'd thee ? whither , only and belov'd , Seek'st thou to ramble , travelling , alas ! To ...
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... ended , and the ancient matron swore * Solemnly by the Gods ; which done , she fill'd With wine the vessels , and the skins with meal , And he returning join'd the throng below . Then Pallas , Goddess azure - ey'd , her thoughts ...
... ended , and the ancient matron swore * Solemnly by the Gods ; which done , she fill'd With wine the vessels , and the skins with meal , And he returning join'd the throng below . Then Pallas , Goddess azure - ey'd , her thoughts ...
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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