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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... ev'ry word that might displease thine ear ! Song and the sprightly lyre may well engage These wanton feeders at another's cost , Whose bones lie weather - bleach'd , we know not where , On foreign ground , or rolling in the Deep . Ah ...
... ev'ry word that might displease thine ear ! Song and the sprightly lyre may well engage These wanton feeders at another's cost , Whose bones lie weather - bleach'd , we know not where , On foreign ground , or rolling in the Deep . Ah ...
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... ev'ry grace Penelope hath borne . But tell me true . What festival is this ? This throng - whence are they ? wherefore hast thou need Of such a multitude ? Behold I here A banquet , or a nuptial feast ? for these Meet not by ...
... ev'ry grace Penelope hath borne . But tell me true . What festival is this ? This throng - whence are they ? wherefore hast thou need Of such a multitude ? Behold I here A banquet , or a nuptial feast ? for these Meet not by ...
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... ev'ry tribe had built , and he had won A never - dying name for me ; but now , By harpies * torn inglorious , beyond reach Of eye or ear he lies ; and hath to me Grief only , and unceasing sighs bequeath'd . Nor mourn I for his sake ...
... ev'ry tribe had built , and he had won A never - dying name for me ; but now , By harpies * torn inglorious , beyond reach Of eye or ear he lies ; and hath to me Grief only , and unceasing sighs bequeath'd . Nor mourn I for his sake ...
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... ev'ry state Around us , and the anger of the Gods , Lest they impute these impious deeds to you I next adjure you by Olympian Jove , By Themis , who convenes and who dissolves All councils † , that ye interpose , my friends ! To check ...
... ev'ry state Around us , and the anger of the Gods , Lest they impute these impious deeds to you I next adjure you by Olympian Jove , By Themis , who convenes and who dissolves All councils † , that ye interpose , my friends ! To check ...
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... ev'ry suitor still Shall banquet at thy cost . A glorious name She to herself ensures , but equal wo And devastation of thy wealth to thee ; For neither to our proper works at home Go we , of that be sure , nor yet elsewhere , Till him ...
... ev'ry suitor still Shall banquet at thy cost . A glorious name She to herself ensures , but equal wo And devastation of thy wealth to thee ; For neither to our proper works at home Go we , of that be sure , nor yet elsewhere , Till him ...
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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