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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... father's mansion ? In what kind of ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their 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 ...
... father's mansion ? In what kind of ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their 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 ...
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... father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the legitimacy of a birth is best known to the mother ; and Aristotle is of the same opinion , who cites the case of a woman ...
... father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the legitimacy of a birth is best known to the mother ; and Aristotle is of the same opinion , who cites the case of a woman ...
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... father , to avenge These num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board , From Ilus son of Mermeris ...
... father , to avenge These num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board , From Ilus son of Mermeris ...
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... father , who , himself , Shall furnish forth her matrimonial rites , And ample dow'r , such as it well becomes A darling daughter to receive , bestow . But hear me now ; thyself I thus advise . The prime of all thy ships preparing ...
... father , who , himself , Shall furnish forth her matrimonial rites , And ample dow'r , such as it well becomes A darling daughter to receive , bestow . But hear me now ; thyself I thus advise . The prime of all thy ships preparing ...
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... father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due ...
... father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due ...
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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