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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... feast . At length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance , Enliv'ning sequel of the banquet's joys . A herald then to Phemius ' hand consign ...
... feast . At length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance , Enliv'ning sequel of the banquet's joys . A herald then to Phemius ' hand consign ...
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... feast ? for these Meet not by contribution * to regale , With such brutality and din they hold Their riotous banquet ! a wise man and good , Arriving now among them , at the sight Of such enormities would much be wroth . To whom replied ...
... feast ? for these Meet not by contribution * to regale , With such brutality and din they hold Their riotous banquet ! a wise man and good , Arriving now among them , at the sight Of such enormities would much be wroth . To whom replied ...
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... feasts ; consume your own , alternate fed Each at the other's cost ; but if it seem Wisest in your account and best , to eat Voracious thus the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all * , Bite to the roots ; but know ...
... feasts ; consume your own , alternate fed Each at the other's cost ; but if it seem Wisest in your account and best , to eat Voracious thus the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all * , Bite to the roots ; but know ...
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... feasts ; consume your own ; alternate feed Each at the other's cost . But if it seem Wisest in your account and best to eat Voraciously the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all , Bite to the roots ; but know that I ...
... feasts ; consume your own ; alternate feed Each at the other's cost . But if it seem Wisest in your account and best to eat Voraciously the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all , Bite to the roots ; but know that I ...
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... feast the prize . Or should the king himself Of Ithaca , returning , undertake T'expel the jovial suitors from his house , Much as Penelope his absence mourns , His presence should afford her little joy ; For fighting sole with many ...
... feast the prize . Or should the king himself Of Ithaca , returning , undertake T'expel the jovial suitors from his house , Much as Penelope his absence mourns , His presence should afford her little joy ; For fighting sole with many ...
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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