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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... flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust , In length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With which the Jove - born Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the ...
... flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust , In length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With which the Jove - born Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the ...
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... flood , in quest of brass , * Μάλ ' ατρεκέως — Pallas promises in these emphatical words that she will tell him the truth , yet begins with a fiction . The promise therefore is understood by some to have reference only to the assurance ...
... flood , in quest of brass , * Μάλ ' ατρεκέως — Pallas promises in these emphatical words that she will tell him the truth , yet begins with a fiction . The promise therefore is understood by some to have reference only to the assurance ...
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... flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd * Temesa was , according to some , a city of Cyprus ...
... flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd * Temesa was , according to some , a city of Cyprus ...
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... twisted , drew the shining sail aloft . A land - breeze fill'd the canvass , and the flood Roar'd as she went against the steady bark , VOL . I. E That ran with even course her liquid way . The ODYSSEY II . 513-537 . 49.
... twisted , drew the shining sail aloft . A land - breeze fill'd the canvass , and the flood Roar'd as she went against the steady bark , VOL . I. E That ran with even course her liquid way . The ODYSSEY II . 513-537 . 49.
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... flood * . * Scaliger comparing the two lines of Homer Ἔπρησεν δ ' ἄνεμος μέσον ἱσίον · ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα Στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ ̓ ἴαχε , νηὸς ἰέσης · with the following two of Virgil Tendunt vela Noti ; fugimus spumantibus undis , Qua cursum ...
... flood * . * Scaliger comparing the two lines of Homer Ἔπρησεν δ ' ἄνεμος μέσον ἱσίον · ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα Στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ ̓ ἴαχε , νηὸς ἰέσης · with the following two of Virgil Tendunt vela Noti ; fugimus spumantibus undis , Qua cursum ...
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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