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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Page 53
... followers roasted , some , The viands , some transfix'd them with the spits . They , seeing guests arriv'd , together all Advanc'd , and , grasping courteously their hands , Invited them to sit ; but first , the son Of Nestor , young ...
... followers roasted , some , The viands , some transfix'd them with the spits . They , seeing guests arriv'd , together all Advanc'd , and , grasping courteously their hands , Invited them to sit ; but first , the son Of Nestor , young ...
Page 116
... followers ? his own train Of slaves and hirelings ? Hath he pow'r to effect This also ? Tell me too , for I would learn- Took he perforce thy sable bark away , Or gav'st it to him at his first demand * ? * The question of Antinoüs ...
... followers ? his own train Of slaves and hirelings ? Hath he pow'r to effect This also ? Tell me too , for I would learn- Took he perforce thy sable bark away , Or gav'st it to him at his first demand * ? * The question of Antinoüs ...
Page 165
... the ground for the use of Latona , that she might support herself either by grasping or leaning against it , when she brought forth Apollo . - B . & C. And num'rous were my followers in a voyage Ordain'd my ODYSSEY VI . 182-199 . 165.
... the ground for the use of Latona , that she might support herself either by grasping or leaning against it , when she brought forth Apollo . - B . & C. And num'rous were my followers in a voyage Ordain'd my ODYSSEY VI . 182-199 . 165.
Page 166
Homerus. And num'rous were my followers in a voyage Ordain'd my ruin ) ; and as then I view'd That palm long time amaz'd , for never grew So straight a shaft , so lovely from the ground , So , princess ! thee with wonder I behold , Charm ...
Homerus. And num'rous were my followers in a voyage Ordain'd my ruin ) ; and as then I view'd That palm long time amaz'd , for never grew So straight a shaft , so lovely from the ground , So , princess ! thee with wonder I behold , Charm ...
Page 256
... followers , thou devour'd'st The followers of no timid chief , or base . Vengeance was sure to recompense that deed Atrocious . Monster ! who wast not afraid , To eat the stranger hous'd beneath thy roof ! Therefore the Gods have well ...
... followers , thou devour'd'st The followers of no timid chief , or base . Vengeance was sure to recompense that deed Atrocious . Monster ! who wast not afraid , To eat the stranger hous'd beneath thy roof ! Therefore the Gods have well ...
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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