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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... force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain . To whom Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his home return , Dispatch we ...
... force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain . To whom Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his home return , Dispatch we ...
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... 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 , but others find it in Italy . - B ...
... 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 , but others find it in Italy . - B ...
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... hoped might be put in force against them ; and that Jove would demand no satisfaction for the lives of those who made him none for the waste of his property . To whom Eurymachus replied , the son Of Polybus . 22 ODYSSEY I. 472-495 .
... hoped might be put in force against them ; and that Jove would demand no satisfaction for the lives of those who made him none for the waste of his property . To whom Eurymachus replied , the son Of Polybus . 22 ODYSSEY I. 472-495 .
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... force we own ; Else , had I pow'r , I would , myself , redress The evil ; for it now surpasses far All suff'rance , now they ravage uncontroll'd , Nor show of decency vouchsafe me more . * Resent ODYSSEY II . 56-81 . 33.
... force we own ; Else , had I pow'r , I would , myself , redress The evil ; for it now surpasses far All suff'rance , now they ravage uncontroll'd , Nor show of decency vouchsafe me more . * Resent ODYSSEY II . 56-81 . 33.
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... force Instill'd into thee , and resemblest him In promptness both of action and of speech , Thy voyage shall not useless be , or vain . But if Penelope produc'd thee not His son , I hope not then a good effect Of this design , which ...
... force Instill'd into thee , and resemblest him In promptness both of action and of speech , Thy voyage shall not useless be , or vain . But if Penelope produc'd thee not His son , I hope not then a good effect Of this design , which ...
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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