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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... gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my return , that I may bear The treasure home ; and , in exchange , thyself Expect some gift equivalent from me . She spake , and as with eagle wings upborne , Vanish'd ...
... gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my return , that I may bear The treasure home ; and , in exchange , thyself Expect some gift equivalent from me . She spake , and as with eagle wings upborne , Vanish'd ...
Page 88
... gift Of fair Alcandra , wife of Polybus , Whose mansion in Ægyptian Thebes is rich In untold treasure , and who gave , himself , Ten golden talents , and two silver baths With two bright tripods to the Spartan prince , Beside what Helen ...
... gift Of fair Alcandra , wife of Polybus , Whose mansion in Ægyptian Thebes is rich In untold treasure , and who gave , himself , Ten golden talents , and two silver baths With two bright tripods to the Spartan prince , Beside what Helen ...
Page 93
... gift , Wife of Ægyptian Thone ; for Ægypt teems 1 * Plutarch , Macrobius , and Eustathius , were all of opinion , that by this drug we are to understand not what the word imports , a medicine , but the discourse of Helen so admirably ...
... gift , Wife of Ægyptian Thone ; for Ægypt teems 1 * Plutarch , Macrobius , and Eustathius , were all of opinion , that by this drug we are to understand not what the word imports , a medicine , but the discourse of Helen so admirably ...
Page 113
... gifts , With splendid chariot , with three princely steeds , And with a gorgeous cup , that to the Gods Libation pouring ever while thou liv'st From that same cup , thou mayst remember me . Him , prudent , then answer'd Telemachus ...
... gifts , With splendid chariot , with three princely steeds , And with a gorgeous cup , that to the Gods Libation pouring ever while thou liv'st From that same cup , thou mayst remember me . Him , prudent , then answer'd Telemachus ...
Page 114
... gift Of all that I possess , which most excels In beauty , and the noblest shall be thine . I give thee , wrought elaborate , a cup Itself all silver , bound with lip of gold . It is the work of Vulcan , which to me The hero Phædimus ...
... gift Of all that I possess , which most excels In beauty , and the noblest shall be thine . I give thee , wrought elaborate , a cup Itself all silver , bound with lip of gold . It is the work of Vulcan , which to me The hero Phædimus ...
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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