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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... golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the Earth And o'er the moist flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust , In length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With ...
... golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the Earth And o'er the moist flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust , In length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With ...
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... golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water on their hands , supplied them next With a resplendent table , which the chaste Directress of the household heap'd with bread And dainties , remnants of the last regale ...
... golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water on their hands , supplied them next With a resplendent table , which the chaste Directress of the household heap'd with bread And dainties , remnants of the last regale ...
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... chief his sire . To each a portion of the inner parts He gave , then fill'd a golden cup with wine , Which , tasted first , he to the daughter bore Of Jove the Thund'rer , and her thus bespake : ODYSSEY III . 29-53 . 53.
... chief his sire . To each a portion of the inner parts He gave , then fill'd a golden cup with wine , Which , tasted first , he to the daughter bore Of Jove the Thund'rer , and her thus bespake : ODYSSEY III . 29-53 . 53.
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... golden cup presented * . Then she pray'd , And thus the Sov'reign of the Seas ador'd : Hear , earth - encircler Neptune ! O vouchsafe * Plutarch observes , that Minerva rejoices in Pisistratus neither because he is rich , nor because he ...
... golden cup presented * . Then she pray'd , And thus the Sov'reign of the Seas ador'd : Hear , earth - encircler Neptune ! O vouchsafe * Plutarch observes , that Minerva rejoices in Pisistratus neither because he is rich , nor because he ...
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... golden - hair'd , Indignant answer'd him : Boethe's son ! Thou wast not , Eteoneus , heretofore , A babbler , who now pratest as a child . We have ourselves arriv'd indebted much To hospitality of other men , If Jove shall , even here ...
... golden - hair'd , Indignant answer'd him : Boethe's son ! Thou wast not , Eteoneus , heretofore , A babbler , who now pratest as a child . We have ourselves arriv'd indebted much To hospitality of other men , If Jove shall , even here ...
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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