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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... guest's admittance long delay'd ; Approaching eager , her right hand he seiz'd , The brazen spear took from her , and in words With welcome wing'd Minerva thus address'd : Stranger ! Thou shalt be welcome ; ent'ring , share The banquet ...
... guest's admittance long delay'd ; Approaching eager , her right hand he seiz'd , The brazen spear took from her , and in words With welcome wing'd Minerva thus address'd : Stranger ! Thou shalt be welcome ; ent'ring , share The banquet ...
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... guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water on their hands , supplied them next With a ...
... guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water on their hands , supplied them next With a ...
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... guest ? Since many to our house Resorted in those happier days , for he Drew irresistibly the hearts of all . Then thus the Goddess of the azure eyes : I will with all simplicity of truth * Thy questions satisfy . Behold in me Mentes ...
... guest ? Since many to our house Resorted in those happier days , for he Drew irresistibly the hearts of all . Then thus the Goddess of the azure eyes : I will with all simplicity of truth * Thy questions satisfy . Behold in me Mentes ...
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... guests ; our sires Were friends long since ; as , when thou seest him next , The hero old Laertes will avouch , Of whom , I learn , that he frequents no more The city now , but in sequester'd scenes Dwells sorrowful , and by an ancient ...
... guests ; our sires Were friends long since ; as , when thou seest him next , The hero old Laertes will avouch , Of whom , I learn , that he frequents no more The city now , but in sequester'd scenes Dwells sorrowful , and by an ancient ...
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... guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my return , that I may bear The treasure home ; and , in exchange ...
... guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my return , that I may bear The treasure home ; and , in exchange ...
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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