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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... Hath foully slain , though not unwarn'd by Us , That he would surely perish ; for we sent The watchful Argicide † , who bade him fear Alike , to slay the king , or woo the queen ; For that Atrides ' son Orestes , soon As grown mature ...
... Hath foully slain , though not unwarn'd by Us , That he would surely perish ; for we sent The watchful Argicide † , who bade him fear Alike , to slay the king , or woo the queen ; For that Atrides ' son Orestes , soon As grown mature ...
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... Hath not Ulysses oft With victims slain amid Achaia's fleet Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee , Jove ? To whom the Sov'reign of the realms of air : What words , my daughter ...
... Hath not Ulysses oft With victims slain amid Achaia's fleet Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee , Jove ? To whom the Sov'reign of the realms of air : What words , my daughter ...
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... hath blinded , Polypheme the vast , In strength superiour to his giant kind . For him the sea - nymph , Phorcys ' daughter , bore Thoösa , by the Sov'reign of the waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the ...
... hath blinded , Polypheme the vast , In strength superiour to his giant kind . For him the sea - nymph , Phorcys ' daughter , bore Thoösa , by the Sov'reign of the waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the ...
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... once to his own isle Restor'd , both gold and raiment they would wish Far less , and nimbleness of foot instead . But he , alas ! hath by a wretched fate Past question perish'd , and what news soe'er We hear ODYSSEY I. 178-202 . 0.
... once to his own isle Restor'd , both gold and raiment they would wish Far less , and nimbleness of foot instead . But he , alas ! hath by a wretched fate Past question perish'd , and what news soe'er We hear ODYSSEY I. 178-202 . 0.
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... hath Ulysses , me . To whom Telemachus , discreet , replied : Stranger ! The truth is this . My mother him Affirms my father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the ...
... hath Ulysses , me . To whom Telemachus , discreet , replied : Stranger ! The truth is this . My mother him Affirms my father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the ...
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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