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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... that Ulysses , long A suff'rer , seek , at length , his home again . Myself will hence to Ithaca , mean - time , His son to animate , and with new force Inspire him , that ( the Greecians all conven'd bid ODYSSEY I. 84-109 .
... that Ulysses , long A suff'rer , seek , at length , his home again . Myself will hence to Ithaca , mean - time , His son to animate , and with new force Inspire him , that ( the Greecians all conven'd bid ODYSSEY I. 84-109 .
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... hence , each to his own abode And if thy mother's choice be strongly bent To marriage , let her to the house return Of her own potent father , who , himself , Shall furnish forth her matrimonial rites , And ample dow'r , such as it well ...
... hence , each to his own abode And if thy mother's choice be strongly bent To marriage , let her to the house return Of her own potent father , who , himself , Shall furnish forth her matrimonial rites , And ample dow'r , such as it well ...
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... hence dismiss My mother to Icarius , I must much Refund , which hardship were and loss to me * . So doing , I should also wrath incur From my offended sire , and from the Gods Still more ; for she , departing , would invoke Erynnis to ...
... hence dismiss My mother to Icarius , I must much Refund , which hardship were and loss to me * . So doing , I should also wrath incur From my offended sire , and from the Gods Still more ; for she , departing , would invoke Erynnis to ...
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... Hence , dotard ! Hence To thy own house ; there prophesying , warn Thy children of calamities to come . Birds num'rous flutter in the beams of day , Not all predictive . Death far hence remote Hath found 36 ODYSSEY II . 210-235 .
... Hence , dotard ! Hence To thy own house ; there prophesying , warn Thy children of calamities to come . Birds num'rous flutter in the beams of day , Not all predictive . Death far hence remote Hath found 36 ODYSSEY II . 210-235 .
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... hence To her own father's house , who shall , himself , Set forth her nuptial rites , and shall endow His daughter sumptuously , and as he ought . For this expensive wooing , as I judge , Till then shall never cease ; since we regard No ...
... hence To her own father's house , who shall , himself , Set forth her nuptial rites , and shall endow His daughter sumptuously , and as he ought . For this expensive wooing , as I judge , Till then shall never cease ; since we regard No ...
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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