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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... heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the threshold of Ulysses ' hall Grasping her brazen spear she stood , in form The hero Mentes † , hospitable ...
... heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the threshold of Ulysses ' hall Grasping her brazen spear she stood , in form The hero Mentes † , hospitable ...
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... hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth , for he abhorr'd , To see a guest's admittance ...
... hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth , for he abhorr'd , To see a guest's admittance ...
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... 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 dame , Oft as strength fails him , while he creeps and toils Among his vines ...
... 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 dame , Oft as strength fails him , while he creeps and toils Among his vines ...
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... hero to the suitors then Repair'd ; they silent listen'd to the song Of the illustrious bard ; he the return Deplorable of the Achaian host From Ilium , by command of Pallas , sang . Penelope , Icarius ' daughter , mark'd Mean - time ...
... hero to the suitors then Repair'd ; they silent listen'd to the song Of the illustrious bard ; he the return Deplorable of the Achaian host From Ilium , by command of Pallas , sang . Penelope , Icarius ' daughter , mark'd Mean - time ...
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... hero , old Ægyptius ; bow'd with age Was he , and by experience deep - inform'd * . His son had with Ulysses , godlike chief , On board his fleet to distant Ilium gone , The warrior Antiphus , whom in his cave The savage Cyclops slew ...
... hero , old Ægyptius ; bow'd with age Was he , and by experience deep - inform'd * . His son had with Ulysses , godlike chief , On board his fleet to distant Ilium gone , The warrior Antiphus , whom in his cave The savage Cyclops slew ...
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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