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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... isle , the central boss Of Ocean . That retreat a Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing ...
... isle , the central boss Of Ocean . That retreat a Goddess holds , Daughter of sapient Atlas , who the abyss Knows to its bottom , and the pillars high Himself upbears which sep'rate Earth from Heav'n . His daughter there the sorrowing ...
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... isle afar . But come - devise we now with one consent His safe return , both means and prosp'rous end ; So Neptune shall his wrath remit , whose pow'r In contest with the force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain ...
... isle afar . But come - devise we now with one consent His safe return , both means and prosp'rous end ; So Neptune shall his wrath remit , whose pow'r In contest with the force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain ...
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... Mentes , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here immortalized him . Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng 6 ODYSSEY I. 110-129 .
... Mentes , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here immortalized him . Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng 6 ODYSSEY I. 110-129 .
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Homerus. Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there ...
Homerus. Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there ...
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... him 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.
... him 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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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