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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... length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To his lov'd Ithaca ( nor even there , Friends only should he meet , but many a foe ) , Then all the Pow'rs above with pity view'd ...
... length , Year rolling after year , the season came , That should restore him , by the will of Heav'n , To his lov'd Ithaca ( nor even there , Friends only should he meet , but many a foe ) , Then all the Pow'rs above with pity view'd ...
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... our purpose , 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 .
... our purpose , 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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... length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With which the Jove - born Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the ...
... length , and bulk , and weight a matchless beam , With which the Jove - born Goddess levels ranks Of heroes , against whom her anger burns , From the Olympian summit down she flew To Ithac * , where , in the vestibule And on the ...
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... length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance , Enliv'ning sequel of the banquet's joys . A herald then to Phemius ' hand consign'd His ...
... length , when neither thirst nor hunger more They felt unsatisfied , to new delights Their thoughts they turn'd , to song and sprightly dance , Enliv'ning sequel of the banquet's joys . A herald then to Phemius ' hand consign'd His ...
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... length , a diff'rent lot , And he is lost , as never man before . For I should less lament his death itself , Had he among his friends at Ilium fall'n , Or in the arms of his companions died , Troy's siege accomplish'd . Then his tomb ...
... length , a diff'rent lot , And he is lost , as never man before . For I should less lament his death itself , Had he among his friends at Ilium fall'n , Or in the arms of his companions died , Troy's siege accomplish'd . Then his tomb ...
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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