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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... Lest , stunn'd with clamour of the lawless band , His guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water ...
... Lest , stunn'd with clamour of the lawless band , His guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first Pure water ...
Page 30
... Lest they impute these impious deeds to you I next adjure you by Olympian Jove , By Themis , who convenes and who dissolves All councils † , that ye interpose , my friends ! To check them , and afford to my distress A solitary and a ...
... Lest they impute these impious deeds to you I next adjure you by Olympian Jove , By Themis , who convenes and who dissolves All councils † , that ye interpose , my friends ! To check them , and afford to my distress A solitary and a ...
Page 32
... ( lest all my threads decay ) Which for the ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my sex , Should he , so wealthy , want at last a ...
... ( lest all my threads decay ) Which for the ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my sex , Should he , so wealthy , want at last a ...
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... Lest all her beauties fade , by grief impair'd . He ended , and the ancient matron swore * Solemnly by the Gods ; which done , she fill'd With wine the vessels , and the skins with meal , And he returning join'd the throng below . Then ...
... Lest all her beauties fade , by grief impair'd . He ended , and the ancient matron swore * Solemnly by the Gods ; which done , she fill'd With wine the vessels , and the skins with meal , And he returning join'd the throng below . Then ...
Page 70
... lest , much consum'd , They share the remnant , and thy voyage thence In quest of tidings prove a fruitless toil . But hence to Menelaus is the course To which I counsel thee ; for he hath come Of late from distant lands , whence none ...
... lest , much consum'd , They share the remnant , and thy voyage thence In quest of tidings prove a fruitless toil . But hence to Menelaus is the course To which I counsel thee ; for he hath come Of late from distant lands , whence none ...
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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