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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... live an exile long From his own shores ; no , not although in bands Of iron held , but will erelong contrive His own return ; for in expedients , fram'd With wondrous ingenuity , he abounds . But tell me true ; art thou , in stature ...
... live an exile long From his own shores ; no , not although in bands Of iron held , but will erelong contrive His own return ; for in expedients , fram'd With wondrous ingenuity , he abounds . But tell me true ; art thou , in stature ...
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... lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due pomp ...
... lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due pomp ...
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... put in force against them ; and that Jove would demand no satisfaction for the lives of those who made him none for the waste of his property . To whom Eurymachus replied , the son Of Polybus . 22 ODYSSEY I. 472-495 .
... put in force against them ; and that Jove would demand no satisfaction for the lives of those who made him none for the waste of his property . To whom Eurymachus replied , the son Of Polybus . 22 ODYSSEY I. 472-495 .
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... Live absent long , but , hasting to his home , Comes even now , and as he comes , designs A bloody death for these , whose bitter woes No few shall share , inhabitants with us Of pleasant Ithaca ; but let us frame Effectual means ...
... Live absent long , but , hasting to his home , Comes even now , and as he comes , designs A bloody death for these , whose bitter woes No few shall share , inhabitants with us Of pleasant Ithaca ; but let us frame Effectual means ...
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... of notice to mankind . If , there inform'd that still my father lives , I hope conceive of his return , although Distress'd , I shall be patient yet a year . But should I haply learn that he survives No longer 38 ODYSSEY II . 261–285 .
... of notice to mankind . If , there inform'd that still my father lives , I hope conceive of his return , although Distress'd , I shall be patient yet a year . But should I haply learn that he survives No longer 38 ODYSSEY II . 261–285 .
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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