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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... native shores . But Neptune , now , the Æthiopians sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate , those toward the West ) , Call'd to a hecatomb of bulls and lambs * . There sitting , pleas'd he banqueted ; the ...
... native shores . But Neptune , now , the Æthiopians sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate , those toward the West ) , Call'd to a hecatomb of bulls and lambs * . There sitting , pleas'd he banqueted ; the ...
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... native land , Death covets . Canst thou not , Olympian Jove ! At last relent ? Hath not Ulysses oft With victims slain amid Achaia's fleet Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee ...
... native land , Death covets . Canst thou not , Olympian Jove ! At last relent ? Hath not Ulysses oft With victims slain amid Achaia's fleet Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee ...
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... native 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 ...
... native 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 ...
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... native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due pomp his fun'ral rites perform'd , Make thou thy mother's spousals next thy care . These duties satisfied , delib'rate last , Whether thou shalt these troublers of thy house By ...
... native shores , and , having heap'd his tomb , And with due pomp his fun'ral rites perform'd , Make thou thy mother's spousals next thy care . These duties satisfied , delib'rate last , Whether thou shalt these troublers of thy house By ...
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... native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be , Or of our senators by age matur'd ? Have tidings reach'd him of our host's return , Which here he would divulge ? or brings he aught ...
... native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be , Or of our senators by age matur'd ? Have tidings reach'd him of our host's return , Which here he would divulge ? or brings he aught ...
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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