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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... it with bolt and brace secure . There lay Telemachus , on finest wool Repos'd , contemplating all night his course Prescrib'd by Pallas to the Pylian shore . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK . Telemachus , having convened ODYSSEY I. 548-556 25.
... it with bolt and brace secure . There lay Telemachus , on finest wool Repos'd , contemplating all night his course Prescrib'd by Pallas to the Pylian shore . ARGUMENT OF THE SECOND BOOK . Telemachus , having convened ODYSSEY I. 548-556 25.
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... night . Three years by such contrivance she deceiv'd The Greecians ; but when ( three whole years elaps'd ) The fourth arriv'd , then , conscious of the fraud , A damsel of her train told all the truth , And we surpris'd her marring all ...
... night . Three years by such contrivance she deceiv'd The Greecians ; but when ( three whole years elaps'd ) The fourth arriv'd , then , conscious of the fraud , A damsel of her train told all the truth , And we surpris'd her marring all ...
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... night and day , Within it ancient Euryclea dwelt , Guardian discreet of all the treasures there , Whom , thither call'd , Telemachus address'd : Nurse ! draw me forth sweet wine into my jars Delicious next to that which thou reserv'st ...
... night and day , Within it ancient Euryclea dwelt , Guardian discreet of all the treasures there , Whom , thither call'd , Telemachus address'd : Nurse ! draw me forth sweet wine into my jars Delicious next to that which thou reserv'st ...
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... night long the galley , and till dawn Had brighten'd into day , cleav'd swift the flood * . * Scaliger comparing the two lines of Homer Ἔπρησεν δ ' ἄνεμος μέσον ἱσίον · ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα Στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ ̓ ἴαχε , νηὸς ἰέσης · with the ...
... night long the galley , and till dawn Had brighten'd into day , cleav'd swift the flood * . * Scaliger comparing the two lines of Homer Ἔπρησεν δ ' ἄνεμος μέσον ἱσίον · ἀμφὶ δὲ κῦμα Στείρῃ πορφύρεον μεγάλ ̓ ἴαχε , νηὸς ἰέσης · with the ...
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... night the Greeks * It is a remark of Eustathius , that Nestor , having first ascribed to Ulysses the honour of surpassing all the Greeks in subtlety and ingenuity of contrivance , and following this praise of him with an assertion ...
... night the Greeks * It is a remark of Eustathius , that Nestor , having first ascribed to Ulysses the honour of surpassing all the Greeks in subtlety and ingenuity of contrivance , and following this praise of him with an assertion ...
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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