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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... lips ? Can I forget Ulysses ? Him forget So noble , who in wisdom all mankind Excels , and who hath sacrific'd so oft To us , whose dwelling is the boundless Heav'n ? Earth - circling Neptune - He it is , whose ODYSSEY I. 58-83 .
... lips ? Can I forget Ulysses ? Him forget So noble , who in wisdom all mankind Excels , and who hath sacrific'd so oft To us , whose dwelling is the boundless Heav'n ? Earth - circling Neptune - He it is , whose ODYSSEY I. 58-83 .
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... noble sire , and questioning if yet Perchance the hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth ...
... noble sire , and questioning if yet Perchance the hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth ...
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... noble chief , But in some island of the boundless flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd ...
... noble chief , But in some island of the boundless flood Resides a prisoner , by barb'rous force Of some rude race detain'd reluctant there . And I will now foreshow thee what the Gods Teach me , and what , though neither augur skill'd ...
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... noble Nestor ; thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait ...
... noble Nestor ; thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait ...
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... noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib ...
... noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib ...
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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