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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... num'rous woes , on Ocean toss'd , endur'd , Anxious to save himself , and to conduct His foll'wers to their home ; yet all his care Preserv'd them not ; they perish'd self - destroy'd By their own fault ; infatuate ! who devour d The ...
... num'rous woes , on Ocean toss'd , endur'd , Anxious to save himself , and to conduct His foll'wers to their home ; yet all his care Preserv'd them not ; they perish'd self - destroy'd By their own fault ; infatuate ! who devour d The ...
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... num'rous toils , save Neptune ; He alone , With ceaseless rage pursuing him , withheld Godlike Ulysses from his native shores . But Neptune , now , the Æthiopians sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate ...
... num'rous toils , save Neptune ; He alone , With ceaseless rage pursuing him , withheld Godlike Ulysses from his native shores . But Neptune , now , the Æthiopians sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate ...
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... num'rous flocks and fatted herds consume . And I will send him thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden ...
... num'rous flocks and fatted herds consume . And I will send him thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden ...
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... num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there Minister'd to them ; these their mantling cups With water slak'd ; with bib'lous sponges those Made clean the tables , set the banquet on , And portion ...
... num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there Minister'd to them ; these their mantling cups With water slak'd ; with bib'lous sponges those Made clean the tables , set the banquet on , And portion ...
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... num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board , From Ilus son of Mermeris , who dwelt In distant ...
... num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield , And grasping his two spears , such as when first I saw him drinking joyous at our board , From Ilus son of Mermeris , who dwelt In distant ...
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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