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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... palace of Ulysses . - B . & C. But Barnes accounts this interpretation of it an idle dream , for which reason I have not attended to it in the translation . † We are told , that Homer was under obligations to Mentes , who had frequently ...
... palace of Ulysses . - B . & C. But Barnes accounts this interpretation of it an idle dream , for which reason I have not attended to it in the translation . † We are told , that Homer was under obligations to Mentes , who had frequently ...
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... palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of 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 ...
... palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of 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 ...
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... palace ; down she came , By all the num'rous steps of her abode ; Not sole , for two fair handmaids follow'd her . She then , divinest of her sex , arriv'd In presence of that lawless throng , beneath The portal of her stately mansion ...
... palace ; down she came , By all the num'rous steps of her abode ; Not sole , for two fair handmaids follow'd her . She then , divinest of her sex , arriv'd In presence of that lawless throng , beneath The portal of her stately mansion ...
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... palace of their absent king . Mean - time Telemachus from all resort Retiring , in the surf of the gray Deep First lav'd his hands , then , thus to Pallas pray'd : O Goddess ! who wast yesterday a guest Beneath my roof , and didst ...
... palace of their absent king . Mean - time Telemachus from all resort Retiring , in the surf of the gray Deep First lav'd his hands , then , thus to Pallas pray'd : O Goddess ! who wast yesterday a guest Beneath my roof , and didst ...
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... palace went Distress'd in heart . He found the suitors there Goats flaying in the hall , and fatted swine Roasted ; when with a laugh Antinoüs flew To meet him , fasten'd on his hand , and said : Telemachus , in eloquence sublime , And ...
... palace went Distress'd in heart . He found the suitors there Goats flaying in the hall , and fatted swine Roasted ; when with a laugh Antinoüs flew To meet him , fasten'd on his hand , and said : Telemachus , in eloquence sublime , And ...
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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