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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... pow'r In contest with the force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain . To whom Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his ...
... pow'r In contest with the force of all the Gods Exerted single , can but strive in vain . To whom Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : O Jupiter ! above all kings enthron'd ! If the Immortals ever - blest ordain , That wise Ulysses to his ...
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... the little force we own ; Else , had I pow'r , I would , myself , redress The evil ; for it now surpasses far All suff'rance , now they ravage uncontroll'd , Nor show of decency vouchsafe me more . * Resent ODYSSEY II . 56-81 . 33.
... the little force we own ; Else , had I pow'r , I would , myself , redress The evil ; for it now surpasses far All suff'rance , now they ravage uncontroll'd , Nor show of decency vouchsafe me more . * Resent ODYSSEY II . 56-81 . 33.
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... Pow'r Assisted thy contrivance to ensnare And thus constrain me ? what is thy desire ? So he ; to whom thus answer I return'd : O ancient prophet ! guile alone suggests These questions , for thyself already know'st . Within these island ...
... Pow'r Assisted thy contrivance to ensnare And thus constrain me ? what is thy desire ? So he ; to whom thus answer I return'd : O ancient prophet ! guile alone suggests These questions , for thyself already know'st . Within these island ...
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... pow'r to effect This also ? Tell me too , for I would learn- Took he perforce thy sable bark away , Or gav'st it to him at his first demand * ? * The question of Antinoüs , says Barnes , seems to be asked with a malicious intention to ...
... pow'r to effect This also ? Tell me too , for I would learn- Took he perforce thy sable bark away , Or gav'st it to him at his first demand * ? * The question of Antinoüs , says Barnes , seems to be asked with a malicious intention to ...
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... pow'r as he . But Noëmon answers honestly and boldly , doing justice to the son of the king his master , and tacitly condemning the suitors ' iniquitous treatment of him . Jove wither , ere we suffer its effects ! But ODYSSEY IV . 782 ...
... pow'r as he . But Noëmon answers honestly and boldly , doing justice to the son of the king his master , and tacitly condemning the suitors ' iniquitous treatment of him . Jove wither , ere we suffer its effects ! But ODYSSEY IV . 782 ...
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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