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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... replied : Stranger ! The truth is this . My mother him Affirms my father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the legitimacy of a birth is best known to the mother ; and ...
... replied : Stranger ! The truth is this . My mother him Affirms my father , and the mother's voice That question can alone with truth decide * . * Eustathius observes , that the legitimacy of a birth is best known to the mother ; and ...
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... replied Telemachus discreet : Since , stranger ! thou hast ask'd , learn also this . * " Epavos , a convivial meeting , at which every man paid his pro- portion , at least contributed something ; -B . & C. But it seems to have been a ...
... replied Telemachus discreet : Since , stranger ! thou hast ask'd , learn also this . * " Epavos , a convivial meeting , at which every man paid his pro- portion , at least contributed something ; -B . & C. But it seems to have been a ...
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... replied : Alas ! great need hast thou Of thy long absent father , to avenge These 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 ...
... replied : Alas ! great need hast thou Of thy long absent father , to avenge These 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 ...
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... replied : Stranger ! thy words bespeak thee much my friend , Who , as a father teaches his own son , Hast taught me what I never will forget . But , though in haste thy vayage to pursue , Yet stay , that in the bath refreshing first Thy ...
... replied : Stranger ! thy words bespeak thee much my friend , Who , as a father teaches his own son , Hast taught me what I never will forget . But , though in haste thy vayage to pursue , Yet stay , that in the bath refreshing first Thy ...
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... replied : Although my speech , Antinoüs , may , perchance , Provoke thee , know that I am not averse From kingly cares , if Jove appoint me such . Seems it to thee a burden to be fear'd By men above all others ? trust me , no , There is ...
... replied : Although my speech , Antinoüs , may , perchance , Provoke thee , know that I am not averse From kingly cares , if Jove appoint me such . Seems it to thee a burden to be fear'd By men above all others ? trust me , no , There is ...
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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