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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... rock , steep Toward the sea , against whose leftward point , Phæstus , the Southwind rolls the sea amain , Whose mighty surf the rock , though small , repels * , Hither with part he came , and scarce the crews . Themselves escap'd ...
... rock , steep Toward the sea , against whose leftward point , Phæstus , the Southwind rolls the sea amain , Whose mighty surf the rock , though small , repels * , Hither with part he came , and scarce the crews . Themselves escap'd ...
Page 75
... rock . He said , whom instant all obey'd . The ox Came from the field , and from the gallant ship The shipmates of the brave Telemachus ; Next , charg'd with all his implements of art , His mallet , anvil , pincers , came the smith , To ...
... rock . He said , whom instant all obey'd . The ox Came from the field , and from the gallant ship The shipmates of the brave Telemachus ; Next , charg'd with all his implements of art , His mallet , anvil , pincers , came the smith , To ...
Page 108
... rocks , The Gyræt , drove , but sav'd him from the Deep ; Nor had he perish'd , hated as he was By Pallas , but for his presumptuous boast , That him the Gods themselves should strive in ... rock Smiting indignant 108 ODYSSEY IV . 595-609 .
... rocks , The Gyræt , drove , but sav'd him from the Deep ; Nor had he perish'd , hated as he was By Pallas , but for his presumptuous boast , That him the Gods themselves should strive in ... rock Smiting indignant 108 ODYSSEY IV . 595-609 .
Page 109
Homerus. His trident , and the huge Gyræan rock Smiting indignant , dash'd it half away ; Part stood , and part , on which the boaster sat , When first the brainsick fury seiz'd him , fell Bearing him with it down into the gulfs Of Ocean ...
Homerus. His trident , and the huge Gyræan rock Smiting indignant , dash'd it half away ; Part stood , and part , on which the boaster sat , When first the brainsick fury seiz'd him , fell Bearing him with it down into the gulfs Of Ocean ...
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Homerus. By promise of two golden talents , mark d His coming from a rock where he had watch'd The year complete , lest , passing unperceiv'd , The king should reassert his right in arms . Swift flew the spy with tidings to his lord ...
Homerus. By promise of two golden talents , mark d His coming from a rock where he had watch'd The year complete , lest , passing unperceiv'd , The king should reassert his right in arms . Swift flew the spy with tidings to his lord ...
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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