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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... safe return to Ithaca . Minerva descends to encourage Telemachus , and in the form of Mentes directs him in what manner to proceed . Throughout this book the extravagance and profligacy of the suitors are occasion- ally suggested ...
... safe return to Ithaca . Minerva descends to encourage Telemachus , and in the form of Mentes directs him in what manner to proceed . Throughout this book the extravagance and profligacy of the suitors are occasion- ally suggested ...
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... safe return , both means and prosp'rous end ; So Neptune shall his wrath remit , whose 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 ...
... safe return , both means and prosp'rous end ; So Neptune shall his wrath remit , whose 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 ...
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... safe restor'd , he shall avenge , In his own house , his wrongs , or whether not , Rests , for decision , with the Gods alone . Mean - time I counsel thee , thyself to think By what means likeliest thou shalt expel These from thy doors ...
... safe restor'd , he shall avenge , In his own house , his wrongs , or whether not , Rests , for decision , with the Gods alone . Mean - time I counsel thee , thyself to think By what means likeliest thou shalt expel These from thy doors ...
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... safe Conducted us through all our perilous course . The fleet of Diomede in safety moor'd On the fourth day at Argos ; but myself Held on my course to Pylus , nor the wind One moment thwarted us , or died away , When Jove had once ...
... safe Conducted us through all our perilous course . The fleet of Diomede in safety moor'd On the fourth day at Argos ; but myself Held on my course to Pylus , nor the wind One moment thwarted us , or died away , When Jove had once ...
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Homerus. Safe Philoctetes also , son renown'd Of Peas ; and Idomeneus at Crete Hath landed all his foll'wers , who survive The bloody war ; the waves have swallow'd none . Ye have yourselves doubtless , although remote , Of Agamemnon ...
Homerus. Safe Philoctetes also , son renown'd Of Peas ; and Idomeneus at Crete Hath landed all his foll'wers , who survive The bloody war ; the waves have swallow'd none . Ye have yourselves doubtless , although remote , Of Agamemnon ...
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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