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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... shalt be welcome ; ent'ring , share The banquet , first , then tell me thy desire . * Taphos was one of the Echinades , islands of the Ionian sea , and was inhabited by the Teleboans . - B . & C. So saying , toward the spacious hall he ...
... shalt be welcome ; ent'ring , share The banquet , first , then tell me thy desire . * Taphos was one of the Echinades , islands of the Ionian sea , and was inhabited by the Teleboans . - B . & C. So saying , toward the spacious hall he ...
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... shalt expel These from thy doors . Now mark me : close attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode And ...
... shalt expel These from thy doors . Now mark me : close attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode And ...
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... shalt these troublers of thy house By stratagem , or by assault , destroy . For thou art now no child , nor mayst pursue The sports of children longer . Has the deed Of brave Orestes never reach'd thine ear , Whom all mankind extol ...
... shalt these troublers of thy house By stratagem , or by assault , destroy . For thou art now no child , nor mayst pursue The sports of children longer . Has the deed Of brave Orestes never reach'd thine ear , Whom all mankind extol ...
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... shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my ...
... shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me not , for go I must ; the gift , Which lib'ral thou desirest to bestow , Give me at my ...
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... shalt soon thyself Perceive , O venerable chief ! he stands , Who hath conven'd this council . I am he . I am in chief the suff'rer . Tidings none Of the returning host I have receiv'd , Which here I would divulge ; nor bring I aught Of ...
... shalt soon thyself Perceive , O venerable chief ! he stands , Who hath conven'd this council . I am he . I am in chief the suff'rer . Tidings none Of the returning host I have receiv'd , Which here I would divulge ; nor bring I aught Of ...
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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