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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... , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here immortalized him . Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng 6 ODYSSEY I. 110-129 .
... , who had frequently given him a passage in his ship to different countries , which he wished to see , for which reason he has here immortalized him . Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng 6 ODYSSEY I. 110-129 .
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... ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st us not , is sure . This also tell me , hast thou now arriv'd New to our isle , or wast thou heretofore My ...
... ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st us not , is sure . This also tell me , hast thou now arriv'd New to our isle , or wast thou heretofore My ...
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... ship beneath the woods Neïus , at yonder field that skirts Your city , in the haven Rhethrus rides . We are hereditary guests ; our sires Were friends long since ; as , when thou seest him next , The hero old Laertes will avouch , Of ...
... ship beneath the woods Neïus , at yonder field that skirts Your city , in the haven Rhethrus rides . We are hereditary guests ; our sires Were friends long since ; as , when thou seest him next , The hero old Laertes will avouch , Of ...
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... ships preparing , mann'd With twenty rowers , voyage hence to seek Intelligence of thy long absent sire . Some mortal may inform thee , or a word * , ** Orσa - a word spoken , with respect to the speaker , casually ; but with reference ...
... ships preparing , mann'd With twenty rowers , voyage hence to seek Intelligence of thy long absent sire . Some mortal may inform thee , or a word * , ** Orσa - a word spoken , with respect to the speaker , casually ; but with reference ...
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... ship , with all things necessary for the purpose . He is refused , but is afterwards furnished with what he wants by Minerva , in the form of Mentor . He embarks in the evening without the privity of his mother , and the Goddess sails ...
... ship , with all things necessary for the purpose . He is refused , but is afterwards furnished with what he wants by Minerva , in the form of Mentor . He embarks in the evening without the privity of his mother , and the Goddess sails ...
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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