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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... side ; Lest , stunn'd with clamour of the lawless band , His guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first ...
... side ; Lest , stunn'd with clamour of the lawless band , His guest should suffer pain , and that himself Might ask him tidings of his absent sire . And now a maiden charg'd with golden ew'r , And with an argent laver , pouring first ...
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... mournful strain Break off , unfriendly to my bosom's peace , And which of all hearts nearest touches mine , With such regret my dearest lord I mourn , Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side , C 2 ODYSSEY I. 401-426 . 19.
... mournful strain Break off , unfriendly to my bosom's peace , And which of all hearts nearest touches mine , With such regret my dearest lord I mourn , Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side , C 2 ODYSSEY I. 401-426 . 19.
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Homerus. Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side , and in the very heart of Greece . Then answer thus Telemachus return'd : My mother ! leave the tuneful bard unblam'd To his own choice . No bard , himself , creates The ...
Homerus. Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side , and in the very heart of Greece . Then answer thus Telemachus return'd : My mother ! leave the tuneful bard unblam'd To his own choice . No bard , himself , creates The ...
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... train , For she had nurs'd him in his infant years . He open'd his broad chamber - valves , and sat On his couch - side ; then , putting off his vest Of softest texture , placed it in the hands Of 24 ODYSSEY I. 522-547 .
... train , For she had nurs'd him in his infant years . He open'd his broad chamber - valves , and sat On his couch - side ; then , putting off his vest Of softest texture , placed it in the hands Of 24 ODYSSEY I. 522-547 .
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... side by side They floated ; but , erelong , hov'ring aloft , Right o'er the midst of the assembled chiefs They wheel'd around , clang'd all their num'rous plumes , And eyeing with a downward look the throng , Death boded , ominous ...
... side by side They floated ; but , erelong , hov'ring aloft , Right o'er the midst of the assembled chiefs They wheel'd around , clang'd all their num'rous plumes , And eyeing with a downward look the throng , Death boded , ominous ...
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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