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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... Sire of Heav'n and Earth began . For he recall'd to mind Ægisthus slain By Agamemnon's celebrated son Orestes , and retracing in his thought That dread event , the Immortals thus address'd : How rash are humankind ! who charge on Us ...
... Sire of Heav'n and Earth began . For he recall'd to mind Ægisthus slain By Agamemnon's celebrated son Orestes , and retracing in his thought That dread event , the Immortals thus address'd : How rash are humankind ! who charge on Us ...
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... Sire , o'er all supreme ! * Chrysippus , as quoted by Gellius , inveighs with much reason- able indignation against those profligate and audacious persons , who , to excuse a slavish obedience to their lusts , have recourse to the plea ...
... Sire , o'er all supreme ! * Chrysippus , as quoted by Gellius , inveighs with much reason- able indignation against those profligate and audacious persons , who , to excuse a slavish obedience to their lusts , have recourse to the plea ...
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... Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the Earth And o'er the moist flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust ...
... Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the Earth And o'er the moist flood waft her fleet as air ; Then , seizing her brass - pointed spear robust ...
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... sire , and questioning if yet Perchance the hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth , for ...
... sire , and questioning if yet Perchance the hero might return , to chase From all his palace that imperious herd , To his own honour lord of his own home . Thus musing there , he suddenly perceiv'd The Goddess , and sprang forth , for ...
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... sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne Magnificent , which first he overspread With linen , there he seated her , apart From that rude throng , and for himself dispos'd A throne of various colours at her side ; Lest ...
... sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne Magnificent , which first he overspread With linen , there he seated her , apart From that rude throng , and for himself dispos'd A throne of various colours at her side ; Lest ...
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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