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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Page 21
... sleep profound . Then echo'd through the gloomy vaults of all The lofty roof the suitors ' boist'rous roar , For each was hot to share the royal bed . Whom thus Telemachus discreet address'd : All ye my mother's suitors , though addict ...
... sleep profound . Then echo'd through the gloomy vaults of all The lofty roof the suitors ' boist'rous roar , For each was hot to share the royal bed . Whom thus Telemachus discreet address'd : All ye my mother's suitors , though addict ...
Page 71
... their beds , to cut out the tongues of the victims , and offer them to the Gods in particular who pre- sided over conversation . - B . & C. Hence to a galley's deck for sleep retire , While ODYSSEY III . 422-443 . 71.
... their beds , to cut out the tongues of the victims , and offer them to the Gods in particular who pre- sided over conversation . - B . & C. Hence to a galley's deck for sleep retire , While ODYSSEY III . 422-443 . 71.
Page 72
... sleep Beneath thy roof ; but I return on board Myself , to instruct my people and to give All needful orders ; for among them none Is old as I , but they are youths alike , Coevals of Telemachus , with whom They have embark'd for ...
... sleep Beneath thy roof ; but I return on board Myself , to instruct my people and to give All needful orders ; for among them none Is old as I , but they are youths alike , Coevals of Telemachus , with whom They have embark'd for ...
Page 74
... sleep the spearman bold , Pisistratus , a gallant youth , the sole Unwedded in his house of all his sons . Himself in the interiour palace lay , Where couch and splendid cov'ring for his use Provided by the consort queen he found . But ...
... sleep the spearman bold , Pisistratus , a gallant youth , the sole Unwedded in his house of all his sons . Himself in the interiour palace lay , Where couch and splendid cov'ring for his use Provided by the consort queen he found . But ...
Page 87
... sleep's soft influence less . For of the Greeks in suff'rings or in toils None match'd Ulysses ; but the doom of wo Was his , and ceaseless sorrow for his sake , Thus long a wand'rer , mine ; nor have we learn'd , If still he lives , or ...
... sleep's soft influence less . For of the Greeks in suff'rings or in toils None match'd Ulysses ; but the doom of wo Was his , and ceaseless sorrow for his sake , Thus long a wand'rer , mine ; nor have we learn'd , If still he lives , or ...
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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