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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... soon As grown mature , and eager to assume The sway in Argos , should avenge the deed . So Hermes spake , but his advice mov'd not Ægisthus , on whose head the whole arrear Of vengeance heap'd at last hath therefore fall'n . To whom ...
... soon As grown mature , and eager to assume The sway in Argos , should avenge the deed . So Hermes spake , but his advice mov'd not Ægisthus , on whose head the whole arrear Of vengeance heap'd at last hath therefore fall'n . To whom ...
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... soon Beneath the lofty roof , plac'd her bright spear Within a pillar's cavity , long time The armoury where many a spear had stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne ...
... soon Beneath the lofty roof , plac'd her bright spear Within a pillar's cavity , long time The armoury where many a spear had stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne ...
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... soon . To whom , with deep commiseration pang'd , Pallas replied : Alas ! great need hast thou Of thy long absent father , to avenge These num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield ...
... soon . To whom , with deep commiseration pang'd , Pallas replied : Alas ! great need hast thou Of thy long absent father , to avenge These num'rous wrongs ; for could he now appear There , at yon portal , arm'd with helmet , shield ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... soon My suff'rings at your hands ; for my complaints * The reader is to be reminded , that this is not an assembly of the suitors only , but a general one , which affords Telemachus an op- portunity to apply himself to the feelings of ...
... soon My suff'rings at your hands ; for my complaints * The reader is to be reminded , that this is not an assembly of the suitors only , but a general one , which affords Telemachus an op- portunity to apply himself to the feelings 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