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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... sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate , those toward the West ) , Call'd to a hecatomb of bulls and lambs * . There sitting , pleas'd he banqueted ; the Gods In Jove's abode , mean - time , assembled all ...
... sought ( The Æthiopians , utmost of mankind , These Eastward situate , those toward the West ) , Call'd to a hecatomb of bulls and lambs * . There sitting , pleas'd he banqueted ; the Gods In Jove's abode , mean - time , assembled all ...
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... sought * This part of the speech of Telemachus has been rejected by some critics , who contend , that , whatever propriety it may have when addressed by Hector to Andromache , it has not the same when addressed by a son to his mother ...
... sought * This part of the speech of Telemachus has been rejected by some critics , who contend , that , whatever propriety it may have when addressed by Hector to Andromache , it has not the same when addressed by a son to his mother ...
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... sought Needful repose . Telemachus , the while , In various musings occupied , to rest Also retir'd , in his own chamber , built On the hall - roof , conspicuous from afar . Sage Euryclea , bearing in each hand A torch , preceded him ...
... sought Needful repose . Telemachus , the while , In various musings occupied , to rest Also retir'd , in his own chamber , built On the hall - roof , conspicuous from afar . Sage Euryclea , bearing in each hand A torch , preceded him ...
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... when he mentions Ulysses , but breaks up the council abruptly though he had not con- vened it.-B. & C. Eustathius makes the same observation . - C . The council , and the scatt'red concourse sought Their sev'ral 40 ODYSSEY II . 311-330 .
... when he mentions Ulysses , but breaks up the council abruptly though he had not con- vened it.-B. & C. Eustathius makes the same observation . - C . The council , and the scatt'red concourse sought Their sev'ral 40 ODYSSEY II . 311-330 .
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Homerus. The council , and the scatt'red concourse sought Their sev'ral homes , while all the suitors flock'd Thence to the palace of their absent king . Mean - time Telemachus from all resort Retiring , in the surf of the gray Deep ...
Homerus. The council , and the scatt'red concourse sought Their sev'ral homes , while all the suitors flock'd Thence to the palace of their absent king . Mean - time Telemachus from all resort Retiring , in the surf of the gray Deep ...
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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