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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... Telemachus , and in the form of Mentes directs him in what manner to proceed . Throughout this book the extravagance and profligacy of the suitors are occasion- ally suggested . ODYSSEY . f BOOK I. MUSE make the man thy.
... Telemachus , and in the form of Mentes directs him in what manner to proceed . Throughout this book the extravagance and profligacy of the suitors are occasion- ally suggested . ODYSSEY . f BOOK I. MUSE make the man thy.
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... suitors from his home , who , day by day , His num'rous flocks and fatted herds consume . And I will send him thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure ...
... suitors from his home , who , day by day , His num'rous flocks and fatted herds consume . And I will send him thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure ...
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Homerus. Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there ...
Homerus. Of Taphos ' isle * -she found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate Sported with iv'ry cubes , reclin'd on hides Of num'rous oxen , which themselves had slain . The heralds and the busy menials there ...
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... kinds , And golden cups beside the chargers plac'd , Which the attendant herald fill'd with wine . * Milton uses the word- Sewers and seneschals . Erelong , in rush'd the suitors , and the thrones 8 ODYSSEY I. 154-177 .
... kinds , And golden cups beside the chargers plac'd , Which the attendant herald fill'd with wine . * Milton uses the word- Sewers and seneschals . Erelong , in rush'd the suitors , and the thrones 8 ODYSSEY I. 154-177 .
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... suitors with his song , and while the chords He struck in prelude to his pleasant strains , Telemachus , in accents whisper'd close To Pallas ' ear , the Goddess thus address'd : My inmate and my friend ! far from my lips Be ev'ry word ...
... suitors with his song , and while the chords He struck in prelude to his pleasant strains , Telemachus , in accents whisper'd close To Pallas ' ear , the Goddess thus address'd : My inmate and my friend ! far from my lips Be ev'ry word ...
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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