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 28
... tears , began : Hear me , ye men of Ithaca , my friends ! Nor council here nor session hath been held , Since great Ulysses left his native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be ...
... tears , began : Hear me , ye men of Ithaca , my friends ! Nor council here nor session hath been held , Since great Ulysses left his native shore . Who now convenes us ? what especial need Hath urg'd him , whether of our youth he be ...
Page 86
... former sense , but Madame Dacier deems the latter , which is given here , so plainly intended , that the passage is not in the least degree ambiguous . - C . With tears shed for them , and by turns I 86 ODYSSEY IV . 105-125 .
... former sense , but Madame Dacier deems the latter , which is given here , so plainly intended , that the passage is not in the least degree ambiguous . - C . With tears shed for them , and by turns I 86 ODYSSEY IV . 105-125 .
Page 87
... tears to ground , and with both hands He spread his purple cloak before his eyes ; Which Menelaus marking , doubtful sat , If he should leave him to lament his sire , Or question him , and tell him all at large * . While thus he doubted ...
... tears to ground , and with both hands He spread his purple cloak before his eyes ; Which Menelaus marking , doubtful sat , If he should leave him to lament his sire , Or question him , and tell him all at large * . While thus he doubted ...
Page 89
... tears I mark'd , Which with his purple cloak he sought to hide . To whom the son of Nestor thus replied : Atrides ! Menelaus ! chief renown'd ! He is in truth his son , as thou hast said ; But he is modest , and would much himself ...
... tears I mark'd , Which with his purple cloak he sought to hide . To whom the son of Nestor thus replied : Atrides ! Menelaus ! chief renown'd ! He is in truth his son , as thou hast said ; But he is modest , and would much himself ...
Page 91
... tears with my repast , And soon , Aurora , daughter of the dawn , Will tinge the orient . Not that I account The mourner , whomsoever he lament , Blameworthy , since , to sheer the locks and weep , Is all we can for the unhappy dead . I ...
... tears with my repast , And soon , Aurora , daughter of the dawn , Will tinge the orient . Not that I account The mourner , whomsoever he lament , Blameworthy , since , to sheer the locks and weep , Is all we can for the unhappy dead . I ...
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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