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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... banquet , first , then tell me thy desire . * Taphos was one of the Echinades , islands of the Ionian sea , and was inhabited by the Teleboans . - B . & C. So saying , toward the spacious hall he mov'd Follow'd ODYSSEY I. 130-153 .
... banquet , first , then tell me thy desire . * Taphos was one of the Echinades , islands of the Ionian sea , and was inhabited by the Teleboans . - B . & C. So saying , toward the spacious hall he mov'd Follow'd ODYSSEY I. 130-153 .
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... tell me true ; Who art thou ? whence ? where stands thy city ? where Thy father's mansion ? In what kind of ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st ...
... tell me true ; Who art thou ? whence ? where stands thy city ? where Thy father's mansion ? In what kind of ship Cam'st thou ? Why steer'd the mariners their course To Ithaca , and of what land are they ? For that on foot thou found'st ...
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... tell me true ; art thou , in stature such , Son of himself Ulysses ? for thy face And sparkling eyes seem plainly to bespeak Ulysses in thee ; for delights like these With him conversing , I have oft enjoy'd , Ere yet , with with many a ...
... tell me true ; art thou , in stature such , Son of himself Ulysses ? for thy face And sparkling eyes seem plainly to bespeak Ulysses in thee ; for delights like these With him conversing , I have oft enjoy'd , Ere yet , with with many a ...
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... tell me true . What festival is this ? This throng - whence are they ? wherefore hast thou need Of such a multitude ? Behold I here A banquet , or a nuptial feast ? for these Meet not by contribution * to regale , With such brutality ...
... tell me true . What festival is this ? This throng - whence are they ? wherefore hast thou need Of such a multitude ? Behold I here A banquet , or a nuptial feast ? for these Meet not by contribution * to regale , With such brutality ...
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... tell thee whence . From Ithaca , by the umbrageous woods Of Neritus o'erhung , by private need , Not public , urg'd we come . Desire to learn The mighty deeds of my illustrious sire , Ulysses , if I may , me prompted forth ; For Fame ...
... tell thee whence . From Ithaca , by the umbrageous woods Of Neritus o'erhung , by private need , Not public , urg'd we come . Desire to learn The mighty deeds of my illustrious sire , Ulysses , if I may , me prompted forth ; For Fame ...
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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