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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... thee , even in our ears . The rest , all those who had perdition ' scap'd By war or on the Deep , dwelt now at home ; Him only , of his country and his wife VOL . I. B 1 Alike desirous , in her hollow grot Calypso , ODYSSEY. ...
... thee , even in our ears . The rest , all those who had perdition ' scap'd By war or on the Deep , dwelt now at home ; Him only , of his country and his wife VOL . I. B 1 Alike desirous , in her hollow grot Calypso , ODYSSEY. ...
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... Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee , Jove ? To whom the Sov'reign of the realms of air : What words , my daughter , have escap'd thy lips ? Can I forget Ulysses ? Him forget So ...
... Thee gratified , while yet at Troy he fought ? How , therefore , hath he thus incens'd thee , Jove ? To whom the Sov'reign of the realms of air : What words , my daughter , have escap'd thy lips ? Can I forget Ulysses ? Him forget So ...
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... thee ; for delights like these With him conversing , I have oft enjoy'd , Ere yet , with with many a gallant Greecian more , He sail'd to Troy . But never have I , since , Ulysses seen , nor hath Ulysses , me . To whom Telemachus ...
... thee ; for delights like these With him conversing , I have oft enjoy'd , Ere yet , with with many a gallant Greecian more , He sail'd to Troy . But never have I , since , Ulysses seen , nor hath Ulysses , me . To whom Telemachus ...
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... thee sprung , whom so endow'd With ev'ry grace Penelope hath borne . But 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 ...
... thee sprung , whom so endow'd With ev'ry grace Penelope hath borne . But 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 ...
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... thee , thyself to think By what means likeliest thou shalt expel These from thy doors . Now mark me : close attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity ...
... thee , thyself to think By what means likeliest thou shalt expel These from thy doors . Now mark me : close attend . To - morrow , summoning the Greecian chiefs To council , speak to them , and call the Gods To witness that solemnity ...
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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