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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... Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he merited the death he found ; So B 2 ODYSSEY I. 41-57 . 3 Their suff'rings, far more truly the result ...
... Inachus ; but Mercury , by command of Jupiter , slew him , and was thence entitled the Argicide . - B . And well he merited the death he found ; So B 2 ODYSSEY I. 41-57 . 3 Their suff'rings, far more truly the result ...
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... thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the ...
... thence to Sparta forth , And into sandy Pylus , there to hear ( If hear he may ) some tidings of his Sire , And to procure himself a glorious name . This said , her golden sandals to her feet She bound , ambrosial , which o'er all the ...
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... thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet ...
... thence to Sparta tend , To question Menelaus , last arriv'd Of all the Greecians ; and , if there thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet ...
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... thence To Lacedemon , tidings to obtain Of my long - absent sire , or from the lips Of man , or by a word from Jove vouchsaf'd Himself , best source of notice to mankind . If , there inform'd that still my father lives , I hope conceive ...
... thence To Lacedemon , tidings to obtain Of my long - absent sire , or from the lips Of man , or by a word from Jove vouchsaf'd Himself , best source of notice to mankind . If , there inform'd that still my father lives , I hope conceive ...
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... thence , he had consign'd All his concerns , that , under his discreet And just control , his household might enjoy Peace and security till his return . Arising , thus the senior , sage , began : Hear me , ye Ithacans ! be never king ...
... thence , he had consign'd All his concerns , that , under his discreet And just control , his household might enjoy Peace and security till his return . Arising , thus the senior , sage , began : Hear me , ye Ithacans ! be never king ...
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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