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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... 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 us not , is sure . This ...
... 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 us not , is sure . This ...
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... 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 and din they hold Their riotous banquet ! a wise man and good , Arriving now among them ...
... 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 and din they hold Their riotous banquet ! a wise man and good , Arriving now among them ...
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... 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 . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode ...
... 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 . Bid go The suitors hence , each to his own abode ...
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... thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having ...
... thou learn , That still thy father lives , and hope obtain Of his return , then , suffer as thou mayst , With patience wait his coming yet a year . But shouldst thou learn his death , then seek again Thy native shores , and , having ...
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... thou mayst sprightlier seek Thy gallant bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess ...
... thou mayst sprightlier seek Thy gallant bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess ...
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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