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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... till Minerva bath'd Her weary lids in dewy sleep profound . Then echo'd through the gloomy vaults of all The lofty roof the suitors ' boist'rous roar , For each was hot to share the royal bed . Whom thus Telemachus discreet address'd ...
... till Minerva bath'd Her weary lids in dewy sleep profound . Then echo'd through the gloomy vaults of all The lofty roof the suitors ' boist'rous roar , For each was hot to share the royal bed . Whom thus Telemachus discreet address'd ...
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... till of them all , at last , Antinoüs , sole arising , thus replied : Telemachus , intemp'rate in harangue , High - sounding orator ! it is thy drift , To make us odious all ; but the offence Lies not with us the suitors ; she alone ...
... till of them all , at last , Antinoüs , sole arising , thus replied : Telemachus , intemp'rate in harangue , High - sounding orator ! it is thy drift , To make us odious all ; but the offence Lies not with us the suitors ; she alone ...
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... till I shall finish , first , A fun'ral robe ( lest all my threads decay ) Which for the ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my ...
... till I shall finish , first , A fun'ral robe ( lest all my threads decay ) Which for the ancient hero I prepare , Laertes , looking for the mournful hour , When Fate shall snatch him to eternal rest ; Else I the censure dread of all my ...
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... Till him she wed , to whom she most inclines * . Then prudent thus Telamachus replied : Antinous ! to thrust the mother forth , * Some have understood that Antilochus , in this close of his speech , produced a prophecy without intending ...
... Till him she wed , to whom she most inclines * . Then prudent thus Telamachus replied : Antinous ! to thrust the mother forth , * Some have understood that Antilochus , in this close of his speech , produced a prophecy without intending ...
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... , and as he ought . For this expensive wooing , as I judge , Till then shall never cease ; since we regard No man - no - not Telemachus , although In words exub'rant ; neither fear we aught Thy vain ODYSSEY II . 236-260 . 35 37.
... , and as he ought . For this expensive wooing , as I judge , Till then shall never cease ; since we regard No man - no - not Telemachus , although In words exub'rant ; neither fear we aught Thy vain ODYSSEY II . 236-260 . 35 37.
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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