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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... waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the Shaker of the shores , Although he slay him not , yet devious drives Ulysses from his native isle afar . But come - devise we now with one consent His safe return ...
... waves Impregnated in caverns of the Deep . E'er since that day , the Shaker of the shores , Although he slay him not , yet devious drives Ulysses from his native isle afar . But come - devise we now with one consent His safe return ...
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... to the assurance she gives him , that his father is still alive . But others interpret the words here noted as signifying no more than circumstantially . - C . For which I barter steel , ploughing the waves To 10 ODYSSEY I. 203-225 .
... to the assurance she gives him , that his father is still alive . But others interpret the words here noted as signifying no more than circumstantially . - C . For which I barter steel , ploughing the waves To 10 ODYSSEY I. 203-225 .
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Homerus. For which I barter steel , ploughing the waves To Temesa * . My ship beneath the woods Neïus , at yonder field that skirts Your city , in the haven Rhethrus rides . We are hereditary guests ; our sires Were friends long since ...
Homerus. For which I barter steel , ploughing the waves To Temesa * . My ship beneath the woods Neïus , at yonder field that skirts Your city , in the haven Rhethrus rides . We are hereditary guests ; our sires Were friends long since ...
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... waves . He , loud - exhorting them , his people bade Hand brisk the tackle ; they obedient rear'd The pine - tree mast , which in its socket deep They lodg'd , then strain'd the cordage , and with thongs Well - twisted , drew the ...
... waves . He , loud - exhorting them , his people bade Hand brisk the tackle ; they obedient rear'd The pine - tree mast , which in its socket deep They lodg'd , then strain'd the cordage , and with thongs Well - twisted , drew the ...
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... waves , Ascended now the brazen vault with light For the inhabitants of Earth and Heav'n , When in their bark at Pylus they arriv'd , City of Neleus . On the shore they found The people sacrificing ; bulls they slew Black without spot ...
... waves , Ascended now the brazen vault with light For the inhabitants of Earth and Heav'n , When in their bark at Pylus they arriv'd , City of Neleus . On the shore they found The people sacrificing ; bulls they slew Black without spot ...
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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