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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... kinds , And golden cups beside the chargers plac'd , Which the attendant herald fill'd with wine . * Milton uses the word- Sewers and seneschals . Erelong , in rush'd the suitors , and the thrones 8 ODYSSEY I. 154-177 .
... kinds , And golden cups beside the chargers plac'd , Which the attendant herald fill'd with wine . * Milton uses the word- Sewers and seneschals . Erelong , in rush'd the suitors , and the thrones 8 ODYSSEY I. 154-177 .
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... wine drink noiseless ; but this mournful strain Break off , unfriendly to my bosom's peace , And which of all hearts nearest touches mine , With such regret my dearest lord I mourn , Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side ...
... wine drink noiseless ; but this mournful strain Break off , unfriendly to my bosom's peace , And which of all hearts nearest touches mine , With such regret my dearest lord I mourn , Rememb'ring still a husband prais'd from side To side ...
Page 29
... wine - waste hard to be sustain'd . For I have no Ulysses to relieve Me and my family from this abuse . Ourselves are not sufficient ; we , alas ! Too feeble should be found , and yet to learn How best to use the little force we own ...
... wine - waste hard to be sustain'd . For I have no Ulysses to relieve Me and my family from this abuse . Ourselves are not sufficient ; we , alas ! Too feeble should be found , and yet to learn How best to use the little force we own ...
Page 42
... Wine in thy jars , and flour , the strength of man , In skins close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as shall voluntary share thy toils . In sea - girt Ithaca new ships and old Abound , and I will choose , myself , for thee ...
... Wine in thy jars , and flour , the strength of man , In skins close - seam'd . I will , mean - time , select Such as shall voluntary share thy toils . In sea - girt Ithaca new ships and old Abound , and I will choose , myself , for thee ...
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... wine into my jars Delicious next to that which thou reserv'st For our poor wand'rer ; if , escaping death At last , divine Ulysses e'er return . Fill twelve , and stop them close ; pour also ODYSSEY II . 426-451 . 45.
... wine into my jars Delicious next to that which thou reserv'st For our poor wand'rer ; if , escaping death At last , divine Ulysses e'er return . Fill twelve , and stop them close ; pour also ODYSSEY II . 426-451 . 45.
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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