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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Page 52
... flood , With purpose to inquire what land conceals Thy father , and what fate hath follow'd him . Advance at once to the equestrian chief , Nestor , within whose bosom lies , perhaps , Advice well worthy of thy search ; entreat An ...
... flood , With purpose to inquire what land conceals Thy father , and what fate hath follow'd him . Advance at once to the equestrian chief , Nestor , within whose bosom lies , perhaps , Advice well worthy of thy search ; entreat An ...
Page 62
... flood , we reach'd by night Geræstus ; where arriv'd , we burn'd the thighs Of num'rous bulls to Neptune , who had safe Conducted us through all our perilous course . The fleet of Diomede in safety moor'd On the fourth day at Argos ...
... flood , we reach'd by night Geræstus ; where arriv'd , we burn'd the thighs Of num'rous bulls to Neptune , who had safe Conducted us through all our perilous course . The fleet of Diomede in safety moor'd On the fourth day at Argos ...
Page 69
... flood , a smooth rock , steep Toward the sea , against whose leftward point , Phæstus , the Southwind rolls the sea amain , Whose mighty surf the rock , though small , repels * , Hither with part he came , and scarce the crews ...
... flood , a smooth rock , steep Toward the sea , against whose leftward point , Phæstus , the Southwind rolls the sea amain , Whose mighty surf the rock , though small , repels * , Hither with part he came , and scarce the crews ...
Page 100
... flood , Pharos by name , In front of Ægypt , distant from her shore Far as a vessel , by a sprightly gale 2 * By Philomelides some have rather absurdly supposed Patroclus , whose mother's name was Philomela , to be intended . But Homer ...
... flood , Pharos by name , In front of Ægypt , distant from her shore Far as a vessel , by a sprightly gale 2 * By Philomelides some have rather absurdly supposed Patroclus , whose mother's name was Philomela , to be intended . But Homer ...
Page 104
... flood . So saying , she plung'd into the billowy waste . I then , in various musings lost , my ships Along the sea - beach station'd , sought again , And when I reach'd my galley on the shore We supp'd , and , at the fall of dewy night ...
... flood . So saying , she plung'd into the billowy waste . I then , in various musings lost , my ships Along the sea - beach station'd , sought again , And when I reach'd my galley on the shore We supp'd , and , at the fall of dewy night ...
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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