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 53
... rest ; For thou wast neither born , nor hast been train'd To manhood , under unpropitious Pow'rs . So saying , Minerva led him thence , whom he With nimble steps attending , soon arriv'd Among the multitude . There Nestor sat , And ...
... rest ; For thou wast neither born , nor hast been train'd To manhood , under unpropitious Pow'rs . So saying , Minerva led him thence , whom he With nimble steps attending , soon arriv'd Among the multitude . There Nestor sat , And ...
Page 71
... rest ; for even now The sun is sunk , and it becomes us not , To make a banquet sacred to the Gods Exceed the limits of a sober hour * . So spake Jove's daughter ; they obedient heard . The heralds then pour'd water on their hands , And ...
... rest ; for even now The sun is sunk , and it becomes us not , To make a banquet sacred to the Gods Exceed the limits of a sober hour * . So spake Jove's daughter ; they obedient heard . The heralds then pour'd water on their hands , And ...
Page 74
... rest retir'd , And Nestor , the Gerenian warrior old , To a carv'd couch led forth Ulysses ' son In his own sounding portico prepar'd . Beside him he bade sleep the spearman bold , Pisistratus , a gallant youth , the sole Unwedded in ...
... rest retir'd , And Nestor , the Gerenian warrior old , To a carv'd couch led forth Ulysses ' son In his own sounding portico prepar'd . Beside him he bade sleep the spearman bold , Pisistratus , a gallant youth , the sole Unwedded in ...
Page 75
... rest , And bid my female train ( for I intend A banquet ) with all diligence provide Seats , stores of wood , and water from the rock . He said , whom instant all obey'd . The ox Came from the field , and from the gallant ship The ...
... rest , And bid my female train ( for I intend A banquet ) with all diligence provide Seats , stores of wood , and water from the rock . He said , whom instant all obey'd . The ox Came from the field , and from the gallant ship The ...
Page 88
... rest thread replete , On which infolded thick with purple wool The spindle lay . Her foot - stool'd throne she press'd , And , soon as seated , of her spouse inquir'd : Know we , my Menelaus , dear to Jove ! These guests of ours , and ...
... rest thread replete , On which infolded thick with purple wool The spindle lay . Her foot - stool'd throne she press'd , And , soon as seated , of her spouse inquir'd : Know we , my Menelaus , dear to Jove ! These guests of ours , and ...
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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