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 18
... seek Thy gallant bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me ...
... seek Thy gallant bark , charg'd with some noble gift of finish'd workmanship , which thou shalt keep As my memorial ever ; such a boon As men confer on guests whom much they love . Then thus Minerva , Goddess azure - ey'd : Retard me ...
Page 20
... Seek thou then again Thy own apartment , spindle ply and loom , And task thy maidens ; management belongs To men of joys convivial , and of men Especially to me , chief ruler here * . She heard astonish'd ; and the prudent speech ...
... Seek thou then again Thy own apartment , spindle ply and loom , And task thy maidens ; management belongs To men of joys convivial , and of men Especially to me , chief ruler here * . She heard astonish'd ; and the prudent speech ...
Page 21
... Seek ye where ye may Your feasts ; consume your own , alternate fed Each at the other's cost ; but if it seem Wisest in your account and best , to eat Voracious thus the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all ...
... Seek ye where ye may Your feasts ; consume your own , alternate fed Each at the other's cost ; but if it seem Wisest in your account and best , to eat Voracious thus the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all ...
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... seek where else ye may Your feasts ; consume your own ; alternate feed Each at the other's cost . But if it seem Wisest in your account and best to eat Voraciously the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all , Bite to ...
... seek where else ye may Your feasts ; consume your own ; alternate feed Each at the other's cost . But if it seem Wisest in your account and best to eat Voraciously the patrimonial goods Of one man , rend'ring no account of all , Bite to ...
Page 38
... seek , departing hence , t ' espouse Each his own consort suitable elsewhere . To whom , discreet , Telemachus replied : Eurymachus , and ye the suitor train Illustrious , I have spoken ; ye shall hear No more this supplication urg'd by ...
... seek , departing hence , t ' espouse Each his own consort suitable elsewhere . To whom , discreet , Telemachus replied : Eurymachus , and ye the suitor train Illustrious , I have spoken ; ye shall hear No more this supplication urg'd by ...
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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