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 93
... tears , although His father and his mother both were dead , Nor even though his brother or his son Had fall'n in battle , and before his eyes . Such drugs of sov'reign use had Helen brought Erewhile to Sparta , Polydamna's gift , Wife ...
... tears , although His father and his mother both were dead , Nor even though his brother or his son Had fall'n in battle , and before his eyes . Such drugs of sov'reign use had Helen brought Erewhile to Sparta , Polydamna's gift , Wife ...
Page 108
... tears abstain * . No few have died , and many still survive Of those Achaian chiefs ; but two alone In their return have perish'd , and a third Still lives , imprison'd in the boundless Deep . Ajax surrounded by his galleys diedt . Him ...
... tears abstain * . No few have died , and many still survive Of those Achaian chiefs ; but two alone In their return have perish'd , and a third Still lives , imprison'd in the boundless Deep . Ajax surrounded by his galleys diedt . Him ...
Page 119
... spirits went . Speechless she long remain'd , tears fill'd her eyes , And inarticulate in its passage died Her utt'rance , till at last with pain she spake : Herald ! why went my son ? he hath no ODYSSEY IV . 827-852 . 119.
... spirits went . Speechless she long remain'd , tears fill'd her eyes , And inarticulate in its passage died Her utt'rance , till at last with pain she spake : Herald ! why went my son ? he hath no ODYSSEY IV . 827-852 . 119.
Page 125
... tears of sad Penelope . Ent'ring the chamber - portal where the bolt Secur'd it , at her head the image stood , And thus , in terms compassionate , began : Sleep'st thou , distress'd Penelope ? The Gods , Happy in everlasting rest ...
... tears of sad Penelope . Ent'ring the chamber - portal where the bolt Secur'd it , at her head the image stood , And thus , in terms compassionate , began : Sleep'st thou , distress'd Penelope ? The Gods , Happy in everlasting rest ...
Page 137
... tears that never ceas'd His cheek bedew'd , and , since the lovely nymph Had lost her pow'r to charm him , he resign'd All thought of bliss besides , and in the pangs Of hopeless exile pass'd his happiest hours , Yet , through ...
... tears that never ceas'd His cheek bedew'd , and , since the lovely nymph Had lost her pow'r to charm him , he resign'd All thought of bliss besides , and in the pangs Of hopeless exile pass'd his happiest hours , Yet , through ...
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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