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THE

ODYSSEY OF HOMER

DONE INTO ENGLISH PROSE

BY

S. H. BUTCHER, M. A.

Fellow and Prælector of University College, Oxford
Late Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge

AND

A. LANG, M. A.

Late Fellow of Merton College, Oxford

Third Edition, Revised and Corrected

With Additional Notes

New York

MACMILLAN AND CO

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AS ONE THAT FOR A WEARY SPACE HAS LAIN

LULLED BY THE SONG OF CIRCE AND HER WINE
IN GARDENS NEAR THE PALE OF PROSERPINE,
WHERE THAT ÆÆAN ISLE FORGETS THE MAIN,
AND ONLY THE LOW LUTES OF LOVE COMPLAIN,
AND ONLY SHADOWS OF WAN LOVERS PINE,

AS SUCH AN ONE WERE GLAD TO KNOW THE BRINE
SALT ON HIS LIPS, AND THE LARGE AIR AGAIN,

SO GLADLY, FROM THE SONGS OF MODERN SPEECH

MEN TURN, AND SEE THE STARS, AND FEEL THE FREE SHRILL WIND BEYOND THE CLOSE OF HEAVY FLOWERS AND THROUGH THE MUSIC OF THE LANGUID HOURS, THEY HEAR LIKE OCEAN ON A WESTERN BEACH

THE SURGE AND THUNDER OF THE ODYSSEY.

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