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... deed to blame any of these translations in their place . They give that which the romantic reader of poetry , or the student of the age of Anne , looks for in verse ; and without tags of this sort , a translation of Homer in verse ...
... deed to blame any of these translations in their place . They give that which the romantic reader of poetry , or the student of the age of Anne , looks for in verse ; and without tags of this sort , a translation of Homer in verse ...
Page 2
... deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his friends this long while suffereth affliction in a seagirt isle , where is the navel of the sea , a woodland isle , and therein a goddess hath her ...
... deeds ! But my heart is rent for wise Odysseus , the hapless one , who far from his friends this long while suffereth affliction in a seagirt isle , where is the navel of the sea , a woodland isle , and therein a goddess hath her ...
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... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
... deeds of shame , whatso wise man came among them . ' Then wise Telemachus answered her , and said : ' Sir , for- asmuch as thou questionest me of these things and inquirest thereof , our house was once like to have been rich and honour ...
Page 12
... deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou sing as thou sittest by them , and let them drink their wine in silence ; but cease from this pitiful strain , that ever wastes my heart within my breast , since ...
... deeds of men and gods , which bards rehearse , some one of these do thou sing as thou sittest by them , and let them drink their wine in silence ; but cease from this pitiful strain , that ever wastes my heart within my breast , since ...
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... deeds past sufferance have now been wrought , and now my house is wasted utterly beyond pretence of right . Resent it in your own hearts , and have regard to your neighbours who dwell around , and tremble ye at the anger of the gods ...
... deeds past sufferance have now been wrought , and now my house is wasted utterly beyond pretence of right . Resent it in your own hearts , and have regard to your neighbours who dwell around , and tremble ye at the anger of the gods ...
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abide Achaeans Aegisthus Alcinous Antinous Atreus bade behold beneath black ship Calypso cast chamber Circe counsels answered dear death deathless gods decked ships deeds deep didst doublet drave drew drink Dulichium earth Eumaeus Eupeithes Eurycleia Eurylochus Eurymachus evil fair father feast friends gifts goddess godlike grey-eyed Athene halls handmaids hands hath Hephaestus hither hollow ship Homer Howbeit Icarius isle Ithaca Laertes land lest lord maidens Melanthius Menelaus methinks mighty mother Nestor nigh noble Phaeacians Poseidon pray Pylos raiment renowned sails saying slain slay sleep smote sorrow spake unto spear spirit steadfast goodly Odysseus stood straightway stranger sweet swift ship swine swineherd Teiresias tell thee thereof Therewith thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself took twain verily voice wandering Wherefore wife wind wine winged words wise Penelope wise Telemachus answered wooers Zeus