The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations: With a Life of the AuthorBaldwin and Cradock, 1837 |
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... stood ; there , grasping her bright spear , 130 Mentes ' she seem'd , the hospitable Chief Of Taphos ' isle . She found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate With ivory cubes sported , on numerous hides Reclined ...
... stood ; there , grasping her bright spear , 130 Mentes ' she seem'd , the hospitable Chief Of Taphos ' isle . She found the haughty throng The suitors ; they before the palace gate With ivory cubes sported , on numerous hides Reclined ...
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... stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious Sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne Magnificent , which first he overspread With linen , there he seated her , apart 140 145 150 156 160 165 From that rude throng , and for ...
... stood , Bright weapons of his own illustrious Sire . Then , leading her toward a footstool'd throne Magnificent , which first he overspread With linen , there he seated her , apart 140 145 150 156 160 165 From that rude throng , and for ...
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... stood , and in his secret thought Revolving all , believed his guest a God . The youthful Hero to the suitors then Repair'd ; they silent , listen'd to the song Of the illustrious Bard ; he the return Deplorable of the Achaian host From ...
... stood , and in his secret thought Revolving all , believed his guest a God . The youthful Hero to the suitors then Repair'd ; they silent , listen'd to the song Of the illustrious Bard ; he the return Deplorable of the Achaian host From ...
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... Stood orderly arranged , waiting the hour ( Should e'er such hour arrive ) when , after woes Numerous , Ulysses should regain his home . Secure that chamber was with folding doors Of massy planks compact , and , night and day , Within ...
... Stood orderly arranged , waiting the hour ( Should e'er such hour arrive ) when , after woes Numerous , Ulysses should regain his home . Secure that chamber was with folding doors Of massy planks compact , and , night and day , Within ...
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... stood offering to the God The thighs , his portion , when the Ithacans Push'd right ashore , and , furling close the sails , And making fast their moorings , disembark'd . Forth came Telemachus by Pallas led , Whom thus the Goddess ...
... stood offering to the God The thighs , his portion , when the Ithacans Push'd right ashore , and , furling close the sails , And making fast their moorings , disembark'd . Forth came Telemachus by Pallas led , Whom thus the Goddess ...
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