ISBN: 9781153839396

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...still in your own towers? Time was, when in all regions under heaven Men praised the wealth of Priam''s city stored With gold and brass; but all our houses now 355 Stand emptied of their hidden treasures rare. Jove in his wrath hath scatter''d them; our wealth Is marketted, and Phrygia hath a part Purchased, and part Maeonia''s lovely land. But since the son of wily Saturn old 360 Hath given me glory now, and to inclose The Greecians in their fleet hemm''d by the sea, Fool! taint not with such talk the public mind. For not a Trojan here will thy advice Follow, or shall; it hath not my consent. 365 But thus I counsel. Let us, band by band, Throughout the host take supper, and let each, Guarded against nocturnal danger, watch. And if a Trojan here be rack''d in mind Lest his possessions perish, let him cast 370 His golden heaps into the public maw 1, Far better so consumed than by the Greeks. Then, with the morrow''s dawn, all fair array''d In battle, we will give them at their fleet Sharp onset, and if Peleus'' noble son 375 1 KaradrifioPoprjaai. Have risen indeed to conflict for the ships, The worse for him. I shall not for his sake Avoid the deep-toned battle, but will firm Oppose his utmost. Either he shall gain Or I, great glory. Mars his favours deals 380 Impartial, and the slayer oft is slain. So counsell''d Hector, whom with shouts of praise The Trojans answer''d:--fools, and by the power Of Pallas of all sober thought bereft! For all applauded Hector, who had given 385 Advice pernicious, and Polydamas, Whose counsel was discrete and wholesome, none. So then they took repast. But all night long The Greecians o''er Patroclus wept aloud, While, standing in the midst, Pelides led 390 The lamentation, heaving many a groan, And on the bosom of his breathless friend I... William Cowper, Books, History, Translation of Homer's Iliad Volume 12 Books>History The book has no illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website (GeneralBooksClub.com). You can also preview excerpts of the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Title: The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence and Translations. With a Life of the Author by the Editor, Robert Southey; Volume: 12; Original Publisher: Baldwin and Cradock; Publication date: 1837; Subjects: English literature; Literary Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism / Poetry;<

ISBN: 9781153839396

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: . Alcinoiis, but immersed in thought Stood, first, and paused, ere with his foot he press'd The brazen threshold; for a light he saw 100 As of the sun or moon illuming clear The palace of Phaeacia's mighty King. Walls plated bright with brass, on either side Stretch'd from the portal to This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: . Alcinoiis, but immersed in thought Stood, first, and paused, ere with his foot he press'd The brazen threshold; for a light he saw 100 As of the sun or moon illuming clear The palace of Phaeacia's mighty King. Walls plated bright with brass, on either side Stretch'd from the portal to the interior house, With azure cornice crown'd; the doors were gold 105 Which shut the palace fast; silver the posts Rear'd on a brazen threshold, and above, The lintels, silver, architraved with gold. Mastiffs, in gold and silver, lined the approach On either side, by art celestial framed 110 Of Vulcan, guardians of Alcinous gate For ever, unobnoxious to decay. Sheer from the threshold to the inner house Fixt thrones the walls, through all their length, adorn'd, With mantles overspread of subtlest warp 115 Transparent, work of many a female hand. On these the princes of Phaeacia sat, Holding perpetual feasts, while golden youths On all the sumptuous altars stood, their hands With burning torches charged, which, night by night, Shed radiance over all the festive throng. 121 Full fifty female menials served the King In household offices; the rapid mills These turning, pulverize the mellow'd grain, Those, seated orderly, the purple fleece 125 Wind off, or ply the loom, restless as leaves Of lofty poplars fluttering in the breeze; 1 Bright as with oil the new-wrought texture shone. Far as Phaeacian mariners all else Surpass, the swift ship urging through the floods, 130 So far in tissue-work the women pass All others by Minerva's self endow'd With richest fancy and superior skill. Without the court, and to the gates adjoin'd 1 Kmpooiuiv d' oBovcuiv dndktifltTai vypov ekaiov. Pope has given no translation of this line in the text of his work, but has translated it in a note. It Books, History~~General, Works-Of-William-Cowper-Esq-Comprising-His-Poems-Correspondence-And-Translations-With-A-Life-Of-The-Author-By-The-Editor-Robert~~William-Cowper, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9781153839396

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… More...

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1837 Excerpt: ...still in your own towers? Time was, when in all regions under heaven Men praised the wealth of Priam''s city stored With gold and brass; but all our houses now 355 Stand emptied of their hidden treasures rare. Jove in his wrath hath scatter''d them; our wealth Is marketted, and Phrygia hath a part Purchased, and part Maeonia''s lovely land. But since the son of wily Saturn old 360 Hath given me glory now, and to inclose The Greecians in their fleet hemm''d by the sea, Fool! taint not with such talk the public mind. For not a Trojan here will thy advice Follow, or shall; it hath not my consent. 365 But thus I counsel. Let us, band by band, Throughout the host take supper, and let each, Guarded against nocturnal danger, watch. And if a Trojan here be rack''d in mind Lest his possessions perish, let him cast 370 His golden heaps into the public maw 1, Far better so consumed than by the Greeks. Then, with the morrow''s dawn, all fair array''d In battle, we will give them at their fleet Sharp onset, and if Peleus'' noble son 375 1 KaradrifioPoprjaai. Have risen indeed to conflict for the ships, The worse for him. I shall not for his sake Avoid the deep-toned battle, but will firm Oppose his utmost. Either he shall gain Or I, great glory. Mars his favours deals 380 Impartial, and the slayer oft is slain. So counsell''d Hector, whom with shouts of praise The Trojans answer''d:--fools, and by the power Of Pallas of all sober thought bereft! For all applauded Hector, who had given 385 Advice pernicious, and Polydamas, Whose counsel was discrete and wholesome, none. So then they took repast. But all night long The Greecians o''er Patroclus wept aloud, While, standing in the midst, Pelides led 390 The lamentation, heaving many a groan, And on the bosom of his breathless friend I... William Cowper, Books, History, Translation of Homer's Iliad Volume 12 Books>History, General Books LLC<

ISBN: 1153839393

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