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The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems

Against the Samian Ministress or Nun

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Homer and Chapman, George
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Hear me, O Goddess, that invoke thine ear, Thou that dost feed and form the youthful year, And grant that this dame may the loves refuse, And beds, of young men, and affect to use Humans whose temples hoary hairs distain, Whose pow’rs are passing coy, whose wills would fain.

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The Odysseys of Homer, together with the shorter poems, Project Gutenberg eBook #48895

To Glaucus, Who was so Miserably Sparing that he Feared All Men’s Access to Him Written on the Council Chamber