Henry Bernard Cotterill

Henry Bernard Cotterill (1846–1924) was a British South African missionary, explorer and writer. Quotes Homer's Odyssey, a line-for-line translation in the metre of the original (1911) London, George G. Harrap & Co. thumb|Flashing she fell to the earth from the glittering heights of Olympus. Sing, O Muse, of the man so wary and wise, who in far landsWandered whenas he had wasted the sacred town of the Trojans. Book I, line 1 Flashing she fell to the earth from the glittering heights of Olympus. Book I, line 102 Now when at last they arrived at the beautiful stream of the river,Here the perennial basins they found where waters abundantWelled up brightly enough for the cleansing of dirtiest raiment.So their mules they unloosened from under the yoke of the wagon,Letting them wander at will on the bank of the eddying river.Browsing on clover as sweet as the honey, and then from the carriageBearing within their arms to the deep dark water the garments,Cast them in trenches and trod them in rivalry one with another.So, when the raiment was washed and was thoroughly cleansed of the dirt-stains, All on the shore of the ocean in order they spread on the shingleWhere it is washed by the tides of the sea as they sweep to the dry land.There did they bathe and anointing themselves with the oil of the oliveSet them adown to the mid-day meal on the bank of the river.Leaving the garments to dry on the beach in the glare of the sunlight.Now when in food they had fully delighted, both she and her maidens,Casting aside their scarfs with a ball they betook them to playing,White-armed Nausicaa with the choral melody leading.E’en as descending a height moves Artemis, darter of arrows,Either on Taÿgetus long-ridged or on huge Erymanthus,Taking delight in the chase of the boar and of timorous roe-deer,Whilst all round her the daughters of Zeus who beareth the ægis,Nymphs of the woodland play — and Leto sees it rejoicing;Even as over the rest uplifting her brows and her foreheadEasily known in her beauty she stands, though fair be the others,Thus shone forth in her beauty the maiden amidst her attendants. Book VI, line 85 Thine was the counsel that captured the wide-wayed city of Priam. Book XXII, line 230 External links Q75981186 Category:1846 births Category:1924 deaths Category:Translators of Homer Category:Explorers from England Category:Missionaries