Note 224 — I. AGORÈ. THE POLITIES OF THE HOMERIC AGE. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The version of Voss is very accurate, but, I think, lifeless. The version of Cowper is at this point not satisfactory: he weakens, by exaggerating, the delicate expression μεμήλῃ:
Look thou forth at early dawn, And, if such spectacle delight thee aught, Thou shalt behold me cleaving with my prows, &c.
The version of Pope simply omits the line!
Tomorrow we the favouring gods implore: Then shall you see our parting vessels crowned, And hear with oars the Hellespont resound.