...parts of the poem in which Ulysses seems to treat his family and his people unfairly are highlighted: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep,...

...suitors, then settled down in his rocky island kingdom. He hasn't even heard from Athena lately. He says: It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race. Ulysses is bored. He's...

...Lancelot mused a little space; He said, "She has a lovely face; God in His mercy lend her grace, Ulysses It little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep,...

...different context. Alfred, Lord Tennyson England 1 809-92 ULYSSES t little profits that an idle king, y this still hearth, among these barren crags, Matched...That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel: I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoyed Greatly, have suffered...

...ist, sondern ein Ort der Fremde und Entfremdung. Die, die er dort die Seinen nennt, kennen ihn nicht: A savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. (4-5) Im zweiten Abschnitt spricht er von seiner Unfähigkeit, vom Reisen abzulassen: „I cannot rest...

...untenable. The life to which Ulysses has made his difficult return prompts his opening observation: It little profits that an idle king, By this still...That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. (1—5) The speaker's adjectives would appear to bear the burden of his disaffection: he is "idle,"...