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Iliad of Homer, Rendered into English Blank Verse |
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"It must equally be considered a splendid performance; and for the present we have no hesitation in saying that it is by far the best representation of Homer's Iliad in the English language." - London Times, 1865 RENDERED INTO ENGLISH BLANK VERSE.
BY EDWARD EARL OF DERBY.
PREFACE.
In the spring of 1862 I was induced, at the request of some personal
friends, to print, for private circulation only, a small volume of
"Translations of Poems Ancient and Modern," in which was included the
first Book of the Iliad. The opinions expressed by some competent
judges of the degree of success which had attended this "attempt to
infuse into an almost literal English version something of the spirit,
as well as the simplicity, of the great original," [Footnote:
Introduction to unpublished volume.] were sufficiently favourable to
encourage me to continue the work which I had begun. It has afforded
me, in the intervals of more urgent business, an unfailing, and
constantly increasing source of interest; and it is not without a
feeling of regret at the completion of my task, and a sincere
diffidence as to its success, that I venture to submit the result of my
labour to the ordeal of public criticism. Various causes, irrespective of any demerits of the work itself, forbid
me to anticipate for this translation any extensive popularity... Continue reading book >>
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