The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (Cowper)/Volume 1/Dedication

by Homer

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

EARL COWPER,

 

THIS

TRANSLATION OF THE ILIAD,

 

THE INSCRIPTION OF WHICH TO HIMSELF,

THE LATE LAMENTED EARL,

BENEVOLENT TO ALL,

AND ESPECIALLY KIND TO THE AUTHOR,

HAD NOT DISDAINED TO ACCEPT,

 

IS HUMBLY OFFERED,

 

AS A SMALL BUT GRATEFUL TRIBUTE,

TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER,

 

BY HIS LORDSHIP's

AFFECTIONATE KINSMAN,

AND SERVANT,

 

Layout 2