The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer (Cowper)/Volume 2/The Odyssey/Dedication

by Homer

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

COUNTESS DOWAGER SPENCER,

 

THE FOLLOWING

TRANSLATION OF THE ODYSSEY,

 

A POEM THAT EXHIBITS

IN THE CHARACTER OF ITS HEROINE

AN EXAMPLE

OF ALL DOMESTIC VIRTUE,

IS WITH EQUAL PROPRIETY AND RESPECT

INSCRIBED

 

BY HER LADYSHIP's

MOST DEVOTED SERVANT,

 

THE AUTHOR.