Arts & Sciences
On reading Lord Derby's Translation of Homer
From The Poetical Works (1899)
Arts & Sciences
Seven ancient cities strove for Homer's birth :
Let no such rivalry divide the earth:
Hark how the bard in Stanley's audience sung,
And claimed our language for his native tongue !
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Hawker, Robert Stephen. “On reading Lord Derby's Translation of Homer.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/106/.
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Hawker, Robert Stephen. “On reading Lord Derby's Translation of Homer.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/106/.
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