The Life And Posthumous Writings of William Cowper Esq With An Introductory
The Life And Posthumous Writings of William Cowper Esq With An Introductory
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The work that lies before me engages, unavoidably, my whole at- tention. The length of it, the spirit of it, and the exactness that is requisite to its due performance, are so many most interesting subjects of consideration to me, who find that my best attempts are only introductory to others, and that what to-day I suppose finished, to-morrow I must Ijcgin again. Thus it fares with a translator of Homer. To exhibit the majesty of such a poet in a modern lan- guage is a task that no man can est...imate the difficulty of till he at- 152 LIFE OF COWPER.
tempts it. To paraphrase him loosely, to hang him with trapping^t that do not belong to him — all this is comparati\'ely easy. But to represent him with only his own ornaments, and still to preserve his dignity, is a labour that, if I hope in any measure to achieve it, I am sensible can only be achieved by the most assiduous and most unremitting attention. Our studies, hov/ever different in them- selves, in respect of the means by which they are to be success- fLilly carried on, bear some resemblance to each other.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The work that lies before me engages, unavoidably, my whole at- tention. The length of it, the spirit of it, and the exactness that is requisite to its due performance, are so many most interesting subjects of consideration to me, who find that my best attempts are only introductory to others, and that what to-day I suppose finished, to-morrow I must Ijcgin again. Thus it fares with a translator of Homer. To exhibit the majesty of such a poet in a modern lan- guage is a task that no man can est...imate the difficulty of till he at- 152 LIFE OF COWPER.
tempts it. To paraphrase him loosely, to hang him with trapping^t that do not belong to him — all this is comparati\'ely easy. But to represent him with only his own ornaments, and still to preserve his dignity, is a labour that, if I hope in any measure to achieve it, I am sensible can only be achieved by the most assiduous and most unremitting attention. Our studies, hov/ever different in them- selves, in respect of the means by which they are to be success- fLilly carried on, bear some resemblance to each other.
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