THE

WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COWPER, Esq.

COMPRISING

HIS POEMS,

CORRESPONDENCE, AND TRANSLATIONS.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR,

BY THE EDITOR,

ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq. LL.D.

POET LAUREATE, ETC.

VOL. XIII.

LONDON:

BALDWIN AND CRADOCK,

PATERNOSTER ROW.

1837.

CHISWICK PRESS:

C. WHITTINGHAM, COLLEGE HOUSE.

THE

ODYSSEY OF HOMER.

TRANSLATED INTO

ENGLISH BLANK VERSE.

BY WILLIAM COWPER,

OF THE INNER TEMPLE, ESQ.

VOL. I.

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.