{"product_id":"a-burlesque-translation-of-homer-gb-43723","title":"A Burlesque Translation of Homer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Burlesque Translation of Homer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nIf you would make a speech, or write one,\nOr get some artist to indite one,\nDon't think, because 'tis understood\nBy men of sense, 'tis therefore good;\nBut let your words so well be plann'd,\nThat blockheads can't misunderstand.\n\n\r\nAtrides, as the story goes,\r\nTook parson Chrysis by the nose.\r\nApollo, as the gods all do,\r\nOf Christian, Pagan, Turk, or Jew,\r\nOn that occasion did not fail\r\nTo back his parson tooth and nail.\r\nThis caus'd a dev'lish quarrel 'tween\r\nPelides and the king of men;\r\nWhich ended to Achilles' cost,\r\nBecause a buxom wench he lost.\r\nOn which great Jove and's wife fell out,\r\nAnd made a damn'd confounded rout:\r\nAnd, had not honest Vulcan seen 'em\r\nReady for blows, and stepp'd between 'em;\r\n'Tis two to one but their dispute\r\nHad ended in a scratching-bout.\r\nJuno at last was over-aw'd,\r\nOr Jove had been well clapper-claw'd.\n\n\r\nGood people, would you know the reason\r\nI write at this unlucky season,\r\nWhen all the nation is so poor\r\nThat few can keep above one whore,\r\nExcept the lawyers(whose large fees\r\nMaintain as many as they please)\r\nAnd Pope, with taste and judgement great,\r\nHas deign'd this author to translate\r\nThe reason's this:He may not please\r\nThe jocund tribe so well as these;\r\nFor all capacities can't climb\r\nTo comprehend the true sublime.\r\nAnother reason I can tell,\r\nThough silence might do full as well;\r\nBut being charg'ddischarge I must,\r\nFor bladder, if too full, will burst.\r\nThe writers of the merry class,\r\nE'er since the time of Hudibras,\r\nIn this strange blunder all agree,\r\nTo murder short-legg'd poetry.\r\nWords, though design'd to make ye smile,\r\nWhy mayn't they run as smooth as oil?\r\nNo poetaster can convince\r\nA man of any kind of sense,\r\nThat verse can be the greater treasure,\r\nBecause it wants both weight and measure\r\nOr can persuade, that false rough metre,\r\nThan true and smooth, by far is sweeter.\r\nThis is the wherefore; and the why,\r\nHave patience, you'll see by-and-by.\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 43723 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Bridges, Thomas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Sep 14, 2013 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bridges, Thomas,active 1759-1775 \/ eBook \/ English","offer_id":43221433450653,"sku":"gb-43723-ebook","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/products\/43723.jpg?v=1671598662","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-burlesque-translation-of-homer-gb-43723","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}