Re: Concealing art

And in this regard, anyone interested in the matter might also want to have
a look e.g. at Fern Farnham's "Achilles' shield: some observations on
Pope's 'Iliad'" in _PMLA_ 84.6 (1969), p.1571-1581, and at Aileen Douglas'
_Work in hand : script, print, and writing, 1690-1840_ (O.U.P., 2017),
chapt. 5 --"Printing the author=E2=80=99s hand".

- Laval Hunsucker
  Breukelen, Nederland



On Mon, Dec 30, 2019 at 4:11 AM Ralph Hancock <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Anyone who supposes that Alexander Pope produced his gloriously smooth
> version of the Iliad effortlessly should have a look at this facsimile of=
 a
> page of his manuscript, somehow preserved by one Frank J. Addison (not th=
e
> famous Joseph Addison) and which turned up among the books of Benjamin
> Disraeli.
>
> It's the passage from Book VI where Hector takes leave of Andromache.
>
> RH
>
> -----
>
> Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy
> Stretch=E2=80=99d his fond arms to clasp the lovely boy.
> The babe clung crying to his nurse=E2=80=99s breast,
> Scared at the dazzling helm, and nodding crest.
> With secret pleasure each fond parent smiled,
> And Hector hasted to relieve his child,
> The glittering terrors from his brows unbound,
> And placed the beaming helmet on the ground;
> Then kiss=E2=80=99d the child, and, lifting high in air,
> Thus to the gods preferr=E2=80=99d a father=E2=80=99s prayer:
>
> "O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne,
> And all ye deathless powers! protect my son!
> Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown,
> To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown,
> Against his country=E2=80=99s foes the war to wage,
> And rise the Hector of the future age!
> So when triumphant from successful toils
> Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils,
> Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim,
> And say, =E2=80=99This chief transcends his father=E2=80=99s fame:=E2=80=
=99
> While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy,
> His mother=E2=80=99s conscious heart o=E2=80=99erflows with joy."
>
> He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms,
> Restored the pleasing burden to her arms;
> Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she laid,
> Hush=E2=80=99d to repose, and with a smile survey=E2=80=99d.
> The troubled pleasure soon chastised by fear,
> She mingled with a smile a tender tear.
>
> -----
>
>
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