Apr. 1831
Original paper slip text:April 1831
Poem: "Penelope to Ulysses" ("Thy Penelope writes, slow Ulysses, this letter...") a verse translation of Ovid's first epistle in the Heroids; three verse versions, all April 1831; also a much earlier prose version, ca. 1785
7 p., 6 p., 4 p., 2 p.
JQA—Literary Exercises, Translations
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From the collection: Adams Family Papers
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