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Excerpt from Homeric Games at an Ancient St. Andrews: An Epyllium Edited From a Comparatively Modern Papyrus and Shattered by Means of the Higher Criticism
These two lays, the former much altered and the latter greatly extended, have now been made into one by intro dacing in each Alexander of Troy travelling in the north of Scotland, under a shorter name and one which is not unlike that of the hero of the Aberdonian incident.
The imputation, which may possibly be made, that the compiler (or Redactor or Lay-patcher, as the Higher Criticism would call him) has borrowed from Homer, he is concerned (in historic phrase) neither to palliate nor to deny. It has been established by the most learned critics that the Greek Epic rose, - not, like Aphrodite, radiant with maturest loveliness, but rather after the gradual manner of properly cooked pastry. The rising in the case of the Epic occupied centuries, and during that long period all poets had licence to use their predecessors' efforts to any extent they pleased. In these decadent days authors must be original, or careful to conceal the fact if they fail to be. In those days of the youth of the world, poets could save themselves trouble by appropriating their predecessors' work - especially Homer's; dim wévreo-o-w - and with never a blush for the trespass. So the present bard has a good precedent to rely on. He errs, if he errs, with a large and glorious company; but he fears no censure, for he knows no sin.
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