The National Register.
London, England, 1812-05-10 00:00:00

MAY 10.

extrted on the subject, since that has been found by the author, but
which displays itself in the creation of suitable expressions to depict to
the mind, with due energy iu our own tongue, the images conveyed by
the poet in other languages. This power Mr. Orger seems to possess In
an eminent degree, with a great purity of taste and harmony of versi-
fication. He understands his author perfectly, and sometimes sur-
passes him in elegance and strength of expression.
As :the limits of newspaper criticism are not very extensive, we
?Jail enable our readers to judge for themselves by an extract or two
from this excellent translation, four numbers of which have already ap-
peared, comprising nearly the whole of five books. It is printed ele-
gantly and the original Latin text correctly given so as to present at once
the doubts► advantage Of a good edition, and a valuable translation, of an
estimable Classic.

We select at random and have fallen on the descrirtion of the Flood
after Neptune is come to the aid of Jove, and has ordered the rivers
and seas to overflow their bounds.
44 Jusserat. Hi redeunt, ac fontibus era relaxant
Et defrznato volvuntur in aquora cursu.
Ipse tridente suo terram percussit ; at illa
Intremuit, motuque sinus patefecit aquarum,
Expatiate ruunt per apertus flumina tempos;
Cumque satis arbusta simul, pecudesque, virosque,
Tectaque, eurnque suis rapiunt penetralia wens.
Si qua domus rnansit, potuitque resistere Lento
Indejecta male : culmen tamen altior hujus
Linda tegit, pressaque labant sub gurgite turrPs.
larnque mare et tellus nullum discrimen habebant,
Omnia pontus erant. Deerant quoque littorayonto.
Occupat hic collem ; cymba sedet alter adunca,
Et ducit remos illic, übi super arirat.
Ille supra segetes, aut merqa culmina villa
Navigat: hic summa piscem deprendit in ulmo.
Figitur in viridi (si fors tulit) anchors prato:
Aut subjects terunt curvse vineta canna.
Ft, modo qua graciles gramen carpsere eapella
Nunc ibi deformes ponunt sua corpora phoese.
Mirantur sub aqua, lucos, urbesque, dornosque,
Nereides. Sylvasque tenent delphines, et-altis
Incursant rands, agitataque robora pulsant."
TRANSLATION.
" He spoke. The streams roll back in eddying sweep,
Then downward rush unbridled to the deep.
By Neptune's trident struck, the earth divides,
And bares her tremb'ing bosom to the tides.
O'er open fields the lawless rivers stray,
And trees and men, and cattle bear away.
Houses and temples, household Gods and tenet
In one huge mass are borne along the plains.
If chance, some mansion of a loftier form
Withstands unhurt the inundating storm,
The rising waves succeed the falling showers,'
Sap its foundation and o'ertop its towers.
Now earth and sea one mild horizon boast,
''Twat water all, and ocean void of coast.
One climbs a hill, one grasps the pliant oar
And ploughs the waves where late he ploughed the shore ;
This guides his bark where rolls the devious main,
O'er buried houses and the IR arded grain ;
That steers o'er wave-encircled woods the helm,
While fishes frolic in the branching elm.
The harrassed crew, as chance directs the tide,
Drop tie barb'd anchor on the meadow's side.
Torn by the streams, the ruin'd vineyards feel
The bruising terrors of the crooked keel.
Where slender kidlings nipp'd the verdant blade,
The shapeless sea-calf now usurps the glade,
And sleeps secure. The wondering Nereids eyed
Woods, houses, cities, in their native tide.
In watry groves huge dolphins frolic now
Strike the firm oak, and shake the lofty bough."