The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-16 00:00:00

JENEIS.

We have been detained so long in the seventh
hook of this poem, by the terrible graces of one
of its principal agents, the Fury, Alecto, that we
have not tine to dwell longer on its
.beauties.
With reference, indeed, to the translations'wbich
we are reviewing, that of DRYDEN, in its sub-
seprent course through this book, exhibits little,
it-any thing, which we could produce for his ad-
vantage. With the exception of the description
of Camilla, which we consider as executed happily
by the elder translator, the whole of the catalogue
ol the Latian force's, admirably fine as it is in the
original, makes but an indifferent figure in his
version: and with respect to that very small por-
tion of it to which we icier, we shall content

ourselves. with pointing it to the observation of

our readers, and requestirig that they will cm-
* pare this portrait of the V.olscian heroine with
that Which they will find in the more modern
translatiosi. We shall now hasten to the ,ninth
irtiok ; which-"oecupies-the•next place on the list
at Duvngzst's tavotirites; and from it we sball
extract beti,inning and the. close, with a:part
of the pathetic ePi'sode of Nisus and Euryalus:
Having been tr:lnSlated by the old poet previOiiily,
to his undt:rtaking the whole poem, this epislidc.
r‘tay be • stipposed to have engaged his'pdrtienhir
attention, arid to basfe been wrought by him with
17is !vest powers ; but betel:' too long for us to
'..;:scit 'at its fell hmgth, tre shall confine our-
selves to its 4iffeeting termination : according to
our late practice, we shalhabstain wholly from
remarks,' that. the- unbia'ssed judgment of our
r'ea'ifers may decide on'the' respective claims of the
prreeetfing• and the, subsequent translation. Let
us' only observe, that we 'make our Citation's al=
trigi,thet....-With" reference to DaiDEN. • From his
r'oills 'we selth the most-brillitint paSsges, and
%re then tarn to find their co responde'nts in the
page
.our contemporary, whom we are'not:ap,
prehensive of surprising 'in a state unfit for ad-
vantageous production. Our present extracts
extended (with a few omissions to bring
the entire passage to the 'attetript on the ships
NO bin our limits) from the first line of the book :
- • Alpe ca direr pcnitua darn parte gerraptur, 4^e.
linc -64 'inclusive,
, .
• Ex' Longo rabica; et siccee sangitinejauces. • .

While these affairs in distant places pass'd,.
The various Iris Juno sends with haste
To find hold Turnus ; who, with anxious thought,
The secret shade, of his great grandsire sought.
Retired alone she found the daring man,
And ope'd her rosy lips, and thus began •
.44 What, none of all the gods could grant thy vows,
That, Turnus, this auspicious day bestows,
-Rneas, gone to seek the Arcadian prince,
;oft the Trojqn without defence;
And, short of ~wcour-there, employs Isis pains

In parts remote to raise MC Tuscan swains.
Now Snatch au hour that favours thy designs
Unite thy force; ttid attack their lines."

This said, on equal wings she poised her weight,
And formed a radiant rainbow in her flight.

The Daunian hero lifts his bands and eyes,
And thus invokes the goddess as she flies :
" Iris. the grace of heaven ! what power divine
Has sent thee down through dusky clouds to shine ?
See ! they divide ! immortal day appears;
And-glittering planets dancing in their spheres
With joy these happy omens I obey;
And follow to the war the god that leads the.way."

This having said, as by the brook he stood,
He scoop'd the water from the crystal flood.
hen with his hands the drops to heaven he throws;
And loads the Powers above with Offer'd vows.

Now march the bold confederates through the. plain;
Well horsed, well clad, a-rich and train.
Messapns loads the van, and in the rear,
The sons of Tyrrheus in bright arms appear.
In the main battle, with hiS flaming crest,
'The mighty Tutnus towers aboie the rest.
Silent they move, majestically slow,
Like ebbing Nile, or Ganges in his flow.
The Trojansview the dusty cloud from fas,
And the dark menace of the distant war.
Caicus frOm the ratnpire saw it rise,
Dlack'ning the fields and thiclening throu;h the skies.
Then to his felloWs thus aloud he calls :
What rolling clouds, my friends, approach the walls ?
Arai f arm I and man the works ; prepare your spears,
And pointed darts,. the Latian host appears 1"
* 'll.

• The fiery Turnns flew hgfore the rest •,
A steed of Thracian strain be press'd ;
•., His helm of massy gold, and crimson was his crest.
With twenty horse to second his designs,
An unexpected foe, he faced the lines.
'6. Is there," he said, .6 in arms, who bravely dare
- • 'His Leader's honour, and his danger share ?"
Then, spurring on, his brandish'd clrt he threw,
In sign of war, applauding shouts ensue.
Amazed to find a dastard race that run
Behind the rampires, and the battle shun,
He rides around the camp, with rolling eyes, •
• And stops at every post, and every passage tries.
So toarus.the nightly wolf about the fold, •
• Wet with descending showers and stiff with cold.
He howls fOr hunger, and be grins for pain,
.His‘gitaibing teeth are exercised in vain;
+- • 'And, impotent of anger, finds no way
I in his distended paWs to grasp the pro,. • .
The mothers listen*, but the bleetiag lambs
- Securely swig the dug beneath the dams.

DRYDEN.

In this citation are, many fine. and spirited lines;
tl:cie is much in it also, as the learned and
.cannot require to be told, which
InitY,llt point out koe'eeasoce. We•shall leave
it, iio;veer, without cvcn Ulu 6ccasionel notice

of our Italics, cnmpaied NI Coe following
production of the more modern
While these events engaged the distant scener
Iris descends from Heaven's Saturnian Queen
To daringTomos. Where' the sacred wood,
Of old Pilumnus in a valley stood;
The Chief thin haply llnger'd,; on his sight
There broke the Goddess in a stream of light;
And thus address'd bins, while her lips disclose
The blush at once and f;agrance of the rose:
" 'Pumas, beyond the reach of heavenly thought,
The wish'd occasion, lo ! by time is brought.
Abandoning his city, friends, and fleet,
2Eneas seeks Evandet's distant seat.
Nay more, to Corythus'remoter plains
Pierces; and arms for battle Lydia's swains.
Why pause ? this moment claims the steed, the car.
Haste ! seize the astonish'd camp, and whelm with war."
She said, and heaven-ward sprung; and, as she flies,
Throws a broad arch of glory o'er the skies.
The conscious youth uplifts the band of prayer,
And thus pursues her glowing wing through air :
" Iris, the charm of lkeaven ! what gracious. Power
Has sent thee hither in this smiling hour?
Whence is the sudden radiancel survey,
' Thus proudly bright above the blaze of day ?
I see the blaze of heaven's unfolding breast, •
And the pole sparkling in its starry vest.
Wfioe'er thou art that call'st me to the foci
r
I hail thy oilmen, and with transport go."
He spoke, and passing to the river's side,
Scoop'd in .his hollow bands the lucid tide ;
Then, raising them to heaven, devoutly bows,
Aud importunes the Gods with vows on vows.

Now issues on the field his_whole-array;
Poletit'in horse, in painted armour gayr • •
Messapus glitt,rs at the le.giNbjs. head k
The rear is by the sons of Tyrr,betts led, .
Whilst in the central battle Triknus stands,
Towering in arms; and.high WilocMs the bands.
As mighty Pargcs, when his sccrinf6ld tide
Swells o'er the realms in caloi, roaacstic pride ;
Or Nilus, when his ,voice from Egypt's plain,
Cam his rich waters to their bed
•
So spread the gathering hosts, when 'Frey beheld
A. dusty tempest dark'ni rig all the field,
And first Calais, from the wails, exclaims :
" What. cloud, my friends,, rolls ,hither, shot with flames ?
The foe! the foe draws near, be instant all !
Haste, ply your weapons, and ascend the. wall !!'
* * 4t• * , * * .;* s * *

Before his hosts, disdainful of delay,
Turtles, with twenty Horsemen, breaks away;
And rushes to the walls with furious speed,
Beneath him foams a spottid Thracian steed;
And, high above his.golden'helm; in air
HiS.daneing pliiinage sheds a Sanguiiie glare.

" Warriors! who dares, with n►e ? Whb first will throw
War's missive ruin► on,yon hated foe? •
Behold !" he cries aloud, and hurls his lance;
And challenges the field with bold advance.
With shouts, his troops avow the war.begun ;
And deathful clamours through the legions run.
Much they admire the Trojans' firm repose;
• And eye reproachfully their cautious foes :
, Who shun the encounter, equal shield to shield;
And, cherishing their Camp, refuse the field. .
Now here, now there, the storm}, hero flies;
And ull accesses to the rampart tries.
, As when a wolf around the sheepfold prowls; •
And, in blaCk midnight at the barrier bowls,
Beat by the wind and rain : the unconscious lambs,
Removed from•danger, bleat beneath their dams.
Savage and wild, the excluded murderer races :
His rage in vain the expected rapine craves.
His hollow sides collected famine draws;
And hot thirst parches his unbloody jaws.
SYMMONS.

FROM LAST. NIGUrS GAZETTE.

BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED.

Lewis Hofer, Few-court, Fenehurch-street, merchant, from
July 19 to 29•

BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED.

Meyer Levin anti Michael Josephs, Mansell-street, Good -
man's-fields, merchants.
James Taylor, Gloucester-terrace, New-road, Whitechapel,
soap-manufacturers.

BANKRUPTS.
William Murrell, Skinner-street, auctioneer, to surrender
July 22, 26, and August 26, at ten, at Guildhall. Attor-
ney, Mr. Nowell, Essex-street, Strand.
Jonathan Adlington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, draper, July
22, 29, at -eleven and August 26, at twelve, at Guildhall,
London.—Attornies, Messrs. Willis, Clarke, Coates, and
Watson, Wain ford-court, Throgworton-street.
Joseph Lazarus; Carter-street, Ifoundsditch, watch-maker,
July-19, 29, and August 26, at eleven, at Guildhall. At-
torney, Mr. Poole, Adam's-court; Old Broad-street.
Mark Fossett, Henry Cooper, and Edward Howard, Lower
l'hames-street, ;gunpowdcr•maaufacturers, July 22, at
twelve, 26, at•une, and August 426, at ten, at Guildhall.—
.

, •
Attornies, Messrs., Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, and
Hunt, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry. - • . •
Humphrey Ravenscroft, Syrle-street, Lincoln's 'lnn, peruke-
maker, July 22, 26, and 4-auust 26, at ten, at Guildhall.-
. Attorney, Mr. Shaer, Milltank-street, Westminster.
James Knight, Castle Cary,. Somersetshire; surgeon, July 284
29, and August 26, at eleven, at the Red Lion,lnn, Shaftes.
bury.. Attoruies, MesSrs. Alexander and Holme, New Intl,
• or Mr. Seymour, Mere, Wiltshire.
David Phillip, Fenchurcb-street, stationer, July 22, 29, and
August 26, at ten, at Guildhall. Attornies, Messrs. Al-
listen, inclleby, and Poynt on, Freeman's-court, Col.:1111.
John Hollands, Romney-terrace, Horse-ferry-road, West.
minster, builder, July 19, 29, and August 26; at eleven, at
Guildhall. Attorney, Mr. Tucker, Bartlett's-buildings,
Holborn.
John Wilson, Hanley, Staffordshire, potter, August 21, at
five, 22, and 26, at twelves at the Swan Inn, Hanley,-.
Attornies, Mr. Walker, Lincoln7s.lnn-fields, or. Messrs:
Dent and Hopkins; Stone.
George Papps, Bristol, hosier, July 29, 30; and August 26,
at twelve, at the White Hart Inn, BriStol. ..Attornies,
Messrs. Edmunds and Jeyes, Exchequer Office of Pleas,
LinColn's Inn, or Mr. Thomas, BriStol.
Robert Nichols, Bath, butcher, July 30, 31, and August 26,
at one, at the Greyhound Inn, Bath. Attornies, Messrs.
Nethersole and Barrow, Essex-street, Strand; or Messrs.
Watts and Co. Bath.
William- Chalk, New Sarum, Wiltshire, baker, July 23; -at
five, 24, at eleven, and August 26, at five, at the Public
Rooms, New Sarum. Attornies, Messrs. Wilmot and Son,
Salisbury, or Mr. Ncttlefold, Norfolk-street, Strand.
Thomas Fawell, Old-street, St. Luke, surgeon, July 22, at
twelve, 29, at one, and August 26, at ten, at Guildhall.-
Attorney, Mr. Hinditairsh, Crescent., Jewin-street. ' • •
James His, Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, draper, July
19, 26,
.and August 26, at ten, at Guildhall, .LOndon., At-.
torn ies; Messrs. Stratton and Alloort, Shorediteli..
Henry Glackley, Sheldwick, Kent, grocer, July 23, at seven;
29, apd August 26, at twelve, at the Guildhall, Canter-
bury. Attornies, Mr. Pierce, Canterbury, or Messrs. Col-
lett, Wimburn and Collett, Chancery-lane.
James Bleads, Chester, umbrella-maker, July 25, 26, and
August 26, at eleven, at the Coach and Horses Inp,.•Cbes-
ter. Attornies, Mr. Meas., Closter; and Mr. Huxley,
Temple.

Ninean Niz-11,Aas-liine,''rnerchan4, July 19. 91, and Au-
gust IG, al eleven, ,at Guildhall, Attornies, Messrs. Avi-
son and IVheeler, Castle-street, Holboclt.
Thomas Mansel, Pembroke, apothecary, July 21, %13, and
August 26, at eleven, at the Green Dragon Inn, Pembroke.
Attornies., Mr. Pembroke, Pembroke, and Messrs. Bell and
Brodrick. Cheapside. -
Thomas Wilkinson Kershaw, Southwark, Surrey, linen-dra-
per, .July 19,. 26, at eleven, and August 26, at twelve, at
Attornies, Messrs. Bourdillon and Hewitt, Lit-
tle Friday-street. • •
Banford Deacon, Red Lion-square, earthenware-man, July 24,
26, and August 16, at ten, at Guildhall. Attorney, Mr.
Pontifex, Dyer's-buildings, 'Holborn.
Thomas Nice, Bishopgate-street Without, linen-draper, July
19, at ten, 21, and August 26, at eleven, at Guildhall. At-
tornies, Messrs. Harvey and Bennelli St. Helen's-plice,
Bishupsgatesstreet.,