The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-22 00:00:00

-LITERARY REVIi W..

The &NEES ,f VIRM-L. Tra►islated by CUA 'ILES SYMMONS,
of Jest's College( Oxford, 4to.

Velle videtuur, et hi nef!rliis conatibus wgre
SuccidhllHs; "isi-o-N LINGUA VALET.

R. FruNrEa, St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. PORTER, Pa

We resatne with-pritie and pleasure our notice
of a work which so eminently contt ibutes to the
.clatssica.lcharacter of our country.

As we advance with our parallels, (from DRY..
DEN and our contemporary translator,) in the
Eleventh Book of this mighty Poem, the death of
Cont.ta,'-the VolScian heroine, and the subse-
quent,rout of the Latian cavalry, form passages
'of too striking a nature_ to admit of their being
-rfssekl over by ns. In the present instance, we ',hall
satisfy ourselves with giving the former of these;
and, when•we return to. the subject, we shall con-
clude our notices of this Book by extracting the
latter. 'Our citation ‘vill% begin at 1 816 of the
original. Ilan nuznu moriens (elm truhil, &c.
She wrench'd the javelin with her dying hands;
but, wedged .within her breast, the Weapon stands.
• '1 he wood she draws; the steely point remains;
She staggers iu her seat with agonizing pains.
A gal-tiering mist o'erclouds her,cheerful eyes;
And from her cheeks the rosy colour flies.
Then turns to her, whom of her female train,
She trusted most, and thus she speaks with pain :
' " Acea! 'tis past !he swiu:s before my sight;
--, Inexorable Death; and claims his right.
• tear my last words to TUItNUS ; fly with speed;
And hid bins timely to my charge succeed
• • Repel the Trojans, and the town relict.e.
Farewell ! and in this kiss my parting brcata reccitxP
She sai4and sliding sunk upon the plain;
Dying, tier opensd hand forsakes the rein.
Short and more short she pants : by slow degrees
glee mind the passage from her body frees.
She drops bet sword: she nods her plumy crest;
Tier drooping grad declining on her breast.
In the last 'Sigh her strugglini soul expires;
And, murmuring with disdain, to Stygian sounds retires

DRYDEN,

'This extract possesses much poetic merit, and
some of its lines are highly beautiful ; but, in the
first place, which out Italics have marked, the
k.entence is grammatically imperfect, the verb
' turns' requiring its. no a or its pronoun ; and,
'in the gecood, the verse is formed by a gratuitous
suppleMent'llom the fancy of the translator, there
being nothing in the original but a- simple fare
.cell! Jamque vale ! We feel, also, some ob-
jections to the word snunds' for lakes, in the
last line, as it is rather equivocal, and is suscep-
tibre of a meaning different from that which was
int'enThed by the mifur.

th.e toilowit g translation of the same pas-
sage; we believe that no errors of a similar nature
*ill he disstot?,•retl, and we shall leave it to our
iteitlers.to decide on the relative merits of its
}co ry

ifo draw the lance she attires; filed remains
The steel within the bones, aud mocks her pains. •
illoodless she droops; leer eye foregoes Its fire*:
;Ind roseate beauty from her check retires.
Then, of her comrades one, beyond the rest •
lost dear, who'lived inshrin'd Within her breasts
She calls; and thus, with weak laborlout breath,
Bespeaks, While fading in the embrace of death:
" Acca, most loved! thus far avail'd lily force.
'Tis dune ! this wound arrests my further coutsc.
All blackens on my sight. To Tttakus speed !
rid *Nth, this instant, to the fight succeed
To check the Trojan arms, and save the town.
And now, farewell!" She says, and, sinking down,
,Drops the loose reins; then, chilling by degrees,
Vier limbs grow rigid, and her spirits freeze.
Low on the languid neck her head reclines,
And its loved arms her opening hand resigns.
IJeep heaves the groan; life's latest sparkle fades I
And the soul flies indignant to the shades! _

Srmaoris.