The Sun.
London, England, 1818-06-12 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

The MNEIS of Translated by CuAlu s §rnmoNs
D.h. OfJesus.-Cellege, Oxford, 4to.

Velle viattlit, et in mediis conatibus sage
SuCcitlitntiS ; VON LI\GL'A VALET.

R. HUNTER, St. Paul's Church-yard; and J. PORTER, Pall•

Mali.

We fc-el-- great Pleasure in learning that this
depiertment of our Journal has brought the Lite-
ffrrodUrtions of this .Country into a consider-
able degree •of notice, not'-only throughout the
United' giusgdom, but on the continent ; in Pa-
ris particularly, where, we _are again assured,
TH F. SUN is much in 'request. It seems that our
frequent notice of this admirable translation of
so great a Work as THE ANEIS has especially
attracted the attention of learned and critical
Readers, and therefore we shall proceed with no
'ordinary degree of pleasure, encouraged by the
idea that we have been) in some degree, an humble
instrument In aiding the celebrity of a translation
so honourable to the learning, the taste, and the
poetical spirit of our erudite and ingenious
Countrynl an.

In our paralltls from the- two translations of
this Poem, which have been the subjects_ of our
regard, we have now advanced to the eleventh
book, where we find ourselves in the midst of
beauties, and with the Materials of fine extracts
on whatever side we turn. The lamentation of
EV.NDEH, over the body of his heroic son, is
passage %%Melt has always been highly celebrated
and the speeches of DRANCES, of MENUS, and
of VENULUS, are, each of them, admirable com-
positions, which would ornament our columns,
and would bring the older and the more recent
Translator into very fair and striking opposition.
Beu we have not room for any long citation and
having already, iu the speech of VENUS, from the
last book, indulged -one Readers with one of
VIRGIL'S Most finished orations, we shall now
content ourselves with submitting to them a short
piece of -description,--,that of Thrums arming
himself for the battle when the Latinn Council is
interrupted by the advance of time enemy. We
select this passage, for our Extract, as it includes
the fine simile of the horse, which, drawn origi-
nally by VIRGIL from the page of HOMER, has
been transplanted by TASSO into his immortal
epic. Our citation will begin at 1-486 of the
original. " Cingitur ipse Arens certatinz iR
prcelia Timms," &c.

' Now TtraNtis arms for figbt ! his back and breast
AVell temper'd steel and scaly brass invest.
•The cuishes, which his bra limy thighs infuld,
Are mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold.
His faithful falchion sits upon bis side ; •
-Nor casque not crest his manly features hide;
But bare to view, amid surrounding friends,
With godlike grace, he from the tower descends.
Ex/siting in his strength, he :ems to dare
ab,entrival, and to promise war.
I•ireed from his keepers, tips, with broken reins,
The wanton courser prances o'er the plains:
Or in the pride of youth n'erleaps the mounds;
And snuffs the females in forbidden grounds :
Or seeks his watering in the well-known Hood ;
To (Wench his thirst, and cool his fiery blood.
He swims l►e.ruriant in the liquid plain
And o'er his shoulder flows his waving mane.
1:e neighs, he snorts, he bears his head on high •
his ample chest the frothy waters fly.'

Davnex.

In the first of the lines which we have marked
with Italics, a plural verb is governed by a sin•
gular noun, and false grammar is made subser-
vient to the purposes of rhyme : in (he second, a
weak assertion forms a disappointing conclusion
of the sentence ; and in the two last, the verses,
which have much merit, belong altogether to the
Tral/Slator.

4 TtlitßUS himself, With all his soul on fire,
Arrays his mighty limbs in war's attire.
The scaly cuirass roughens on his breast
His sinewy legs in greaves of gold are drest ;
Nor yet the helmet on his brow was tied : '
But the broad falchion glitters at his side.
All gold he flames; and, rushing fiercely down
From the high fortress, flashes thrgugh the town.
His strong heart labours with life's torrent flow;
And his proud hope's prevention routs the foe,
So the freed courser, bursting from the rein,
Joys in the full dominion of the plain ;
Seeks his old pastures; or, with furious speed,
Flies to his females in the distant mead :
Or to the river springs with boiling blood;
And bathes his ardors in the accustons'd flood,
His crest exults in air . buunds. he ne:o.f.:
His rich mane proudly flaunts, and o'er his shoulder plays.'
SYMMONS.
UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

Cammtmoß, JUNE 11.—The following Gentle
men were yesterday admitted to the under-men
tinned Degrees :

BACHELORS IN bIVINITY.

Rev. Wen. Henry Parry, Fellow of St. John's College.
Rev. Robert Jefferson, Fellow of Sidney Collrge.
Rev. T. S. linghes, Fellow of Emmanuel College.
Rev. Charles James Blomdeld, Trinity College.
MASTERS or ARTS.
Joseph Garrow, of St. John's College.
Richard Alexander Tucker, of Jesus College.

BACHELORS IN CIVIL LAW.
Rev. S. F. Statham, of Sidney College.
George Tyrwhitt Drake, of Jesus College.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

James Coyte, of Ca!us College.

The Chancellor's gold medal for the best Eng-
lish Ode was on Monday last adjudged to CHARLES
EDWARD LONG, Esq. of Trinity College.—
Subject, Imperial and Papal Rome.,

A strong detachm'ent of the Coldstream Guards
is now on ditty at Deptford, and another detach-
ment of the same Regiment is performing duty in
the I.Yuch-yard at Woolwich, -