New-York tribune., 1867-10-03
The third IL OVID; LUcAs is the last;

Give me a title which alike we share,
Thus the whole school saw assembled. fair,
OF HIM. songs OiiiCs; lord. that DER tie rest
Scars like an eagle they conferred awhile,
Then, me sa.rting much good will exprst,
Whereat my Master hlandly deigned to smile
Nay honor they devised for me still hiahcr,
Ia bidding me with their sage thrOng unlto
80 | was lxth amid that learned choir, go
And Oh VIC moved still travelling toward the light
Speaking OF thugs best uuSald, IN my rhymes,
Though there becoming. we pursued our road
Round which, q fair dcf,usc, u strenmlet flowed.
Ger ibis We passed, as il had solid b' en-, ,u,oo
And through gales, with Olr companions WlSeD
Entered u meadow ilesh win hNins green gree os
Authority was writ in every face;
swectiy they Rpake-but seldOm withdrew
Into an open, luminous nigh place.
So shat the whole were facIe To my Wow
FRANCESCA DA RINlIEI.
Az wandering doves, bound homeward through the Sky'
Called by desire, with wings wide open thrown,
sss sDeS e2e o%Fa Cn%ar SE by Re %t SSSs' Sone ny"
SO, from the troop where Dido ranks they sailed
Toward me, through that dim atmospheric maiigh
My passionate entreaty 80 prevailed;
80 breathing being gracious and benign!
Who comst TO visit through this crimson ar .,.
Us, whose hearts blood hath stained the world ABOVE
To Him who rules the universe, our prayer
Should rise for thy SOULS peace,-had we His love-
And, since thou pltlest thus Ouf Iiistaired rave
Lsten,-or speak; for, whatsOe'er ye Will,
We will as freely hear Of ~ relate, ~
While tins dread blast Is, for the moment, suD
"My native city stands. upon the shore
Where Po dcscends IN Adrias peace TO rest
Raging with all his rivulets no more
Love. quick 10 kndle every genter breast
Fired this fond hciug with the lovely shape
BeIeit me SO II shudder at the way:
Love, who permits no loved one to escape,
That pleased him, charmed nc Will equal swayj
Even here thou seest the rapture hath not died;
Aud Love led both OF us 10 One fell death:
But Gains own paugs our murderer must blde"
These were the words borne 10 ne BY tier breath
Listening these injured souls, hung my head 49,,
So oW% What think; iaogl 4 o.irs he SaTa aid na''
drought those tW lovers TO their wofui pass "
Then, turning round 10 them, thus began;
"Frincesca, tears must overflow mine eyes,
My lityHg soul Thy mart yItIOes unnahi
But tel mc,-n the time of happy sghs, "a,
Your vague desires how gave Love utielance hrstT
And she TO me- "Ihc mlghtest Of all woes
Is in the midst Of misery, to be cursed
Yet, wOudst thou learn our passions root and head,
As may speak whose eyes with tears are am,
SO will speak. Together once We read
The tale OF Lancllot-how love SIZED MN.
Alone were, without speeding aught:
Oft in perusa palcd our checks their hue
And oft oureyes each others gances ices, caught;
But one sole passage twas which both oerthIew'
AT reading OF the lonsed-fOr sme,-tob be
BY such lovers kissing SO much blcst
This dearSSt,-GeNer slEut thou part from mel
His lips TO luinc, to mine, all trembling, pressed
The writer our Gaieot with his book:
McsnWiile he noancd 80 that compassion took
My sense away, and ike u cOfse dropped
THREE CIRCLES OF HELL.
on the steep margin Of a circng row
OF broken rocks, that formed lofty BANK,
We came above eraelcr mass OF woe
In the deep ggIf tliat steamed iorth yapors RANK
To slBl tho fOul excess, Nc drew behind
huge tUnb's lid, wheIcon tAcsc words read.
mold pOpc Auasta>ils here confined,
Whom from the ways Of truth Phounus led"
"slowly." said Virgil, must we now descend,
That, somewhat MI familiar grown thereby,
"Nct let time he therefore lost" said ];
" Some compensation lind iot tins delay"
Mark, then, my sou; for thereof was thinking
Within these rocks" proceeded le Ia say
Three circles lie, m due graduation sinking,
With condemned spirits crowded are they all;
That whose mere sight hereafter may suffice,
liear how and wherefore tbey are heid In tliaN.
The end Of each bad act ahhorred OF Heaven
Is others wrong. by violence or guile;
But, since mankind alone TO fraud ~ given.
Therefore the fraudulent down more deep,
Suffering the pcnauce Of scycTcr woes
The violent the whole first circle keep,
Which three less rounds distinguish and eomposeb
For man by force three persons may offend
mean, as clearly thou shalt comprehend,
Them, or whatever doth 10 them belong.
His nelglib0rs person he may violate
May waste or burn or piundcT 6s estate;
Hence the first ring with homieides abOunds.
Therein assassis s thieves. and pinnderers hive
Man, too, himself Of being may deprive,
Or on his own goods lay destructive hands.
In the succeeding round all such repent,
Who in your World their being dare destroy,
Who see ,eOT Gods "a noble g,s @ gnC6ly ,o spent spent
Lastly the Deity is w1onged by them.
Who, in the covert OF their secret hearts,
Basphome HIM. deny Him, Or cOntcn1
Nature, aud all the gifts her grace impars.
Therefore the last division scs its seal
On all that in their hearts CCiusay Gods laws:
Cahors and Sodom shall It's vengeance feel.
Now as for fraud, which every conscience gnaws.
This wrong IN twofold way a man may do
On him Who doth, or who doth not cOnidc:
The latter manner, il Is plain, breaks through
The bond OF Love, which Natures hand hath tied.
Hence the next circle hypoc1ies iuicst,
Dealers in magic, ana all harterlg knaVes;
There enOny and robbery have thCir nc-i
Papderers and nattoIeTs-aII such nlfby slaves
The ot her mode rot only holds lu scorn
Loves native instinct hut the acquired goodwin
Whereof special confluence - born.
Thence, IN the least and lowest circc sim,
Where, III the center of the world, Dis reigns,
Traitors Ia flame for eVer1nOre consume"
Mr. PaTsOns's translation everywhere presents a
beautiful example of high intellectual gifts, remark
able patience of labor and literary fidelity ap
piled to noble and inspiring theme. Right worthily
has nc fulfilled the duty which early preference and
cOngenial powers assigned TO him, and we may
heartily congratulate him the successful perform
ance Of his gracious task. The wish which he
modestly wells in the learned motto at the close OF
the volume, is sure Of accomplishment. The typo
graphical execution of his work. well that OF
Mr. Norton, is a model of good taste, grateful to the
eye of the reader before he rogalos himself with its
contents.
9tu 4ubhtatiOns.
Ready This Dav:
| YENIIF ROB ROY ON TIE BALTIC.