New-York tribune., 1876-03-24
what manner of folk IL instantly set before the I'm ag

inatoni
Fis saffron scarf, the cracking folds OF IL
or linen fine. in knot about redgod buckle KNIT;
HIS kirtle was embroidered fair his hosen outana
wrought.
The book swarms with such sentences as tho follow
ing: And all mems cyen bear upon the Queen- Eid
the mouldy dull, the empty OF all sooth- win ioul
some-driven wedge"" unused to bear Minerals crate
the ground v as all asop'-'he does his brows ABOUT"
shall do the olive dusky gray" their echolfg noso
the very lit slyl doth fll"-and with such lines as
and now adnost of all these suchwise Eneas spake
Until words and phrases are universally accepted
"A question which will not now discuso-they must III
evably suggest the readers mind first OF all stamp
OF O age TO which they belong. As well might Virgil
himself have chosen the oldest Latin dialect known III MS
day. instead of endeavOring to impress new grace ease
and elegance upon the tongue spoken at the syposa Oh
Augustus One ignorant Of the Latin Ened will get bur
scany knowledge OF its literary quality from these
Fneds Wherefore plural y OF Mr. Morris Instead oi
making lavish employment of tie Latin element III our
laneuaee-whlch would he much Of the original poem
simply transferred and not transated-he has 'akeh
especial pains To eliminate that element from DIS Nocao
ularys His really admirable SELL n philooScn seps)
Is thus merely wasted but ii Is employed Ia raise
direction Had he given his grounds for going pack
10 Chapnan Homer for model instead OF seek ne for
true equivalent Of virgs style in the pest poetic
phrase OF this day might be able to attribute TO s
if mistaken theory what we must now ascrpe 10 the
wfuluess of strong personal tastes.
one Of the finest passages wherein the purposed Saxon
ism Of speech Is less apparent is tho description OF Poly
phemc, given 10 Dido by Eneas-
But when lie touched the waters deep. and mid The
lie falls to wash the flowing blood from of his eye dug
Gnashns his teeth aud eroannc sore he walks the sea
Eui none the there TO his flank might
suppant who lad earned II wo, c'l caO!c SuensJ'
And bending to The ors sweep out -oLg lEc SEA
fgf s set
But when his right hand failed 10 reac ana therc"lhal
lie might aot speed as fas, fares tie ion.n biiloT
Then clanor ncasurcless he raised and ocean quakci
Through every wayc and nwarlly the land was tern
OF It,ly and Etna booined from many-holOwed side.
But all lie Of O. c.ops stifiedon woods ana IoiJ
Down r,she. 70 the haven-side and all The havondlls
And Hnas gathered brethren tncre "oso' IN wan '"'y
Glowcrins srlm-cyed with beads high MP in heaven
OF councillors: iney were as when ridge al'ft one
The oaks stand thick against tho SIX. ind como hung
Jovc's iofy woods or ,hicEct whore Danns roostei-
stray.
The description Of Dldos death is Of the most sue
ees,lul passsecs it, cio,rues' 10 TIE meaning ana ~
reflection Of tlc spirit Of ,he original:
Then on her loa.-irawn ggo1y DID JuAo ply cast
Her hGrt deaitlas; Iris thrn bic sent from heaven on
And Isdc her from The knitted limbs her struggling
soul mite. -.
For SINGS b, fatc sho pesbcd not. nor waited death
doom given,
But h.pcs- died before hr day by sudden fury driven,
Noi yet The trc,s VI yellow hsir had fioa- 'iae ioh
shred.
Nor unto sygian yet hel doomed her wsnderirg
heed.
So Iris r.n a'og-u the sty on wing - saf-on dow,
And coofs shiiunS thoislnai'd aGa.u't the tuu 81"
drrw.
And over. l.oad ,Ae hnug: so bid, rom Of 'boo this
uanoTtd io n, sud charge thee now from on; thy
body fare"
She sakc aud hcarci tho rcss away; then failed %"
life .tat slSai
We might .ciect many Nor, pa ages of equal excel
lcuce 10 show what good intellectual quality h. wrought
upon tho work The prominent defect We have So
frth viii hardy lcsson e.. interest fof schos II ia
EVIDENT, tho production of mature and voHFnd0v"
intellect secured by nature .au.i the 'lanco of "no
failure though It may sometimes mis- tho beet methods
OF success