The sun., 1883-12-09
tho pathos which Ia always discovered By tho
sympAthetlo eye In honest and lonely age:

eye In honest ana lonely age'
@ o. at III . ssSy Ssss. {. s
On hor breeze blows gently and ks.e. her locks
And she thinks otthe days when abe was young seventy
the nslds they were then and the big old
The land and sly are.ss fair Sec the sun has mild
The dtaw-y kline on the hill tho sheep skip to and
Just ss they did when she young seventy
She looks At her shrveled nnscr. and she smooth. hor
An, ~ Nrneled m ci hand and % M -. . .,,,,..
rss, assr old ring is loose and thin since nrt he placed
And A. loves shrine he said. Be mine" and knott with
Au's beyond til. playground. the slope of yonaer
Her dM %r. the srsvesone' where those 'ho
And her Thoughts have silent nursing snd her soul
And hs; i:arh'is the bier on which her sorrow mud.
Aud her stan /. lifted slowly and .he with
vorher dsrlinss are sleeping nigh, wake thcm
And .he around to nd them ami to bloss them
Till whspsr come. "wo wait mother; you arc las.
1t is something more than highly credltable
tour do force that has been performed by two
Cuban gentlemen. Mcssrs. Francisco and Anto-
nio Sellen. by reproducing In Spanish verse
sono OF tho lyrical mastcrnieces NJ Rnp,and
France md Germany Not only ia thu nurnort
OF the original conveved with nm accurnov Thar
wa nust nronounca rom,rtahio ,,h.n ,ye ,,aor
In mind the difficulty Of transplanting flower
30 delicate as poetry to an alien soil. but an
effort Is mauo to preScrye ns far IA DosSible the
vohiclo OF expression. and-though this is even
loss practicable-the characteristic cadence and
mol0dy. Here, Tor instance, arc tho initial lines
OF the prisoner OF Chillon:
Csno es,a mi cah.,lo ,o no- ,6o.
nj en- en- una sofa noe he he hs bst enrSnec,do
His S aie,nbros Sr eneo ea pnsos tis' wa ss mr.u.
10 10 a. a. p,., peso del trab,jo; EN- VII reposo.
fus mi dsstino ei de Ia aimas trlstes
=, aG LIZ IA hr irrr1 , 81 I,sn . hSpremo
,,, 20 w. ", , .o, p'''I y, .no We,'Aho"A
" ."o ,'ii'o Vi h"'Uo''
H mirts = pn,s ninranos %anns l,"rscSm ,,.m.,
Del Pei oalo del aaor-donde Ia furia
Yn on e door s Sc II fnnnsn @ dsspsTncen AZ
fshas'a nj crimen frone'ieos &c exaitan'
The author OF this Spanish version OF selec-
tions from Lord Byron Is Senior Antonio sellon,
70 Whom also we are Indebted Tor transations
-. r,,, 49,, e'' '
Vino. tautier. ana DINER French poets OF the
present century, AS an ILLUSTRATION OF the au-
thor's expertness in rhyme-the moro noticea.
H. .. c,,,I -. -, =,
pio oocauSo oilSllIlhh poeCS hre aHOWeu u IL
cehse In thls respect not tolerated In other
lanQuages-we NAV tn m tho folIowinu hit from
u;.,z. IL.
Victor hugo.
Magica iiauta invisible
La cnMciou mas apncible
La 'hoou'ah los pa'tores'
81 aura suiil murmura
ri oauto de mas tcr,urs
'"''' ue A' awe
20 &c I'M lardn 10 rosa,
o.e ss 1s c,r,,nn U, ie 'as a., notcs; hs,,o..
fa cnSrinn 'le'iM de ims ,irs .im,rns n.' '''osa
" N"''''' Nv 'o' ah'ie"
1t is Senior Francisco Seen tho brother OF
tha t.,ns,otor ,ho,,o ,,,a., II Il, IT., L.
the tahsiator aoo'o Quotou. VINO. IN his Ec0S
del Kin has made known to his countrymen
some OF the most charming OF German lyrics.
Tn sucb br;of oxtr.o.s NO ,ra ,,r h,r. ,,or,,it
III 'uoii piici eAttacts as "e can nore permlt
ourselves we shall again recur to versions of
such poems as either in the original or In
English translation aro most familiar tn the
reader Here Is the Castilan counterpart of
Heine's "Du hast Diamanten und Perlen"
Tho author makes no attempt at rhyme. but it
will be found that his lines NAV be wedded tn
Beiisimos ojos tenes
A"oF mo- qu'efes maS'
4 Ah tas oel.is,mSs n y, o. oios
I'm aiio trAs oro nho ...
' ''' 4''e'e' ~
Moh na. tus nn, oeiisn,os ~ n,s, njns
ranto. que al Nm me acabnste.
amor mio''uieres ms''
We will stil find room for two or three stan
Eas from happy transfer to Castilian of bal
lad OF Uhland's. which has been repeatedly
presented in an English dress. Here the rhythm