Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-11-27
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,.noroso ought TO be ashamed that !
- know the origin OF The lioer
Don ,,,o the Orontes," but the confess
fio"'r,ns, he made with the request that
son I'll eiye me the information through
me p.Ih'H' T..
-" 1,i,inally from the third Satire Of
,s,sual. line g.
90. = -66 read thus ia the original
,,o. A.vtibus gems acceptissims nostris,
&r.s praclp ue tugiam. propera % tateti
tr,j5r obstabit Non possum ierre,Q uiiites
Ner,sm utbem; qusmvis quota porao i@cs
A' rs.orw srNUs IN TIsEEH DEFLUxT
'h.,r Of rnores. ct cum tibicine chordss
80. pcc non gcntilia tympana secum
80 ci "A Circum j0ssas proetaro puelias.
'..'.,rls grata est picta barbara mira
r,o prlutes Is the largest river of Syria
A.. and on II IS the city of Antioch,
I'd both IN Biblical and In secular his
Whom Hadran came TO Rome, IN lis
~ bc brought with him from Antioch
foreigners az all professions, and 1t
-. che changes and the corruption grow
NJ this that Juvenal here doubt
-. reference. The greater portion of
t.,i,rI satire. however, Is supposed 10
.. ls,n written al an earlier date-some
...,, Che rreu Of Domitian-and TO refer
..,t. General departure Of men of worth
..-- Rome. when Domitian expelled the
,.- ,'phcrs IN 80 A. ID.
1.. Roy. Lewis Evans Gin Harper's
r...,raI Iib-ary) thus translates the
shove passage
.U., class Of men IL now most well
-.f. .ur rich men. and whom | would
..qvy hun, | will soon tell you; nor
,.r sham. prevent me- 1t is that the city
become Greek. QuirItes, that | cannot
..rt.. and vet how small the proper
..- .tcn ~ the dregs OF Greece! SYRIAN
.sl,-gs rAs long SINCE FLOWED INTO THE
r.rl and brought with II its language.
,s. and the crooked harps with the
aver. and its national tambOurlnes.
..r Iris made 20 stand at the
I..-. Gothither. We who fancy barba-
..- - with embroidered turban."
william Chords poetical translation in
.,p'c,, reads thus:
-,.r....u. rs the Great. admired caressed,
,-....oL summed 10y me, above the rest,
>...-,er now. restrained by wounded pride,
r,...s. fI 30, lw nor thou my warmth dcride)
.r.s, r.lo my spleen and calmly soc
..,-.-au capital M Italy.
..A.sr. U no with this vast sewer compared
~. --.r. of Greece are scarcely worth regard
Isl, .i,,s The STREAM THAT wANTOS SYRIA
ftf-
Dds r.,.NH1sUTp ITS FILTH IN TIERS WAVES
3. language, arts; oerwhelmed us with tho
~ ,.r.rls streets, It's minstrel, harp, and
.rlu.
r.,.... CIRCUS, ye who pant 10 prove
fre-l a-.is mistress, an outlandisb love.
100 fr- there. crowds fhgv stand.
--.. . their head and umbrcls IN their hand
I..,l. poe, John Dryden's translation
.....l.i long preceded these. and is per-
,,.s ,il. the best known:
.fr.s.r o.. ten thee. nor shall shame oppose
V-.....HiUuce our wealthy Romans chose:
t,.rt.' . most abhor 10 speak my mind,
,rs.. D.. Rome a Grecian town 20 ind:
30. frr sum Of Greece tTansp'anted here,
l.-rs.l Ike gods. Is what cannot bear.
l-..,cks alone. but SyrlAns here abound,
ur..fsY uEONIES DIVING UNDERGROUND,
.>,f> pIs WALTZ TO lYBER's HUNGRY
SMOKES.
nr samuel Johnson's imitation of Juve-
third satire in his poem on london IN
...aehtnot TO be passed over. OF course,
f.-., and France become TO Johnson's
I..I1a what Antioch and Syria were to
rrya.srs Rome. This Is the correspond
-,il--age. lines 9l-9s;
.Ils cheated nations happy fav'rtes see!
p.-A si0u she great cares, who irOwn on me
Laden. th- needy Villains gen'ral home,
ra-..l,uuu sewer Of Paris and Of Rome,
N.t eager thirst, by folly or by fate,
sa.ts 10 The dregs Of each corrupted state.
give NV TRANSPORT on a theme Ike this,
+..rl.i bear a French metropolis
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