The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-09-22

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~ Csmo~ns The translation. like the
original. 10 In the sigh, line -'angs ~ whi~h
IN. first. third and NTH lines Tho seccn4
fourth and sixth lines and the lac, 'vo line.
rhyme. The following specimen ~ No
version may he compared with ne corr.
spending stsnya in that hy SIR Richard
Burton.
md tsor. fair LISBON. WORTHY 70 n, crowned
Of oil the cities NJ the world the Queen.
which that great Prlncc Of Eioauenss did foyri
Who. by hts wit. Troy town had ruined been.
Thou whom Obeys the ocean go profound
~ the brave rortingalls vast taken in.
Helped by . potent feet whicn a. that tm~
Happened tn come on, ~ the northern ciws
The last Of sir Richard Fan.hawe res pocrcal
works published during his lifetime va.
the "Fida Pastora. = q Latin translation ~
F1etcher's PLAY the Faithful Shcpherdc--
produced about 1910, and successfully -
vived in io3s-3t. Somc years after Fan
shawe's death were published ,is7iI tv,
more translations Of his: -Querer por soto
querer" TO love only for loves sak"' ami
the -Fisstas de Arsnjuez." both written ~
1928. by Don Antonio de Mendoza.
Various opinions have BEEN expressci
by various critics upon the merits of Fan
shawe's tranalstions. Of which he himself
wrote that they were at best the mock
rainbow In the clouds, family initiating
h true one. The present editor Of these
memoirs recognizes that Sir John Den
hams verses upon the Pastor Fid' Will
generally be considered to embody ton
favorable an estimate. Denham's lines
are well remembered by reason Of the last
two Of the following six lines. Speaking =
Fanshawe's conception Of h translators
function. a conception that eechewrl
liberalism. Denham says:
That servilc path thou nobly dost DECLINE
NJ tracing word by word and line BY line.
new and nobler way thou dost pursue
To make translation and trsnslstors too.
They but preserve the ashes. thou the flame
True TO his sense, but truer 10 his fame.
Hallam makes nc mention at all 81
Fanshawe's works. Thomas Campbell. on
the other hand. refers TO him a. an accom-
plished traveller. who rave our language
some OF its earliest and most important
translations from modern literature. Mickle
speaks OF the translation Of the 'Lusiade'
a. .harsh and unpOetical.' and writes ~
the translator that suncountenanced by his
original. he teens with many a dead born
lest. nor has he the least idea OF the dignity
Of tho epic style nor Of the true spirit 81
poetic translation" Southey. writing in
the Quarterly Re,i ev in 1922. expressed q
much more favorable opinion. After mark
ing the faults Of Fansh.. we's version. he
points out that some things which appear
low and bombastic now were not 60 in
~Fanshawe's age. Others belong 10 the
taste Of the & for quaint expression
There Ia a general animation in his manner
and sometimes . felicity Of language which
sven in moro celebrated authors might
be deservedly admired The seventeenth
century English translator OF Camoens is
also credited with -the merit Of great
fidelity. OF rendering the original stanzs
by stanza. The English reader who de-
sires to see the plan OF the 'Lusiads' must
still have recourse to Fanshawe.' Sir
Richard Burton. who reminds US that Fam
shave published his version Of the "Lusiads'
ten years before paradise Lost was
completed. writes even more kindly ~ his
predecessor in this realm Of translation.
His work 10 that Of a gentleman. q scholar
and . soldier
BACK YARD STUDIES.
Even Prof. Won JeSgieby Beguiled by the