PAGE 203 A. TENNYSON: Maud. 204 So thou wast then received into Paradise, as if worthy of the ever-blessed life: no wish remained, no hope, no desire ; here was the goal of thy deepest aim; the source of regretful tears was dried up at once before the vision of that only Fairest.-GOETHE: Elegie. No reader can be more conscious than I of the utter inadequacy of this or of translations in general. It is given solely in obedience to the commonsense rule that in an English book the knowledge of no other language should be anywhere required. But I am unable to follow this rule for the lines quoted on page 234. Heine is even more beyond translation than Goethe. 206 I did not weep, so stony I grew within.-Inferno, c. xxxiii. 214 the playthings of Providence'. ἄνθρωπος . θεοῦ τι παιγνίον. . PLATO Laws, B. vii. 216 Ah were it only for a moment, how gladly would I feel hope again! but it is over, the desert hears no prayer, the drop is dried like the river, and the happiness of one day is as much beyond control as the destiny of a lifetime.—Corinne. 221 on Duty'.-CICERO: De Officiis. 222 Like the generation of the leaves.-Iliad, vi, 146. 224 SHAKSPEARE: Venus and Adonis. 228 Like a good and faithful servant of Christ, dispose thyself to bear manfully the cross of thy Lord. 232 Exiit ad coelum ramis felicibus arbos.-Geor. ii, 81. Felix has, however, here a further more specific horticultural sense, not amenable to the purpose of the quotation. 237 A. TENNYSON: Vision of Fair Women. μὴ φῦναι τὸν ἅπαντα νικᾷ λόγον. SOPHOCLES: Oedipus at Colonus, 1. 1225. (2) A. TENNYSON: In Memoriam. 247 Without prescience of death and ready to leave the light. SOPHOCLES: Electra, 1078. PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE EDINBURGH PRESS, 9 AND II YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH. THIS BOOK IS DUE ON THE LAST DATE STAMPED BELOW AN INITIAL FINE OF 25 CENTS WILL BE ASSESSED FOR FAILURE TO RETURN THIS BOOK ON THE DATE DUE. THE PENALTY WILL INCREASE TO 50 CENTS ON THE FOURTH DAY AND TO $1.00 ON THE SEVENTH DAY OVERDUE. APR 5 1936 MAR 6 1939 8Dec 648R REC'D LD JAN 22 65-2 PM LD 21-100m-8,'34 |