...of POETRY, in English Numbers, by Henry Ames, 8vo. Lond. 1728, 1735. The^/j/M ODE of HORACE, Lib. i. rendered almost Word for Word, without Rhyme, according...to the Latin Measure, as near as the Language will permit, hy John Milton, in his Poetical Works, 8vo. Lond. 1731, vol. ii. p. 190, and in the 4to. Edition,...

...FOKTII-Y, in English Numbers, by Henry Ames, 8vo. Lond. 1728, 1735. 'EkeJiftJi ODE of HORACE, Lib. i. rendered almost Word for Word, without Rhyme, according to the Latin Measure, as near as the Language wilt pwttitt, by John Milton, in his Poetical Works, Hvo. Loud. 1731, vol. ii. p. 190, and in the 4to....

...tried by modern criticism. XVIII. The Fifth Ode of Horace, Lib. I. Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, rendered almost word for word without rhyme, according...to the Latin measure, as near as the language will permit. slender youth bedew'd with liquid odours Courts thee on roses in some pleasant cave, Pyrrha?...

...THE FIFTH ODE OF HORACE, Lib. I. Oui» multa eracilîs le puer in rosa, rendered almost word for wurd without rhyme, according to the Latin measure, as near as the language will permit. WHAT slender youth, bedew'd with liquid odour», Courts thee on roses in some pleasant cave,...

...of several Odes, Satires, and Epistles, by Major Hanway. LOND. 8vo. 1731. The fifth Ode of Book i. rendered almost word for word, without rhyme, according...to the Latin measure, as near as the language will permit, by J. Milton ; in his Works. DUEL. 4to. 1731. The second Book of Horace's Epistles, with notes,...

...1645. It is thus entitled in the poet's own edition of 1673. " Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, Rendered almost word for word without rhyme according...Latin measure, as near as the language will admit." p. 62. This Ode of Horace had appeared long before in an English dress, among " Certaine Selected Odes...

...Pyrrha, entitled : " Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, rendered almost word for word without rime, according to the Latin measure, as near as the language...valueless. By literal, however, must be understood only that I have endeavoured to convey the precise meaning of Goethe : an object often best attainable...

...will be pleased to compare with Chatterton's version of the above, the same Ode rendered by Milton " almost word for word without rhyme, according to the Latin measure, as near as the language will permit." ACKNOWLEDGED POEMS. By zephyrs wav'd, why does thy loose hair sweep In simple curls around...

...Pyrrha, entitled : " Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa, rendered almost word for word without rime, according to the Latin measure, as near as the language...rooted conviction, that, if a translation such as mine he not literal, it is valueless. By literal, however, must be understood merely that I have endeavoured...

...the original edition of 1 673, where it is prefaced *ith this description, by way of heading : — ' Rendered almost word for word, without rhyme, according...to the Latin measure, as near as the language will permit.' Here we have a marked contrast. In Francis all is loose and paraphrastical ; in Milton all...