The Georgics Of Virgil In English Verse Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from The Georgics of Vergil: Translated Into English Verse It is, perhaps, superfluous to add that, in the matter of rhymes, I have not strictly confined myself to those which are called perfect, which I think should rather be called major rhymes, but have sparingly introduced the imperfect or minor. All I can say is that in the case of a long rhymed poem, my own ear not only sanctions but demands a certain number of these minor rhymes. I have been reproved before now, for making this distino tion, by critics to whose judgment 1 em very much in clined to defer and, after all, I make it, for, to me, it represents a fixed musical fact. There is a graver objection which will certainly be' urged by those, justly high in authority, against the am bitions experlment upon one of the great works of the world here submitted to their scrutiny. My version of the Georgics is not very literal. It is not rendered line for line, or even foot for foot. I have sometimes mverted the order of clauses I have often expanded the expres sion I have in one or two instances no more, as the Latinist will readily believe condensed it 5 I have even, though Vei'y rarely; introduced an epithet, and, still more rarely, I have suppressed one. I say this not so much to forestall criticism, as to show that I have foreseen, and, in some sort, deliberately invited it 5 and I can hardly explain why I have done so without saying a few words, though diffidently and reluctantly, on what it seems almost' presumptuous to call my own theory of poetical transla tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.