In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Robert T. White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >LH-S scripsit: > >> A few years ago our listowner (I think) posted some interesting >>comments about the strength and weaknesses of Dryden's version; >>unfortunately I cannot find them now. I was struck by his rendering of >>Aen. 6. 651-8: >> >>Dulces exuuiae, dum fata deusque sinebat, >>accipite hanc animam meque his exsoluite curis. >>Vixi et quem dederat cursum Fortuna peregi, >>et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. >>Urbem praeclaram statui, mea moenia uidi, >>ulta uirum poenas inimico a fratre recepi; >>felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum >>numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae. > >This is Book 4, I think... > Oops! Lapsus digiti. LAH-S *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Leofranc Holford-Strevens 67 St Bernard's Road usque adeone Oxford scire MEVM nihil est, nisi ME scire hoc sciat alter? OX2 6EJ
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