Poems On several Choice and Various Subjects Occasionally Composed By An Eminent Author. Collected and Published by Sergeant-Major P. F. [i.e. James Howell] |
OF TRANSLATIONS,
Upon rendring into English a choice Venetian Romance, called, EROMENA,
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OF TRANSLATIONS, Upon rendring into English a choice Venetian Romance, called, EROMENA,
By Mr. James Howard.
Some hold Translations not unlike to beThe wrong-side of a Turky Tapistry,
Or Wines drawn off the Lees, which fill'd in flask,
Loose somewhat of the taste they had in Cask.
Tis tru, each Language hath an Idiome,
Which in another couch'd comes not so home.
Yet I nere saw a piece from Venice come
Had fewer Thrums set on our Country Lome.
This Wine is still one-ear'd, and brisk, though put
Out of Italian Cask, in English Butt.
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