Scribbleomania Or, The Printer's Devil's Polichronicon. A Sublime Poem. Edited by Anser Pen-drag-on [i.e. S. W. H. Ireland] |
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Lord Strangford.
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Lord Strangford.
Auditque vocatus Apollo.
Virgil. Apollo hears when called upon.
Virgil. Apollo hears when called upon.
From race of plebeians aloft next we mount,
Since lords now get boozy at Helicon's fount;
Nor let me deny to a Strangford his due,
Who holds a Translation right ably to view:
While, if splendour of genius his verse doth not deck,
His learning proves always to folly a check.
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And I trust future efforts may meet with success.
Poetical talent being seldom coupled with the name of a man of title, it would appear invidious to withhold the meed of approbation attachable to this nobleman for his translation of Camoens' Poems, which made its appearance some years back; combining correctness of judgment, elegance of style, and a complete knowledge of his original. To say that his lordship has given to them the appearance of an original English composition would be going too far: it is a translation of the first order; and will never disgrace the library of the man of real taste and refined literature.
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