COMF1 LrBD I? : - I <_-- THE P O TRY OTHER LANDS. A COLLECTION OF TRANSLATIONS INTO ENGLISH VERSE OF THE POETRY OF OTHER LANGUAGES, ANCIENT AND MODERN. COMPILED BY N. CLEMMONS HUNT. PHILADELPHIA : PORTER & COAXES. COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY PORTER & COATES. PREFACE r 1 1HIS work does not claim to be an encyclopaedia of -*- all the poetry of other countries that has been trans- lated into English verse, but is a collection of those minor and lyrical poems that seemed to the compiler, after an examination of all the works on the subject accessible to him, as worthy of being better known to English-speaking people than they ever would become lying hid in obscure corners and amid much rubbish. Some of the translations are so well known that they have almost become incor- porated into English poetry, but by far the greater number have never been read by, nor are even known by name to, many of the persons who will meet with this collection ; and the compiler hopes that the work may prove to be a valuable companion volume to any one of the encyclopaedias of English poetry that are now published. Some of the poems, perhaps, should be classed as para- phrases rather than as translations, but as an equivalent expression, taking into account the difference of idiom, will frequently convey the author's meaning and the beauty of the passage much more truthfully than a mere literal translation could possibly do, the compiler has not hesitated to include such in the collection. vi Preface. The poems are arranged under subject headings, a plan which has been adopted by the compilers of several of the most successful collections of English poetry, and those of each nationality are grouped together under the respective headings. As neither the names of the poems nor the first lines are familiar, the only index deemed necessary is one of the names of the authors alphabetically arranged, containing the dates of their birth and death, whenever these were attainable, and also the names of the translators. N. C. H. INDEX OF AUTHORS. TRANSLATOR. PAGE ABOU ALT the Mathematician (Arabian), about 530 A. D. ON LOVE J. D. Carlyle. 106 ALAMANNI, LUIGI (Italian), born 1495 A. D., died 1556. PETRARCA'S RETREAT U. S. Review. 81 ALGOUS (Greek], born 620 B. c. A CONVIVIAL SONG J. H. Merivale. 223 WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE . . . Sir Wm. Jones. 193 ALCAZAR, BALTAZAR DE (Spanish), born about 1600 A. D. SLEEP Sir John Bowring. 444 ALFADHEL IBN ALABAS (Arabian). VERSES ADDRESSED TO A KINDRED TRIBE. J. D. Carlyle. 199 ALY BEN ABD ALGANY OF CORDOVA (Arabian), died 1110 A. D. To A LADY UPON HER REFUSAL OF A PRESENT OF MELONS , . . . . J. D. Carlyle. 431 ANACREON (Greek), born 558 B. c. AGE Abraham Cowley. 233 BEAUTY Thomas Moore. 223 CUPID AND THE BEE Thomas Moore. 89 CUPID BENIGHTED Thomas Moore. 89 DOVE, THE 'Samuel Johnson. 28 DRINKING Thomas Moore. 423 GRASSHOPPER, THE Abraham Cowley. 29 RETURN OF SPRING Sir C. A. Elton. 27 To A PAINTER Sir C. A. Elton. 91 VERNAL WALK, A Thomas Moore. 26 ANAXANDRIDES (Greek), born about 376 B. c. OLD AGE J. H. Merivale. 231 ANGELO, see Michael Angelo Buonarotti. Index of Authors. TRANSLATOR. PAGE ANTIPATKR OF SIDON (Greek), about 108 B. c. HONEST SHEPHERD, THE Matthew Prior. 425 ON ERINNA J. H. Merivale. 149 ON HOMER'S BIRTH-PLACE . . . . J. H. Merivale. 76 ON ORPHEUS Robert Bland. 147 ON PINDAR J. H. Merivale. 149 ON SAPPHO Francis Hodgson. 150 ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA (Greek), First Century B. c. GREEK POETESSES John Wilson. 150 ANTIPHANES (Greek), born 404 B. c. ON DEATH Richard Cumberland. 308 ON DEATH Richard Cumberland. 309 PARASITE, A Richard Cumberland. 425 ANTIPHILUS (Greek), First Century A. D. ON AN ANCIENT OAK J. H. Merivale. 27 ON A BEE'S NEST John Wilson. 32 ANYTE (Greek), born about 280 B. c. ON A GROVE OF LAUREL Francis Hodgson. 30 ON THE ENTRANCE TO A CAVERN .... Unknown. 31 APOLLODORUS OF CARYSTUS ( Greek ), Fourth Century B. c. A FRAGMENT " There is a certain hospitable air." Richard Cumberland. 229 ARCHILOCHTTS (Greek), born about 660 B. c. EQUANIMITY Sir C. A. Elton. 304 ON AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN . . . Sir C. A. Elton. 35 PATIENCE UNDER SUFFERING . . . . J. H. Merivale. 310 Two MILITARY PORTRAITS . . . . J. H. Merivale. 224 ARIPHRON (Greek), born about 450 B. c. To HEALTH Robert Bland. 227 ARISTOPHANES (Greek), born about 440 B. c. CHORUS "Ye children of man, whose life is a span." J. H. Frere. 426 ARISTOPHON (Greek), Fourth Century B.C. LOVE Richard Cumberland. 98 ARISTOTLE (Greek), born 384 B. c. HYMN TO VIRTUE J. H. Merivale. 226 ARNAULT, VINCENT ANTOINE (French), born 1766, died 1834. THE LEAF . . Unknown. 72 Index of Authors. ix TRANSLATOR. PAGE ARNDT, ERNST MORITZ (German}, born 1769, died 1860. THE GERMAN'S FATHERLAND Macray. 211 AUERSPERG, ANTON ALEXANDER VON (Anastasius Grun), (German), born 1806. HENRY FRAUENLOB Edinburgh Review. 177 LAST POET, THE N. L. Frothingham. 247 MANLY TEARS William Hunt. 272 THE RING William Hunt. 275 AUSONIUS, DECIMUS MAGNUS (Latin), born about 310 A. D., died about 394 A. D. ROSES Sir C. A. Elton. 38 AVIENUS, RUFTJS FESTUS (Latin), born about 400 A. D. COUNTRY RETIREMENT Sir C. A. Elton. 38 THE OAK AND THE REED .... Sir C. A. Elton. 311 BACCHYLIDES (Greek), born about 500 B. o. PEACE Robert Bland. 224 BAGGESEN, JENS (Danish), born 1764, died 1826. To MY NATIVE LAND Wm. S. Walker. 216 BAIF, JEAN ANTOINE DE (French], born 1531, died 1592. CALCULATION OF LIFE, THE . Louisa Stuart Costello. 322 EPITAPH ON RABELAIS .... Louisa Stuart Costello. 172 BARBE DE VERRUE (French). "THE WISE MAN SEES HIS WINTER CLOSE." E.Taylor. 286 BASSELIN, OLIVIER (French), born about 1350, died about 1419. To MY NOSE John Oxenford. 439 BATIUSHKOV (Russian). LOVE IN A BOAT Sir John Bowring. 123 THE PRISONER Sir John Bowring. 200 BELLA Y, JOACHIM DU (French), born about 1524, died 1560. SONNET "Say, canst thou number all the stars that gleam " Louisa Stuart Costello. Ill BELLEAU, REMI (French), born 1528, died 1577. APRIL Louisa Stuart Costello. 69 BEMB'O, PIETRO (Italian), bora 1470, died 1547. SONNET TO ITALY U. S. Literary Gazette. 81 BEN ALRUMI (Arabian), died 905 A. D. ON A VALETUDINARIAN J. D. Carlyle. 430 Index of Authors. TRANSLATOR. PAGE BERANGER, PIERRE JEAN DE (French), born 1780, died 1857. KING OF YVETOT, THE Unknown. 437 Louis XI Francis Mahony. 172 MY OLD COAT Unknown. 290 BERNARD OF CLUNY (Latin), Twelfth Century A. D. THE CELESTIAL COUNTRY .... John Mason Neale. 344 BION (Greek), born about 200 B. c. ELEGY ON ADONIS Sir C. A. Elton. 98 HYMN TO THE EVENING STAR ... /. H. Merivale. 33 ON FRIENDSHIP F. Fawkes. 228 TEACHER TAUGHT, THE , . F. Fawkes. 92 BOCCACCIO, GIOVANNI (Italian),\>ovn 1313, died 1379. DANTE F. C. Gray. 165 BONILLA, ALONSO DE (Spanish), born about 1580. "LET'S HOLD SWEET CONVERSE" . Sir John Bowring. 295 BRANDT, GERARD (Dutch) born 1626, died 1685. EPITAPH ON THE EARL OF EGMONT. Sir John Boivring. 184 BURGER, GOTTFRIED AUGUST (German), born 1748, died 1794. ELLENORE W. Taylor. 396 CALLIMACHUS (Greek), born about 295 B. c. ON A BROTHER AND SISTER . . . . J. H. Merivale. 226 THE VIRGIN'S OFFERING TO VENUS . . S. Trevor. 230 CALLINUS (Greek), born about 782 B. c. A FRAGMENT " How long will ye slumber ? when will ye take heart?" H.N.Coleridge. 198 CALLISTRATUS (Greek), born 420 B. c. ODE TO HARMODIUS Denman. 141 CAMOENS, Luis DE (Portuguese), born about 1517, died 1579. CANZONET " Since in this dreary vale of tears." Lord Strangford. 342 MADRIGAL " Dear is the blush of early light." Lord Strangford. 301 SONNET "Now past for me are April's maddening hours " Lord Strangford. 338 STANZAS " I saw the virtuous man contend." Lord Strangford. 337 "WHEN DAY HAS SMILED A SOFT FAREWELL." Lord Strangford. 301 Index of Authors. xi TRANSLATOR. PAGE CARPHYLLIDES (Greek), Second Century A. D. ON A HAPPY OLD MAN Robert Bland. 311 CASA, GIOVANNI BELLA (Italian), born 1503, died 1556. SONNET ON VENICE Felicia D. Hemans. 82 CASTRO Y ANAYA, PEDRO DE (Spanish), Seventeenth Century. THE RIVULET W. C. Bryant. 73 CATS, JACOB (Dutch), born 1577, died 1660. ' ' WHO FLIES THE MADDEN'D STORM. " Sir John Bmcring. 343 CATULLUS, CAIUS VALERIUS (Latin), born about 87 B. c. Ox THE DEATH OF LESBIA'S SPARROW. Hon. G. Lamb. 238 THE RITES AT His BROTHER'S GRAVE. Francis Hodgson. 155 To HIMSELF W. Peter. 156 To THE PENINSULA OF SIRMIO . . . Thomas Moore. 76 CHAMISSO, ADELBERT VON (German), born 1781, died 1838. THE OLD WASHERWOMAN .... Foreign Quarterly. 328 CHENEDOLLE, CHARLES DE (French), born 1769, died 1833. REGRETS London Magazine. 283 THE YOUNG MAIDEN AMONG THE RUINS OF ROME. London Magazine. 289 CHISON, JAQUES DE (French), Thirteenth Century. "WHEN THE SWEET DAYS OF SUMMER COME AT LAST" Edgar Taylor. 109 CLAUDIAN (CLAUDIUS CLAUDIANUS), (Latin), born about 365 A. D. THE OLD MAN OF VERONA . . . Abraham Cowley. 313 CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (German), born 1740, died 1818. NIGHT SONG C. T. Brooks. 45 CLEANTHES (Greek), born about 290 B. c. HYMN TO JUPITER Sir C. A. Elton. 377 DA CUNHA, J. A. (Portuguese), Eighteenth Century. LINES WRITTEN DURING SEVERE ILLNESS . T. Roscoe. 339 DEMOCHARIS (Greek), Fifth Century A. D. ON THE PICTURE OF SAPPHO . . . Francis Hodgson. 151 DERZHAVIN, GABRIEL ROMANOVICH (Russian), born 1743, died 1816. GOD Sir John Bowring. 364 DIONYSIUS (Greek), Second Century A. D. HYMN TO APOLLO W. Hay. 379 Index of Authors. TRANSLATOR. PAGE DIOSCORIDES (Greek). SPARTAN VIRTUE J. H. Merivale. 198 THE PERSIAN SLAVE TO His MASTER. J. H. Merivale. 197 DIOTIMUS (Greek), about 280 B. c. To A DUENNA J. H. Merivale. 423 Do CEO, VIOLANTE (Portuguese), born 1601, died 1693. "WHILE TO BETHLEM WE ARE GOING." Sir John Bowring. 338 EPICHARMUS (Greek), born about 540 B. c. GENEALOGIES Richard Cumberland. 424 ERINNA (Greek), born about 600 B. c. EPITAPH ON A VIRGIN OF MITYLENE. Kir C. A. Elton. 221 EVALD, JOHANNES (Danish), born 1743, died 1781. KING CHRISTIAN H. W. Longfellow. 214 THE WISHES Wm. S. Walker. 219 EUBULUS (Greek), about 376 B. c. " WHY, FOOLISH PAINTER, GIVE THOSE WINGS TO LOVE?" Unknoivn. 95 EUENUS (Greek), born about 460 B. c. CONTRADICTION J. H. Merivale. 308 EUPHORION (Greek), born 274 B. c. ON TEARS J. H. Merivale. 228 EUPOLIS (Greek), born 446 B. c. THE ALTERED CONDITION OF ATHENS. Richard Cumberland. 197 EURIPIDES (Greek), born 480 B. c. CHORUS " Tell me, ye gales, ye rising gales." Robert Potter. 195 FRAGMENT " There is a streamlet issuing from a rock." S. Rogers. 95 FRAGMENT "This is true liberty when free born men." S. Rogers. 196 FROM A CHORUS IN ALCESTIS Chapman. 232 FILICAJA, VINCENZO DA (Italian), born 1642, died 1707. PROVIDENCE Leigh Hunt. 321 FRANCIS I. (French),\)ora 1494, died 1547. EPITAPH ON AGNES SOREL . . Louisa Stuart Cosiello. 168 EPITAPH ON FRANQOISE DE Foix. Louisa Stuart Costello. 170 Index of Authors. xiii TRANSLATOR. PAGE FREILIGRATH, FERDINAND (German), born 1810, died 1876. THE FLOWERS' REVENGE Unknown. 54 GAWINSKI, JOHN (Polish), Seventeenth Century. THE SOLDIER SLAIN Sir John Bowring. 220 GEORGE, a physician of Antioch (Arabian). AN EPIGRAM UPON AN EGYPTIAN PHYSICIAN. /. D. Carlyle. 431 GERHARDT, PAUL (German), born 1606, died 1676. TRUST IN PROVIDENCE Charles Wesley. 367 GLEIM, JOHANN WILHELM LUDWIG, (German), born 1719, died 1803. INVITATION, THE S. H. Whitman. 243 WANDERER, THE . Macray. 208 WAK SONG W. Taylor. 411 GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON (German), born 1749, died 1832. AT MIDNIGHT HOUR E. A. Bowring. 249 CHORUS OF SPIRITS E. A. Bowring. 52 DEDICATION TO FAUST Fitz-Greene Halleck. 244 ERL-KING, THE F. H. Hedge. 409 MARGARET AT HER SPINNING-WHEEL. E. A. Bowring. 116 MIGNON'S SONG Felicia D. Hemans. 251 SINGER, THE F. H. Hedge. 250 THE LOVED ONE EVER NEAR .... J. 8. Dwight. 114 To THE CHOSEN ONE E. A. Bowring. 115 VIOLET, THE E. A. Bowring. 58 GONGORA Y ARGOTE, Luis (Spanish), born 1561, died 1627. "COME, WANDERING SHEEP, O COME." Sir John Bowring. 375 GROSSI, TOMMASO (Italian), born 1791, died 1853. THE FAIR PRISONER TO THE SWALLOW. W. D. Howells. 299 GUIDICCIONI, GIOVANNI (Italian), born 1500, died 1541. SONNET TO ROME U. S. Literary Gazette. 82 HAFIZ (Persian), born about 1300, died about 1390. PERSIAN SONG Sir William Jones. 104 HASSAN ALASADY (Arabian). ON THE TOMB OF MANO J. D. Carlyle. 161 xiv Index of Authors. TRANSLATOR. PAGB HATEM TAX (Arabian), about 600 A. D. ON AVARICE J. D. Carlyle. 318 HEINE, HEINRICH, (German), born 1799, died 1856. EVENING GOSSIP Edinburgh Review. 273 FIR-TREE AND THE PALM, THE . . . . W. W. Story. 57 LORELEI W. H. Furness. 410 THEY GAVE ME ADVICE C. G. Leland. 434 "Tnou GENTLE FERRY-MAIDEN" . . C. G. Leland. 274 Two GRENADIERS, THE W. H. Furness. 410 HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (German), born 1744, died 1803. To A DRAGON-FLY W. Taylor. 46 HERRERA, FERNANDO DE (Spanish), born 1534, died about 1589. ODE TO SLEEP T. Roscoe. 293 HOLTY, LUDWIG HEINRICH CHRISTOPH (German), born 1748, died 1776. COUNTRY LIFE Fraser's Magazine. 48 DEATH OF THE NIGHTINGALE, THE . . C. T. Brooks. 47 HORACE (QuiNTUs HORATIUS FLACCUS), (Latin), born 65 B. c., died 8 B. c. ODE IV., BOOK I. To Lucius SEXTIUS. Archdeacon Wrangham. 35 ODE IX. , BOOK I. To THALIARCHUS . John Dryden. 36 ODE XXII., BOOK I. To ARISTIUS Fuscus. Samuel Johnson. 242 ODE XXIV., BOOK I. To VIRGIL . Theodore Martin. 158 ODE XXXVIII., BOOK I. To His SERVANT. William Cov-per. 242 ODE III., BOOK II. To DELLIUS . . J. H. Merivale. 240 ODE X., BOOK II. To LICINIUS . . William Cowper. 316 ODE IX., BOOK III. THE RECONCILIATION. Bishop Atterbury. 103 ODE XVI. , BOOK III. To MAECENAS. Theodore Martin. 314 ODE XXIX., BOOK III. To MAECENAS. John Dryden. 151 ODE XXX., BOOK III. To MELPOMENE. Theodore Martin. 157 ODE III.. BOOK IV. To MELPOMENE. Bishop Atterbury. 156 ODE IX., BOOK IV. To LOLLIUS . Theodore Martin. 159 Index of Authors. xv TRANSLATOR. PAGE HUGO, VICTOR MARIE (French), born 1802. EXPECTATION Democratic Review. Ill THE DJINNS John L. 0' Sullivan. 419 IBRAHIM BEN KHIRET ABOU ISAAC (Arabian). ON A THUNDER STORM J. D. Carlyle. 40 INGEMANN, BERNHARD SEVERIN (Danish), born 1789. THE ASPEN Fortnightly Review. 59 JACOBI, JOHANN GEORG (German), born 1740, died 1814. SONG " Tell nie, where's the violet fled. " . Beresford. 44 JACOBUS DE BENEDICTIS (Latin), Thirteenth Century. STABAT MATER Abraham Coles. 360 JULIAN, PREFECT OF EGYPT (Greek), born about 360 A. D. LOVE AND WINE W. Peter. 102 JUNGMANN, JOSEPH JAKOB (Bohemian), born 1773, died 1847. CONTENT Sir John Bowring. 63 KERNER, ANDREAS JUSTINUS (German), born 1786, died 1862. THE Two COFFINS Dulcken. 276 KOCHANOWSKI, JOHN (Polish), born 1532, died 1584. ODE TO SLEEP Sir John Bowring. 302 KOLLAR, JOHN (Bohemian), born 1793, died 1852. A SLAVONIAN MAID Sir John Bowring. 303 LOVE AND COUNTRY Sir John Bowring. 200 SLAVONIA Sir John Bowring. 220 "TELL ME, YE REAPERS" .... Sir John Bowring. 130 KORNER, KARL THEODOR (German), born 1791, died 1813. SWORD-SONG W. B. Charley. 414 KOSEGARTEN, LuowiG THEOBUL (German), born 1758, died 1818. AMEN OF THE STONES, THE C. T. Brooks. 324 VIA CRUCIS, VIA Lucis C. T. Brooks. 322 LAMARTINE, ALPHONSE DE (French), born 1792, died 1869. HYMN "A hymn more, my Lyre." Knickerbocker Magazine. 370 LENAU, NICOLAUS (German), born 1802, died 1850. THE POSTILION C. T. Brooks. 277 LEUNGREN, ANNA MARIA (Swedish), born 1754, died 1817. FAMILY PORTRAITS .... Foreign Quarterly Review. 432 xvi Index of Authors. TRANSLATOR. PAGE LKONIDAS OF ALEXANDRIA (Greek), First Century A. D. ON THE PICTURE OF AN INFANT PLAYING NEAR A PRECIPICE S. Rogers. 229 LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM (Greek), born about 272 B. c. HOME Robert Bland. 232 INSCRIPTION ON A BOAT J. H. Merivale. 228 INSCRIPTION ON THE BANKS OF A RIVER. Robert Bland. 34 ON HOMER Francis Hodgson. 148 LTJCIAN (Greek), born about 90 A. D., died 180 A. D. THE PHYSICIAN AND His SON W. Hay. 429 To A WORN-OUT BELLE . . . . . . J. H. Merivale. 429 MARCUS ARGENTARIUS (Greek). THE LEAN LOVERS Unknown. 428 MARGUERITE DE VALOIS (French), born 1492, died 1549. ON THE DEATH OF HER BROTHER, FRANCIS I. Louisa Stuart Costello. 167 MAROT, CLEMENT (French), born 1505, died 1554. THE PORTRAIT Louisa Stuart Costello. 112 MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS), (Latin), born about 40 A. D., died about 105 A. D. ON AN ODD FELLOW The " Spectator." 430 ON ANTONIUS W.Peter. 155 RUFUS The " Spectator." 430 To AVITUS Abraham Cowley. 311 To JULIUS MARTIALIS Unknown. 312 To POSTUMUS Abraham Cowley. 310 MARTIAL DE PARIS (French), born about 1440, died 1508. SONG "Dear the felicity" . . Louisa Stuart Costello. 289 MATTHISSON, FRIEDRICH VON (German), born 1761, died 1831. FOREVER THINE J. Macray. 123 THE SPRING EVENING Unknown. 51 MEDICI, LORENZO DE' (Italian), born 1448, died 1492. ORAZIONE " All nature hear the sacred song " W. Roscoe. 362 STANZAS" Follow that fervor, devoted spirit " London Magazine. 362 MELEAGER (Greek), born about 96 B. c. BEAUTY COMPARED WITH FLOWERS . . John Wilson. 232 Index of Authors. xvii TRANSLATOR. PAGE MELEAGER (Greek), born about 96 B. c. COMPARISON, THE Shepherd. 94 GARLAND, THE W. Peter. 234 LOVE THE TENNIS-PLAYER .... Sir C. A. Elton. 97 Music AND BEAUTY J. H. Merivale. 95 RETURN OF SPRING, THE Robert Bland. 25 SONG " Still like dew in silence falling " Thomas Moore. 94 To THE CICADA Sir C. A. Elton. 31 MENANDER (Greek), born 342 a c. THE USE OF RICHES .... Richard Cumberland. 309 MERCANTINI, LUIGI (Italian), Nineteenth Century. THE GLEANER OF SAPRI Unknown. 203 MESIHI (Turkish), Fourteenth Century. ODE " Hear how the nightingales on every spray " Sir William Jones. 41 MICHAEL ANGELO BUONAROTTI (Italian), born 1474, died 1564. IF I AM FAIR, 'TIS FOR MYSELF ALONE. North American Revieio. 108 PH