More by Joseph Trapp
Her Amazonian files with lunar shields
Penthesilea leads, and in the midst
Of thousand storms, beneath her naked pap
Her golden belt she buckles, warlike maid,
And, though a virgin, dares engage with men.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
The elegance of the page would be diminished by notes.
He who says he values no translation of this or that poem because he understands the original, has indeed no true relish, that is, in effect, no true understanding of either.
The Preface to The Aeneis of Virgil (1718)
Two gates of sleep there are: the one of horn,
Through which with ease the real phantoms pass;
With polished elephant the other shines,
Through which the manes send false dreams to light.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
If Helenus has any skill,
If any faith, and if Apollo right
Inspires his prophet: one thing, goddess-born,
One thing, above the rest, I will advise,
and oft repeat it: with religious prayer
First Juno's deity adore; to her
Pay willing sacrifices, and with vows,
Suppliant, overpower the mighty queen of heaven.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
Confounded with the crowd of various thoughts,
And stiffening with amaze, the hero stood,
In silence deep: within his bosom boils
Disdainful shame, and grief to madness wrought,
And love inflamed with rage, and conscious worth.
The Aeneis of Virgil, Translated Into Blank Verse (1718)
As when, complaining in melodious groans,
Sweet Philomel, beneath a poplar shade,
Mourns her lost young, which some rough village hind
Observing, from their nest, unfledged, has stole:
She weeps all night; and, perched upon a bough,
With plaintive notes repeated fills the grove.
The Works of Virgil: Translated Into English Blank Verse (1731)
When in her turn the moon obscure withdraws
Her light, and setting stars persuade to sleep:
Lonely she pines within the empty court,
Lies on the couch which just before []he left;
Him absent, absent still she hears and sees.
The Works of Virgil: Translated Into English Blank Verse (1731)
All Joseph Trapp quotes →