518 
gelit syt 1) 98, AMAp. te 
LEY vase teatro! 
mi idesolati,”’ © - 
certainly derogates from the original, by 
want of the personification. 
‘We must notice, also, some of the 
miost Aagrant instances of dilation; The 
passage beginning, 
“ Say, muse, their names. first. known, 
who first,” &e. 
consisting, in, Milton, of sixteen lines, is 
rendered 4 into twenty-three of the Ita- 
lian; ..though, the heroic lines of the 
translation are from two to fiye syllables 
longer than ours, . Again, these three 
lines, — 
“<< Thus they 
Breathing united force, with fixed thought 
ov’d on in silence to soft pipes, that 
charm’d 
hei “painful § Steps o’er the burnt soil,” — 
us, rendered i into six: 
onsthado atio .efiPacitumi 
» Non altrimentic progredian costo1o 
|, /Spirando-ardireunanime, e pensiero 
;,/Saluno, incommutabile al concento 
Che. dolcissimo, fea non disastrosi 
arere i malageyoli lor passi 
“Sul suol combusto,””” 
~ Having, thus, noticed what we think 
reprehensible, both,in, individual inad- 
yertencies. and more general faultiness 
of execution, we will proceed to the 
more pleasant part of | criticism, and 
give.a few passages, with the beauty as 
wellas. the fidelity of which we have 
been much pleased: and then, regret- 
ting that.our columns will not:allow us 
to quote; more. liberally, we will take 
~ our leave,: forthe present, of Signor 
Sorelli;, sincerely hoping soon to be 
favoured with, the continuation of. this 
valuable work, which we feel assured 
will not diminish in.interest.as it pro- 
ceeds; as some. of the ensuing books 
contain passages of sweetness and ten- 
derness of which the Italian language 
is so susceptible, and which the trans- 
lator appears well calculated to. render 
with all the justness of requisite fecling. 
. Satan’s. first, speech. to. Beelzebub is 
thus REBEL rendered :%., 
a If thot beest he; but O how fall’n! 
how chang’ 
From nee who in the happy realms) of 
light 
Cloth’d with. transcendent brightness, did 
rs outshine 
Mytiads, tho’ ‘bright ! if he, whom mutual 
WF Teaene,  @ 
United thoughts and counsels, equal hope 
as hazard ‘in the glorious enterprize; 
id of Ceti ereicienn: wes XL. 
[an 
K ead 1Uu0 OF Tloedt 
AG : 1 desso, « a 
" 
Tu hese ‘ Mi on coin “Hecadt uto ta 
Da quel dissimigliante'; Ce fe Sat 
Beati della luce in transcendenté” > viet 
Fulgor vestito, le migliaja viricesti! ” 
In isplendor ! ‘Se:quello a mecongdinte” 
A’ tempi andati in alleanza alterna |1))9°0 
Nei pensier, ne’ consigliy in egtial spenié; 
E nel:cimento all” alta impresa; or need. 
Nella stessa ruina a pari Sstrettolod oidyy 
Dalla miseria! in’ qual abisso olpvedi! |) 
Da quale elevazza traboceatic” « yisvidl) 
Again the speech, — she eae 
‘* Fallen cherub, to Be. weak is aol: 
rable, Ie 
Doing or suffering ; but ofthis 1s) sure? 
To do aught good never will be our task; 
But ever to-do ill oursole delight; ‘/ 
As being the atitniarpsien his: high olla : 
Whom we resisty”’)5:/) &° ,t9beaw19 
is not only, beautiful; but somewhat 
more compressive than usualyssie> oli 
 L’ esser debole agendo 9) sofferendo, ‘ 
Ell’ é miseria, o cherubin caduto.! — 
Ma tieni indubitato, che ben fare... , 
Non mai sara compito nostro ; e sola 
Porrem mai sempre nel mal far la gio} 5, ‘ 
Come contrario al-grado. dicolui, 
Che per noi si repugna.”, 
Space will not allow us to: do more: thats 
refer to the passage, inthe second canto, 
describing Satan rising to undertake the 
perilous expedition i in quest of the new 
world,—* Infra gli eletti’? &e. (Canto TI. 
p- 56); the Invocation to Light; at the 
commencement of the third canto; and 
also the Adoration of the Angels, in the 
same book,-~“ Non si tosto cessato ebbe 
PEterno,” &c. (Canto Ul., p.. 97); which 
are all faithfully and beautifull ren- 
dered, and we hope will be sough nts. by 
our reader s, In Signor’ Sorelli’ $ ‘ow 
pages. 
rq Jud 
—— : ists 
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PORARY CRIT Teale o 
NO« XLe 19 ite 
The Quarterly, Edinburgh; aut 
Universal Reviews: 
by yreyeomnnc , perhaps; cplibeetbsasls 
of the political philosophy (or 
philoso-fy, as) Vanbushel, would: have 
orthoépised it !), of ont three! arch: res 
viewers, we! turn ‘our: attention, as we 
promised, to their “literatism, .commen- 
cing with the Quarterly. The first ‘arti 
cle, of» this pisnohie which presents 
itself 
Join’d with meonce; now misery, hath joint 
Tn -equal.rnin «into what pit thou seest |") 
From what height fallen.” 
