Dramas-of the Dead. 
pata tii'the’ ivoes of others, which causes 
our'tears''to flow ‘atthe: bare mention of 
human: suffering» inefact,’ with! the excep: 
tion:cof men:of erndition;;; awho | Were, ac- 
od. with, the onifinal,. feyy persons. had 
cea econ as he, has, been, by 
iN, Prose; and deprived. of half 
es but ‘the, “French ‘may thank 
S hie che 
: pe that: the: ZEngid has “sinee Had many 
readers. ladies; ‘Whose’ suffrage has 
great apitienee th he’ sucdess ofia book, 
were doubly anxious forthe glory of the 
poet; who! hail called : ‘them to: weep: over 
ieeuba and ,Priam; Evander and Pallas, 
Nisusiand ‘Buryalus, and,oyer, the unhappy 
Dido, yictim, of a yiolent. and. unfortunate 
ut, however Delille’s. transla- 
oo. i, Vine may, have been admired in 
the brilliant : circles of fasliion and polite lite- 
yature at Paris, it certainly wants both the 
feeling and inspiration of the original ; and 
though” a minute examination and compa- 
rison with the’text of the immortal bard; 
obliges us to’confess, that the work of De- 
lille -bears'at Jeast-the stamp of superior 
talent, and more equality than is generally 
awarded to him; and though we must even 
confess that he occasionally catches the 
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genuine fire and animation of’ his author 
-=still, we must admit: that he is cae 
meriting that. applause» which. the ‘enérgy 
of his declamation, as much as the enthuea 
siasm. inspired...by, his verse, contributed to 
augment. The translation of the. /Engid 
has by far the greater reputation, though 
that of the Georgics i is decidedly much mare 
faithful to the original classical genius’ éf 
the poet ; but the talents of Delile’ could * 
not atone for the want of those ornamerits® 
with which Pope’s translation of ‘the:Tliad 
isso replete, but which the Aeneid 
could not bear. . The. classic reader, must 
be surprized to find, particularly -in tha 
first, second, fifth and sixth books, of the 
/Eneid, that the dramatic effect of Virgil 
is produced with so much ease and fidelity, 
that Delille’s version might be mistaken 
for a poem originally written in French :—— 
Wwe do not, however, attempt to say; that 
the divine text of the original loses nothing 
in the translation; Delille himself, were he 
still living, would. reject the. iliea > but, int 
spite of the defects, we must allow. that . 
Delille only was capable of nals such. A 
present to France. 
sce g 
vie) 
G 9G Con ote 
DRAMAS OF THE DEAD. 
DE ehiingn: GREAT FOLKS AT HOME. 
(us oA A TRAGEDY IN ONE “ACT. 
shi Scene, the Un fersied Regions. 
wi] 
Napoleon in deep thought— Satan watching near him. ' 
_ NAPoveon. France ! and ye Armies! is it thus, indeed ? 
' Satan. Poor Outcast ! he too, from th’ aspirer’s Beay’ nh 
~ ie “ral never more, oh, never more to rise! — 
a Napoleon. Heir of the saddest flower, and Joftiest pinbesit ! 
ee ue -morrow’ s Czsar! if degenerate earth —_—- - aladatie , 
“lan efuse to arm thy grown right-hand with steel, boobies 
ha { ia ish from heav’n the lightning, and avenge me ! 
aie ) 
tan. Fraternal Spirit, rest ! 
Napoleon. 
_eeeAnd, Borodino is not ev’n a name. 
The Alps are dust, 
teow Satan, But yesterday still is—at least with thee. aa ye 
«) eHow farest thou, Brother? 
OA .acy oleon. 
©, “Prue'brothers we. » 
Oi Not wretched, if with thee. Hi Ake ute 2 
‘ lig em a hideous hateful dream) iH Dwreidinend 
is, spel greatness.—To have been i riidh pemettetrnearll 
Wap ‘Brother Pes yes, yes! 
tes “Dhe'twain who highest sate, and lowest fell, mj ; : 
And I, too, sometimes talk cms pa coges 
What spectre of the past bees 
trath hateful, and the Wretched feehs + :).: . siouasad che 
cus ith’ joys that’ were. 
esl) ‘ mi he ote 
oa E » rn ‘visited thy restless thoughts, 
bet) 
ensee } ce was. bless’d ? 
om? aie 
f (But De 
any OF ha 
» oblile& King of Ki 
pees and then 
snoede@by) Victory. 
MAIC Qo ve 
to fall so low! Hae ny We 
owhose fee alarmeth heav’n ! art ie 
ded + 9Andethou,)>th’ imperishable,, that wilt be 
svowVoanes when. the:time-worn'mountains shall have levell’d 
Pédni4ov'd-valley-with the, fountain’d rock, ! 
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