Came to th' Italian and Lavinian Coast;—
II.
"Arms and the Man I sing, the first who bore
His Course to Latium from the Trojan Shore.—
The first Translation is exact in every respect: You have in it the Suspence and Majesty of Virgil. The second is a good Translation, though not at all like Virgil, but exactly like Homer: There is no Hesitation, but the Verse and the Matter hurry on together as fast as possible.
I have now shown you what is a rapid, and what is a majestick Stile. But a few more Lines of the Beginning both of the Iliad and of the Æneid will make it still more plain.
Iliad.
"The Anger of Achilles, Goddess, sing;
Which to the Greeks did endless Sorrows bring;
And sent untimely, to the Realms of Night,