Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MRS. THROCKMORTON, ON HER BEAUTIFUL TRANSCRIPT OF HORACE, by WILLIAM COWPER Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Maria, could horace have guessed Last Line: Nothing ever was written so well. Subject(s): Horace (65-8 B.c.); Translating & Interpreting | ||||||||
MARIA, could Horace have guessed What honour awaited his ode To his own little volume addressed, The honour which you have bestowed, Who have traced it in characters here, So elegant, even, and neat; He had laughed at the critical sneer, Which he seems to have trembled to meet. And sneer, if you please, he had said, Hereafter a nymph shall arise, Who shall give me, when you are all dead, The glory your malice denies; Shall dignity give to my lay, Although but a mere bagatelle; And even a poet shall say, Nothing ever was written so well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOUND IN TRANSLATION [FOR CLAIRE MALROUX] by MARILYN HACKER MESSAGES AS TRANSLATION by MICHAEL S. HARPER THE MYSTERIES OF CAESAR by ANTHONY HECHT IN HELL WITH VIRG AND DAN: CANTO 17 by CAROLYN KIZER OF DISTRESS BEING HUMILIATED BY THE CLASSICAL CHINESE POETS by HAYDEN CARRUTH RELIGIO LAICI; OR, A LAYMAN'S FAITH by JOHN DRYDEN THE CHESSBOARD IS ON FIRE by AARON FOGEL ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER by JOHN KEATS A TRANSLATION by JAMES LAUGHLIN A COMPARISON by WILLIAM COWPER |
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