Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO EUSTACE BUDGELL, ESQ. ON HIS TRANSLATION ... THEOPHRASTUS, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Tis rumoured, budgell on a time Last Line: That thou hast done, with life and spirit. Subject(s): Boyer, Abel (1667-1729); Budgell, Eustace (1686-1737); Gildon, Charles (1665-1724); Translating & Interpreting | ||||||||
'Tis rumour'd, Budgell on a time Writing a Sonnet, cou'd not rhime; Was he discouragd? no such matter; He'd write in Prose -- To the Spectator. There too Invention faild of late: What then? Gad damn him, he'd Translate, Not Verse, to that he had a Pique -- From French? He scornd it; no, from Greek. He'd do't; and ne'r stand Shill -- I Shall -- I, Ay, and inscribe to Charles Lord Halli -- Our Gallo-Grecian at the last Has kept his word, here's Teophraste. How e're be not too vain, Friend Budgell! Men of Ill Hearts, you know, will judge ill. Some flatly say, the Book's as ill done, As if by Boyer, or by Gildon; Others opine you only chose ill, And that this Piece was meant for Ozell. For me, I think (in spite of Blunders) You may, with Addison, do wonders. But faith I fear, some Folks beside These smart, new Characters supplyd. The honest Fellow out at Heels Pray between Friends, was not that Steel's? The Rustic Lout so like a Brute, Was Philips's beyond Dispute. And the fond Fop so clean contrary, Tis plain, tis very plain, was Cary. Howe're, the Coxcomb's thy own Merit, That thou hast done, with Life and Spirit. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ANOTHER TRANSLATOR by RICHARD HOWARD VERSE TRANSLATOR by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS READING THE RUSSIANS by RUTH STONE HAG OF BEARE (CAILLECH BERRI) by ANNE WALDMAN ALICE CORBIN IS GONE by CARL SANDBURG TO HIS WORTHY FRIEND, DOCTOR WITTY by ANDREW MARVELL TO MY HONOURED FRIEND DR.WITTY, CONCERNING HIS TRANSLATION by ANDREW MARVELL THE TRANSLATOR by NOVELLA MATVEYEVA TO MRS. --, ON HER BEAUTIFUL TRANSLATION OF VOITURE'S KISS by THOMAS MOORE A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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