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TO KATHERINE T., by                    
First Line: Puck's whim once made an ass of man
Last Line: Who, in a day, my life translated.
Subject(s): Poetry And Poets - French; Translating & Interpreting


Puck's whim once made an ass of man,
As swine he grunted, changed by Circe;
And even so translators can
Misrender poets without mercy.

I have not Orpheus' skill, but try
To mimic in my tongue French singers,
And guard lest I should pull awry
Their harp-strings with un-nimble fingers.

Here take what I have done, dear friend,
My fairer Circe, void of malice;
And proffer me the sweets that blend
For my translation in your chalice.

And may you find my faults are few,
And my toil-gotten rhymes well-mated:
This book I dedicate to you
Who, in a day, my life translated.





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