Silius neatly
translates
it,
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem.
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem.
Iliad - Pope
) Coleridge, Introd.
p.
154, well
observes, that the supreme father of gods and men had a full right
to employ a lying spirit to work out his ultimate will. Compare
"Paradise Lost," v. 646:
"And roseate dews disposed
All but the unsleeping eyes of God to rest. "
77 --_Dream_ ought to be spelt with a capital letter, being, I think,
evidently personified as the god of dreams. See Anthon and others.
"When, by Minerva sent, a _fraudful_ Dream
Rush'd from the skies, the bane of her and Troy. "
Dyce's "Select Translations from Quintus Calaber," p. 10.
78 "Sleep'st thou, companion dear, what sleep can close
Thy eye-lids? "
--"Paradise Lost," v. 673.
79 This truly military sentiment has been echoed by the approving voice
of many a general and statesman of antiquity. See Pliny's Panegyric
on Trajan.
Silius neatly translates it,
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem. "
80 --_The same in habit, &c. _
"To whom once more the winged god appears;
His former youthful mien and shape he wears. "
Dryden's Virgil, iv. 803.
81 "As bees in spring-time, when
The sun with Taurus rides,
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers
Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank,
The suburb of this straw-built citadel,
New-nibb'd with balm, expatiate and confer
Their state affairs. So thick the very crowd
Swarm'd and were straiten'd. "--"Paradise Lost" i. 768.
82 It was the herald's duty to make the people sit down. "A _standing_
agora is a symptom of manifest terror (II. Xviii. 246) an evening
agora, to which men came elevated by wine, is also the forerunner of
mischief ('Odyssey,' iii. 138). "--Grote, ii. p.
observes, that the supreme father of gods and men had a full right
to employ a lying spirit to work out his ultimate will. Compare
"Paradise Lost," v. 646:
"And roseate dews disposed
All but the unsleeping eyes of God to rest. "
77 --_Dream_ ought to be spelt with a capital letter, being, I think,
evidently personified as the god of dreams. See Anthon and others.
"When, by Minerva sent, a _fraudful_ Dream
Rush'd from the skies, the bane of her and Troy. "
Dyce's "Select Translations from Quintus Calaber," p. 10.
78 "Sleep'st thou, companion dear, what sleep can close
Thy eye-lids? "
--"Paradise Lost," v. 673.
79 This truly military sentiment has been echoed by the approving voice
of many a general and statesman of antiquity. See Pliny's Panegyric
on Trajan.
Silius neatly translates it,
"Turpe duci totam somno consumere noctem. "
80 --_The same in habit, &c. _
"To whom once more the winged god appears;
His former youthful mien and shape he wears. "
Dryden's Virgil, iv. 803.
81 "As bees in spring-time, when
The sun with Taurus rides,
Pour forth their populous youth about the hive
In clusters; they among fresh dews and flowers
Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank,
The suburb of this straw-built citadel,
New-nibb'd with balm, expatiate and confer
Their state affairs. So thick the very crowd
Swarm'd and were straiten'd. "--"Paradise Lost" i. 768.
82 It was the herald's duty to make the people sit down. "A _standing_
agora is a symptom of manifest terror (II. Xviii. 246) an evening
agora, to which men came elevated by wine, is also the forerunner of
mischief ('Odyssey,' iii. 138). "--Grote, ii. p.
