Across the Years (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Across the Years This little collection of translations and adaptations from certain Latin poets had its inception in a series of attempts to arouse in undergraduate students in the classroom some slight sense of the universality of Latin poetry. From the point of view of the man behind the desk, the translator has long felt a pressing need of getting away from the conventional and traditional, in the interpretation of Classical authors to those who are entering into companionship with that glorious and delightful family. This notion has been gradually crystallizing into a number of efforts, of which this little volume comprises a part, to render in English verse some of the gems from the Roman bards which have made a special appeal. It will be obvious to the most casual reader that many of these renderings are not "translations" at all, nor do they claim so to be. The author (I cannot now consistently say "translator") is fully aware that he has generously favored the spirit rather than the letter. Whether he has taken liberties with the text which may prove unpardonable is for the reader to decide. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.