INSENSIBILITY TO MUSIC. 245 A TRUE FRIEND. Give me the friend whose frank, ingenious mind, Among the bland (4) assentors are my foes: Tells me my faults, ere yet too rooted grown, INSENSIBILITY TO THE CHARMS OF MUSIC, The man who hath not music in himself, (1) To stamp, imprimer. (2) To bend, plier, courber, s'humilier. (3) Tame, humble, soumis. (4) Bland, doux, flatteur. (5) To mend, perfectionner, corriger. (6) Well meant, fait avec de bonnes intentions. (7) To hold, tenir, garder, estimer. Is fit for treasons, stratagems and spoils (1); Let no such man be trusted. SHAKSPEARE. ENVIOUS MEN IN POWER. Fools shall be pull'd From wisdom's seat; those baleful (3), unclean birds, To cuff down (4) new fledged virtues that would rise OTWAY. HONOUR. Honour is the subject of my story: I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but, for my single self, I was born free as Cæsar. So were you. (1) Spoils, pillage, vols. (2) Erebus, Érèbe, région de l'enfer. (5) Baleful, nuisible. (4) To cuff down, empêcher de monter, abattre, renverser. (5) I'th' pour in the. HONOUR. We both have fed (1) as well, and we can both For once, upon a raw and gusty day (2), The troubled Tiber chafing (3) with his shores, And swim (4) to yonder point?" Upon the word, And bad him follow; so indeed he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it (5) And stemming (7) it with hearts of controversy. Cæsar cried: 66 Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulders Is now become a God, and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body 247 (1) Fed, passé de to feed, manger, nourrir. (2) Gust, bouffée de vent; gusty day, jour orageux. (3) To chafe, frotter, frapper. (4) To swim, nager. (5) To buffet, frapper, tenir tête à, débattre. (6) Lusty sinews, nerfs forts, muscles, grandes forces. (7) To stem, refouler la marée. (8) Tired, fatigué, épuisé. (9) To nod, faire signe de la tête. He had an ague (1) when he was in Spain, And when the fit (2) was on him, I did mark And that same eye, whose bend (5) doth awe the world, Ay, and that tongue of his, that bad (4) the Romans : A man of such a feeble temper should SHAKSPEARE. THE GREEKS BEFORE TROY. SORTIE OF THE TROJANS. Now had the Grecians snatched (6) a short repast, (1) Ague (prononcez éguiou), la fièvre tierce. (2) Fit, accès, attaque. (5) Whose bend, dont le regard. (4) Bad ou bade, passé de to bid, ordonner, commander. (5) To get the start of, devancer, prendre le dessus. (6) To snatch, saisir. (7) Des événements de ce jour-là dépendait le sort de leurs pères, de leurs femmes et de leurs enfants. (8) To pour forth, verser, vomir, envoyer en abondance. THE GREEKS BEFORE TROY. 249 Squadrons on squadrons cloud (1) the dusky plain : With streaming blood the slippery (4) fields are died, Of Greece and Troy, and poised (7) the mighty weight. Low sunk on earth; the Trojan strikes the skies (8). (1) To cloud, obscurcir, de cloud, nuage. (4) Slippery, glissant. (5) To swell, augmenter, grossir. (6) Gored, blessé. (7) To poise, peser. (8) To strike the skies, monter jusqu'aux cieux. |