On this page
-
Text (2)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Article
&H , in the language of Addison ' s muse . Bqt this translation ,, we believe , has been assigned , by some persons , to Andevv Marvel ; and we sbould be sincerely grateful to any of our readers for enabling us to trace it to its real author . to
J ^ commg editor , " Mr . CottUvs traasiation of the twenty - third Psalm , scarce [ scarcely ] yields in point of elegance to the celebrated parapMr&se , of it by Addison . '* This praise we look upon as excessive that others may judge between ^ is , we shall produce the stanzas of Mr . C .
O Lord , amid t ^ is t , Thou art my shepherd , thou thy guide ; From day to day , from year to year , I shall not want , for thou art near . Thou hast tea thousand , gifts bestow'd , A ^ d st ^ ewM with flow ' rs my mortal road . Through pastures fair , I take my way , Or by the peaceful waters stray .
All those who call upon thy name , ShaAl $$ & t $ y ^ bjqunty still tbe same ; Goodness and mercy shall attepd The man who makes his God his friend . And when th' appointed time shall come , That t in ust Seek my narrow home , Follow where all the prophets ; led , Down t «* ^ chambers of the cfca d :
Close my sad eyes on eirry scene , Wtuf h pn ^ e my < Jear delight had t ^ eaj Forsake the fajir abodes of men , And dust to dust return again ; I will not dread , for thou art near ; Thy stttitc shall calm each rising fear ; Thy rod and staff new joy impart , A « 4 chesf ,. with hope , * ny fainting
Confi ^ ng ; J ^ hqyftli > Pf , we |> . I thcnxriltmect tfte trying hpur ; And hail , w 4 th my expiring breat ^ The c « ld and lonely vale of death . Our fathers passM that gloomy i * oad ; . AM ^ Wle , our &thers there abode y HoiWk Ml » * H ihew ^ n lm anchor c » ft , not Jordan
VV ^ o-n ^ a s billows , gasj . \ y ^ 7 iff » n ^ | fj || t ;|| ^^ . ]| i summon me . Ai 2 Ray , Il ^ flVf bm ^^ e ^ my ^ ia 4 ay ^ «^ uatiwBdk nWiii tfnaiirT iw # < onoe trod * " And I aecend totbttmy # 941
Untitled Article
Surely , the alhision in the concluding couplet of tlje last stanza but one , has neither elegance nor pertinency . The version , in this volame , of the fiftieth Psalm , is anonymous ( Til * uplifted eye and bended knee SfC . ) : it was written by Thomas Scott , a Dissenting Minister at Ipswich , and author of an excel * lent Translation of the Book of Job in English verse *
In the translation of the 92 d . by Sandys , there is much to admire ; and it is remarkable that such correctness of expression and elegance of numbers distinguish a writer who lived in an age famous for quaintnesses , conceits and
peda ntry ^ a . writer who was not only the contemporary , but the friend of G . Herbert . The ninety . sixth is presented from Watts . Of the 104 th , in addition to one by Sir H . Wotton , a translation is here
set before us . executed bv " " ''' a verv set before us , executed by a very eminent scholar , " whose name > s concealed , but whom we believe to be Dr . Vincent , Dean of Westminster , to whom ibis little volume
is inscribed * . It ** > performed witb so much terseness , skill ao ^ harmony that we are tempted to subjoin a specimen : our readers will compare it with verses \ Q —23 of the Psalm .
The trees full pf Jg * p . With joy rear their head , The Cedard thfeir boughs O ' er Libaimsspread ; Secure kvtfaeir covert . The jbirfi fi ^ ce for rest * She sings on the branches , She broods on the iie ^ t .
The pine yields a home The * stdrk to ijecure , Thef goat ? n his crag Defies $ 18 pujwuer : E ' en creatures % * o fcel > lc Th&dSMl , c * tp defend , OH' c * mti * % l cotictalthttit Fpriafcty depend ;
Untitled Article
Review . —Select Psalfiis in Verse . 3 £ f
Untitled Article
2 t
-
-
Citation
-
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1812, page 321, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1748/page/41/
-