The Oxford Book of Verse in English Translation - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192814265 ISBN 13: 9780192814265

Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr, 1983

Synopsis

Gathers English translations from Virgil, the Bible, Petrarch, Ovid, Catullus, Homer, and other poets of Russia, Germany, Poland, France, and Spain

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Prolonged Sonnet: When The Troops Were Returning From Milan by Niccolo Degli Albizzi
Beauty by Anacreon
Crown Me With Roses Whilest I Live by Anacreon
Drinking by Anacreon
The Grasshopper by Anacreon
The Grasshopper by Anacreon
Love by Anacreon
The Wounded Cupid. Song by Anacreon
Young Men Dancing by Anacreon
To Cattraeth's Vale In Glitt'ring Row by Aneirin
Never Again, Orpheus by Antipater Of Sidon
Etched Away From by Paul Antschel
Fugue Of Death by Paul Antschel
Irish by Paul Antschel
The Jugs by Paul Antschel
Leap-centuries by Paul Antschel
Plashes The Fountain by Paul Antschel
Psalm by Paul Antschel
Thread Suns by Paul Antschel
Your Hand Full Of Hours by Paul Antschel
I, Hermes, Have Been Set Up by Anyte
The Mirabeau Bridge by Guillaume Apollinaire
This Island by Archilochus
Orlando Furioso: Alcyna, A Famous Witch Or Faerie, Leads Astray Rogero by Ludovico (lodovico) Ariosto
Orlando Furioso: Archangel Michael Ordered To Find Silence And Discord by Ludovico (lodovico) Ariosto
Orlando Furioso: Ariosto Celebrates Martyrdom Of Isabella by Ludovico (lodovico) Ariosto
Epigrams: 118 by Decimus Magnus Ausonius
On The Sicilian Strand A Hare Well Wrought by Decimus Magnus Ausonius
The Giantess by Charles Baudelaire
The Seven Old Men (to Victor Hugo) by Charles Baudelaire
Antiquitez De Rome by Joachim Du Bellay
Campidoglio by Giuseppe Giocchino Belli
Sonnet: Judgment Day by Giuseppe Giocchino Belli
Sonnet: Sanct Christopher Ii by Giuseppe Giocchino Belli
1. by Bible
2 Samuel I: 19-27 David Lamenteth The Death Of Jonathan by Bible
2. by Bible
5. Veni In Hortum by Bible
Deuteronomy 32: 9-15: The Song Of Moses by Bible
Ecclesiastes 11:1-8 by Bible
Ecclesiastes 12: 1-8 by Bible
Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8 by Bible
Ecclesiasticus 14: 17-18 by Bible
Ecclesiasticus 43: 13-26 by Bible
Ecclesiasticus 44: 1-15 by Bible
Exodus 15: 1-8: The Song Of Moses And The Children Of Israel by Bible
Genesis 27: 27-9: Isaac's Blessing by Bible
The Heavnly Frame Sets Forth The Fame by Bible
Isaiah 11: 1-11 by Bible
Isaiah 35 by Bible
Isaiah 40: 1-8 by Bible
Jeremiah 4: 3-31 by Bible
Job 14 by Bible
Job 38: God Answers Job by Bible
Job 39 by Bible
Job 3:3-26 Job Curseth The Day, And Services Of His Birth by Bible
Job 40 by Bible
Job 41 by Bible
New Testament: John 15: 1-8 by Bible
New Testament: Luke 12: 32-40 by Bible
New Testament: Luke I: 46-552 by Bible
New Testament: Mark 4: 26-32 by Bible
New Testament: Matthew 5: 3-16 by Bible
New Testament: Matthew 6: 24-9 by Bible
Numbers 24: 5-9: Balam's Prophecy Of The Happiness Of Israel by Bible
Numbers 6: 24-7: The Priestly Blessing by Bible
Psalm 11. In Domino Confido by Bible
Psalm 114 by Bible
Psalm 13 by Bible
Psalm 133 by Bible
Psalm 137 by Bible
Psalm 139 (excerpt) by Bible
Psalm 148 (2nd Version) (excerpt) by Bible
Psalm 17. Exaudi Domine Justitiam by Bible
Psalm 19 by Bible
Psalm 23 by Bible
Psalm 2; Done August 8, 1653 - Terzetti by Bible
Psalm 3; When He Fled From Absalom; August 9, 1653 by Bible
Psalm 52 by Bible
Psalm 55, Sels. by Bible
Psalm 72 (excerpt) by Bible
Psalm 78 (excerpt) by Bible
Psalm 8 by Bible
Psalm 8 by Bible
Psalm 90 by Bible
Dances Of Death: Ii by Alexander (aleksandr) Alexandrovich Blok
A Red Glow In The Sky by Alexander (aleksandr) Alexandrovich Blok
The Consolation Of Philosophy: Book 2, Metre 2 by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
The Consolation Of Philosophy: Book 2, Metrum 5 by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
The Consolation Of Philosophy: Book 3, Metre 12, Sels. by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
The Consolation Of Philosophy: Book 3, Metre 9 by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
Satires: 8 (excerpt) by Nicolas Boileau-despreaux
The Snail by Vincent Bourne
Neaera When I'm There Is Adamant by George (1506-1582) Buchanan
The Pope From Penance Purgatorial by George (1506-1582) Buchanan
The Luciad: Dione (venus) And Sea-nymphs Prevent Da Gama From Landing by Luis De Camoens
The Luciad: The Moors Of Melinde Welcome The Portuguese by Luis De Camoens
Time Recover'd by Girolamo Casone
Attis by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmena: 5 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 13 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 39 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 5: To Lesbia by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 69: To Rufus by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 70: Female Inconstancy by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 72 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 75 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 75 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, 85 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, V (excerpt) by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, V (imitated From) by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, V And Vii: To The Same by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina, Viii by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 10 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 22 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 31 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 40 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 55 And 58b (imitated From) by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 70 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 72 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 8 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 85 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 92 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: 92 by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: Iv by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Carmina: Iv. The Yacht by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Lines From Catullus by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Ode: Acme And Septimus; Or, Love Duet by Gaius (caius) Valerius Catullus
Donna Me Prega by Guido Cavalcanti
Sonnet 7 by Guido Cavalcanti
Sonnet: To Dante by Guido Cavalcanti
Lines 1-66 by Geoffrey Chaucer
The Old Man Of Verona by Claudian
Leoun: 1-8 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 105 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 113-114 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 119-120 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 31-32 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 34-35 by Jean Cocteau
Leoun: 58-61 by Jean Cocteau
Fine Fish To Net by Confucius
For An Officer by Confucius
For Deep Deer-copse Beneath Mount Han by Confucius
Fraternitas by Confucius
Full Be The Year, Abundant Be The Grain by Confucius
Pedlar by Confucius
Pick A Fern, Pick A Fern, Ferns Are High by Confucius
Pine Boat A-shift by Confucius
Toujours La Politesse by Confucius
Wide, Ho by Confucius
The Gangrel Rymour And Pairdon Of Sanct Anne: The Ballad Singer by Edouard Joachim Corbiere
Litany Of Sleep (excerpt) by Edouard Joachim Corbiere
A Reflection On Odes: Book Ii, 10 By Horace by William Cowper
When The Nightingale To His Mate by Arnaut Daniel
The Convito: Canzone 1 by Dante Alighieri
Divina Commedia: Inferno. Canto 15 (brunetto Latini) by Dante Alighieri
Divina Commedia: Purgatorio: Canto 28: Matilda Gathering Flowers by Dante Alighieri
Sestina: 1. Of The Lady Pietra Degli Scrovigni by Dante Alighieri
Sonnet To Guido Cavalcanti by Dante Alighieri
Coplas: Stanzas 1-4. About Soul Which Suffers W/impatience To See God by San Juan De La Cruz
Upon A Gloomy Night by San Juan De La Cruz
Lines 1-35 by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Messalina, Wife Of The Emperor Claudius by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Satire: 10. Hannibal by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Satire: 10. Hannibal by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Satire: 10. Old Age by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Satire: 10. Sejanus by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Satire: 4. The Mighty Turbot by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Sejanus by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
The Vanity Of Human Wishes: Tenth Satire: Hannibal by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
The Vanity Of Human Wishes: Tenth Satire: Sejanus by Decimus Junius Juvenalis
To Mr George Herbert, With One Of My Seals, Of The Anchor And Christ by John Donne
Death By Water by Thomas Stearns Eliot
To A Swallow by Euenus
Iphigeneia In Aulis by Euripides
The Nurse's Dole In The Medea by Euripides
When The Sword Of Sixty Comes Nigh His Head by Firdausi
Cantica: Our Lord Christ: Of Order by Francis Of Assisi
Lament For Ignacio Sanchez Mejias: Cogida And Death by Federico Garcia Lorca
Vota Amico Facta, Fol. 160 by Gazaeus
The Chorus Of The Archangels by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The Erl-king by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Faust; The Chorus Of The Archangels (shelley's Literal Version) by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Epigram by Jean Ogier De Gombauld
The Fall; A Great Favorit Beheaded by Luis De Gongora
The First Solitude: The River Compared To An Oratorical Sentence by Luis De Gongora
The First Solitude: The Wedding Feast by Luis De Gongora
The First Solitude: The Young Pilgrim Finds Refuge With The Goatherds by Luis De Gongora
Lady Love by Eugene Grindel
Il Pastor Fido: Chorus by Giovanni Battista Guarini
Il Pastor Fido: Corsica Encourages Amarillis To Love by Giovanni Battista Guarini
Il Pastor Fido: Kissing Chorus by Giovanni Battista Guarini
Il Pastor Fido: The Speech Of Corsica, Wanton Nymph In Love W/mirtillo by Giovanni Battista Guarini
A Ladies Prayer To Cupid by Giovanni Battista Guarini
Canzone: Of The Gentle Heart by Guido Guinicelli
Anno 1829 by Heinrich Heine
In Cnidus Born, The Consort I Became by Heraclides
Elegy Of Fortinbras by Zbigniew Herbert
Half Of Life by Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin
Patmos by Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin
Ripe, Being Plunged Into Fire by Johann Christian Friedrich Holderlin
Battle Of Frogs And Mice: King Of Frogs Invites King Of Mice To Voyage by Homer
The Hymn To Venus: Venus Goes After Anchises by Homer
The Hymn To Venus: Venus Tells Anchises Story Of Aurora And Tithonus by Homer
The Iliad, Book Xii: Sarpedon's Speech To Glaucus by Homer
The Iliad: Achilles' Wrath by Homer
The Iliad: Achilles, Threatened By Agamemnon by Homer
The Iliad: Andromache's Lamentation by Homer
The Iliad: Book 16. Patrocleia by Homer
The Iliad: Book Vi, 146 by Homer
The Iliad: Hector's Child And The Plume by Homer
The Iliad: Hector, Recovered, Renews The Attack; Apollo Aids Trojans by Homer
The Iliad: Helen's Lamentation by Homer
The Iliad: Jove's Cold-sharpe Javelines by Homer
The Iliad: Men Like Leaves by Homer
The Iliad: Night Piece: The Destruction Of The Grecian Fort by Homer
The Iliad: Paris And Menelaus by Homer
The Iliad: Paris And Menelaus by Homer
The Iliad: Paris And The Courser by Homer
The Iliad: Patroclus Spears Thestor by Homer
The Iliad: River Scamander Attacks Achilles by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: Ajax And His Brother by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: As When An Architect by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: Hector And The Stone by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: Like Leaves On Trees by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: Paris And The Wanton Courser by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: Stones And Snow by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Greeks And Th'embattl'd Clouds by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Greeks Like Fire, Birds, Flies by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Greeks Like The Sea, Trojans Like Flocks by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Two Ajaxes Like Oxen by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Wasps by Homer
The Iliad: Similes: The Watch And The Dogs by Homer
The Iliad: The Greeks Like Clouds by Homer
The Iliad: The Old Trojan Chiefs See Helen by Homer
The Iliad: The Old Trojan Chiefs See Helen by Homer
The Iliad: The Sacrifice To Apollo by Homer
The Iliad: The Speech Of Sarpedon (an Ally Of The Trojans) To Glaucus by Homer
The Iliad: The Trojans Outside Troy by Homer
The Iliad: The Two Ajaxes Compared To Oxen by Homer
The Iliad; The Greeks Like Bees by Homer
The Iliad; The Greeks Like The Sea, The Trojans Like Ewes by Homer
The Invocation by Homer
Night Piece: The Trojans Outside Troy by Homer
Night Piece: The Trojans Outside Troy by Homer
The Odyssey: Elpenor by Homer
The Odyssey: In The Cave Of Polyphemus by Homer
The Odyssey: Jove Sends Hermes To Calypso by Homer
The Odyssey: Jupiter Sends Hermes To Calypso by Homer
The Odyssey: Mercury Is Sent By Jupiter To Calypso, To Command Ulysses by Homer
The Odyssey: Penelope Fetches Ulysses' Bow by Homer
The Odyssey: Penelope Fetches Ulysses' Bow by Homer
The Odyssey: Scylla And Charybdis by Homer
The Odyssey: The Discent Of The Suitors' Shades by Homer
The Odyssey: The Flight Of The Wooers by Homer
The Odyssey: The Garden Of Alcinous, King Of Phaecea by Homer
The Odyssey: The Gardens Of Alcinous by Homer
The Odyssey: The Punishment Of The Women And Of Melanthius by Homer
The Odyssey: The Wrecking Of The Raft by Homer
The Odyssey: The Wrecking Of The Ship by Homer
The Odyssey: Ulysses And His Mother's Spirit by Homer
The Odyssey: Ulysses Builds His Raft by Homer
The Odyssey: Ulysses Builds His Ship by Homer
The Odyssey: Ulysses In The Sea by Homer
Pallas Glorifies Ulysses by Homer
Seized With A Sudden Fancy For Fresh Meat by Homer
Thetis Asks Jove To Revenge Her Son Achilles by Homer
Ulysses (disguised) Takes Up The Bow by Homer
Ulysses Finds Shelter by Homer
Vulcan Forges The Shield Of Achilles by Homer
Morte 42: Sonetto (imitated From Petrarch) by Henry Howard
Twice Times Then Is Now by Ibn Hazm
I Am Your Mother, Your Mothers Mother by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
Carmina, V: To Celia (imitated From Catullus) by Ben Jonson
Song: To Celia by Ben Jonson
Aesop's Fa...

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0192814265
• ISBN 13: 9780192814265
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Tomlinson Charles