...spirit of each drama. Shelley makes the following remark in reference to poetical translations : " It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible, that you might discover the principle of its colour and odour, as seek to transfuse from one language to another the creations...

...same idea, when showing the impossibility of translating poetry from one language into another : ' It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible,...discover the formal principle of its colour and odour.' Still something of this kind must be attempted if we wish to explain to others the grounds of our own...

...delight before the majesty of the Yungfrau and the Eigher. But it is time to speak of Dante in English. " It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible,...that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as to seek to transfuse from one language into another the creations of a poet." Thus...

...delight before the majesty of the Yungfruu and the Eigher. But it is time to speak of Dante in English. " It were as wise to cast a violet into . a crucible,...that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as to seek to transfuse from one language into another the creations of a poet." Thus...

...delight before the majesty of the Yungfrau and the Eigher. But it is time to speak of Dante in English. " It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible,...that you might discover the formal principle of its color and odor, as to seek to transfuse from one language into another the creations of a poet." Thus...

...sort of uniform and harmonious recurrence of sound, without which it were not poetry, and which is scarcely less indispensable to the communication of...into a crucible that you might discover the formal principles of its colour and odour, as seek to transfuse from one language into another the creations...

...sort of uniform and harmonious recurrence of sound, without which it were not poetry, and which is scarcely less indispensable to the communication of...than the words themselves without reference to that ]ieCuliar order. Hence the vanity of translation ; it were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible...

...sort of uniform and harmonious recurrence of sound, without which it were not poetry, and which is scarcely less indispensable to the communication of...than the words themselves without reference to that particular order." Much of the beauty of Shelley's own poetry, which abounds in "exquisite harmonies...

...uniform and harmonious recurrence of ' 15 sound, without which it were not poetry, andT~] which is scarcely less indispensable to the communication of...reference to that peculiar order. Hence the vanity ot translation; it were alT to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principles...

...is scarcely less indispensable to the__cpmmunication of its influence than the words .thern selves without reference to that peculiar order. Hence the vanity of translation; it were as wise 20 to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principles of its color and...