But since a knowledge of the Italian language is not so common
an attainment as could be wished, we ought to be grateful for this
attempt to extend the benefit of these noble expressions of the faith
which inspired one of the most full and noble lives that has ever
redeemed and encouraged man.
Fidelity must be the highest merit of these translations; for
not even an Angelo could translate his peer. This, so far as we have
looked at them, they seem to possess. And even in the English dress,
we think none, to whom they are new, can read the sonnets, --
"Veggio nel volto tuo col pensier mie."
"S'un casto amor, s'una pieta superna."
"La vita del mio amor non e cuor mio."
and others of the same pure religion, without a delight which
shall
"Cast a light upon the day,
A light which will not go away,
A sweet forewarning."
We hope they may have the opportunity. It is a very little
book with a great deal in it, and five hundred copies will sell in
two years.
We add Mr. Taylor's little preface, which happily expresses his
design.
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