◦ “Table of Poets” (in Early Italian Poets) I. xxviii
DGR's source is the text in Poeti del Primo Secolo (II. 145). Except in the rhyme scheme, which DGR follows exactly, the translation is at times quite free—for example, in the final two lines.
See the Italian original for further commentary.
Probably the late 1840s.
The translation was first published in 1861 in The Early Italian Poets; it was reprinted in 1874 in Dante and his Circle.
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
DGR's source is the text in Poeti del Primo Secolo (II. 145). Except in the rhyme scheme, which DGR follows exactly, the translation is at times quite free—for example, in the final two lines.
See the Italian original for further commentary.
Textual History: Composition
Probably the late 1840s.
Printing History
The translation was first published in 1861 in The Early Italian Poets; it was reprinted in 1874 in Dante and his Circle.