Fleurs De Lys A Book Of French Poetry Freely Translated Into English Verse

Author : Wilfrid Thorley
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ISBN 13 : 9781331342267
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Fleurs-De-Lys written by Wilfrid Thorley and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Fleurs-De-Lys: A Book of French Poetry Freely Translated Into English Verse With an Introduction and Notes In a western suburb of London, at no great distance from the coal-yards contiguous to the railway sidings of Paddington Station, may be seen a house bearing this motto in large letters above its doorway: "Ce qui doit etre sera." "What must be must," I rendered it on first passing, reading its message as that of a fatalist and stoic thinker. And then doubt assailed me. "What ought to be shall be," I varied it, at once turning its author into one not at all resigned to things as they are, but sworn heroically to make the right prevail. But further deliberation revealed the rightness of my first impression, for the second interpretation would need devrait in place of doit to justify it. This example, however, may stand as an illustration of the truth that, in translation, it is a small thing to know, etymologically, the literal equivalent of foreign words, the important thing being to understand their intention, and to render their effect in your own way. "Il s'est brule le cerveau" means "He blew out his brains," and to insist that bruler means burn is only to make nonsense of the phrase by suggesting that some one either worried himself into a brain-fever or worked himself into a passion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."