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1、【精品文档】如有侵权，请联系网站删除，仅供学习与交流布瓦洛诗的艺术.精品文档.Boileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. . The Art of Poetry Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library| The entire work ( KB) | Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | Header Front Matter Section 1 Canto I.
2、Section 2 o Subsection Pastoral. o Subsection Elegy.o Subsection Ode.o Subsection Epigram.o Subsection Satyr. Section 3 CANTO III. o Subsection Tragedy. o Subsection The Epic. Section 4 Canto IV. Boileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. . The Art of Poetry Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
3、 Library| Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | About the electronic versionThe Art of PoetryBoileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. Dryden, John, 1631-1700 Translator Soames, William, SirCreation of machine-readable version: Christine Ruotolo, Electronic
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5、, by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia2000 About the print versionThe Art of PoetryArt poetiqueNicolas Boileau Despraux, 1636-1711 John Dryden, 1631-1700 translator Sir William Soames R. Bentley and S. Magnes London1683 Source copy consulted: PDF page images from Early English Bo
6、oks Online, published by Bell and Howell. Prepared for the University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center.Published: 1683Englishnon-fictionpoetrymasculineLiterature in TranslationLCSH Revisions to the electronic versioncorrector Christine Ruotolo, Electronic Text Center. Added TEI header and
7、tags.etextcentervirginia.edu. Commercial use prohibited; all usage governed by our Conditions of Use: http:/etext.lib.virginia.edu/conditions.htmlBoileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. . The Art of Poetry Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library| Table of Contents for this work | | All
8、on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | THEARTOFPOETRY,Written in FrenchbyThe SIEUR de Boileau,Made English.LONDON,Printed for R. Bentley, and S. Magnes, inRussel-Street in Covent-Garden, 1683 .-1-Boileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. . The Art of Poetry Electronic Text Center, University of Vir
9、ginia Library| Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | Canto I.Rash Author, tis a vain presumptuous CrimeTo undertake the Sacred Art of Rhyme ;If at thy Birth the Stars that ruld thy SenceShone not with a Poetic Influence :In thy strait Genius thou wilt st
10、ill be bound,Find Phoebus deaf, and Pegasus unsound.You then, that burn with the desire to tryThe dangerous Course of charming Poetry ;Forbear in fruitless Verse to lose your time,Or take for Genius the desire of Rhyme :Fear the allurements of a specious Bait,And well consider your own Force and Wei
11、ght.Nature abounds in Wits of every kind,And for each Author can a Talent find :-2-One may in Verse describe an Amorous Flame,Another sharpen a short Epigram :Waller a Heros mighty Acts extol ;Spencer Sing Rosalind in Pastoral :But Authors that themselves too much esteem,Lose their own Genius, and m
12、istake their Theme ;Thus in times past * Dubartas vainly Writ,Allaying Sacred Truth with trifling Wit, Impertinently, and without delight,Describd the Israelites Triumphant Flight, And following Moses ore the Sandy Plain, Perishd with Pharaoh in th Arabian Main.What-ere you write of Pleasant or Subl
13、ime, Always let sence accompany your Rhyme : Falsely they seem each other to oppose ; Rhyme must be made with Reasons Laws to close.* Dubartas Translated by Sylvester.-3-And when to conquer her you bend your force , The Mind will Triumph in the Noble Course ;To Reasons yoke she quickly will incline,
14、Which, far from hurting, renders her Divine : But, if neglected, will as easily stray, And master Reason, which she should obey.Love Reason Then : and let what ere you WriteBorrow from her its Beauty, Force, and Light.Most Writers, mounted on a resty Muse,Extravagant, and Senceless Objects chuse ; T
15、hey Think they erre, if in their Verse they fallOn any thought thats Plain, or Natural : Fly this excess ; and let Italians be Vain Authors of false glittring Poetry. All ought to aim at Sence ; but most in vain Strive the hard Pass, and slippry Path to gain : You drown, if to the right or left you
16、stray ;Reason to go has often but one way. -4-Sometimes an Author, fond of his own Thought,Pursues his Object till its over-wrought : If he describes a House, he shews the Face,And after walks you round from place to place ;Here is a Vista, there the Doors unfold,Balcones here are Ballustred with Go
17、ld ;Then counts the Rounds and Ovals in the Halls,* The Festoons, Freezes, and the Astragals :Tird with his tedious Pomp, away I run,And skip ore twenty Pages to be gon. Of such Descriptions the vain Folly see,And shun their barren Superfluity.All that is needless carefully avoid ,The Mind once sati
18、sfid, is quickly cloyd :He cannot Write, who knows not to give ore, To mend one Fault, he makes a hundred more :* Verse of Scudery.-5-A Verse was weak, you turn it much too strong,And grow Obscure, for far you should be Long.Some are not Gaudy, but are Flat and Dry ;Not to be low, another soars too
19、high. Would you of every one deserve the Praise?In Writing, vary your Discourse, and Phrase ;A frozen Stile, that neither Ebs or Flows, Instead of pleasing, makes us gape and doze.Those tedious Authors are esteemd by noneWho tire us, Humming the same heavy Tone.Happy, who in his Verse can gently ste
20、er,From Grave, to Light ; from Pleasant, to Severe :His Works will be admird where-ever found,And oft with Buyers will be compassd round.In all you Write, be neither Low nor Vile :The meanest Theme may have a proper Stile.The dull Burlesque appeard with impudence,And pleasd by Novelty, in Spite of S
21、ence. -6-All, except trivial points, grew out of date ;Parnassus spoke the Cant of Belinsgate :Boundless and Mad, disorderd Rhyme was seen : Disguisd Apollo changd to Harlequin. This Plague, which first in Country Towns began,Cities and Kingdoms. quickly over-ran ; The dullest Scriblers some Admirer
22、s found,And the * Mock-Tempest was a while renownd :But this low stuff the Town at last despisd,And scornd the Folly that they once had prisd ; Distinguishd Dull, from Natural and Plain, And left the Villages to Flecknos Reign. Let not so mean a Stile your Muse debase ;But learn from Butler the Buff
23、ooning grace :And let Burlesque in Ballads be employd ;Yet noisy Bumbast carefully avoid, *The Mock-Tempest, a Play written by Mr. Duffet.Hudebrass.-7-Nor think to raise (tho on Pharsalias Plain) Millions of mourning Mountains of the Slain :* Nor, with Dubartas, bridle up the Floods, And Periwig wit
24、h Wool the bald-pate Woods, Chuse a just Stile ; be Grave without constraint,Great without Pride, and Lovely without Paint : Write what your Reader may be pleasd to hear ;And, for the Measure, have a careful Ear. On easy Numbers fix your happy choice ; Of jarring Sounds avoid the odious noise : The
25、fullest Verse and the most labord Sence, Displease us, if the Ear once take offence.Our ancient Verse, (as homely as the Times,) Was rude, unmeasurd, only Taggd with Rhimes: Number and Cadence, that have Since been Shown, To those unpolishd Writers were unknown. Verse of Brebeuf. *Verse of Dubartas.
26、-8-* Fairfax was He, who, in that Darker Age,By his just Rules restraind Poetic Rage ;Spencer did next in Pastorals excel,And taught the Noble Art of Writing well :To stricter Rules the Stanza did restrain,And found for Poetry a richer Veine.Then DAvenant came; who, with a new found Art,Changd all,
27、spoild all, and had his way apart :His haughty Muse all others did despise,And thought in Triumph to bear off the Prize, Till the Sharp-sighted Critics of the TimesIn their Mock-Gondibert exposd his Rhimes;The Lawrels he pretended did refuse,And dashd the hopes of his aspiring Muse.This head-strong
28、Writer, falling from on high,Made following Authors take less Liberty.* Fairfax in his Translation of Godfrey of Bullen.-9-Waller came last, but was the first whose ArtJust Weight and Measure did to Verse impart ;That of a well-placd Word could teach the force,And shewd for Poetry a nobler Course :H
29、is happy Genius did our Tongue Refine,And easie Words with pleasing Numbers joyn:His Verses to good method did apply,And changd harsh Discord to Soft Harmony.All ownd his Laws which, long approvd and tryd,To present Authors now may be a Guide.Tread boldly in his Steps, secure from Fear,And be, like
30、him, in your Expressions clear.If in your Verse you drag, and Sence delay,My Patience tires, my Fancy goes astray, And from your vain Discourse I turn my mind,Nor search an Author troublesom to find.There is a kind of Writer pleasd with Sound,Whose Fustian head with clouds is compassd round,-10-No R
31、eason can disperse em with its Light :Learn then to Think, ere you pretend to Write, As your Ideas clear, or else obscure,Th Expression follows perfect, or impure :What we conceive, with ease we can express ;Words to the Notions flow with readiness. Observe the Language well in all you Write,And swe
32、rve not from it in your loftiest flight.The smoothest Verse, and the exactest SenceDisplease us, if ill English give offence : A barbrous Phrase no Reader can approve ; Nor Bombast, Noise, or Affectation Love.In short, without pure Language, what you Write,Can never yield us Profit, or Delight.Take
33、time for thinking ; never work in hast ;And value not your self for writing fast.A rapid Poem, with such fury writ, Shews want of Judgment, not abounding Wit.-11-More pleasd we are to see a River lead His gentle Streams along a flowry Mead,Than from high Banks to hear loud Torrents roar,With foamy W
34、aters on a Muddy Shore.Gently make haste, of Labour not afraid ;A hundred times consider what youve said : Polish, repolish, every Colour lay, And sometimes add ; but oftner take away.Tis not enough, when swarming Faults are writ,That here and there are scattered Sparks of Wit ;Each Object must be f
35、ixd in the due place,And diffring parts have Corresponding Grace :Till, by a curious Art disposd, we find One perfect whole, of all the pieces joind.Keep to your Subject close, in all you say ;Nor for a founding Sentence ever stray. The publick Censure for your Writings fear, And to your self be Cri
36、tic most severe. -12-Fantastic Wits their darling Follies love ; But find You faithful Friends that will reprove,That on your Works may look with careful Eyes,And of your Faults be zealous Enemies :Lay by an Authors Pride and Vanity,And from a Friend a Flatterer descry,Who seems to like, but means n
37、ot what he says :Embrace true Counsel, but suspect false Praise.A Sycophant will every thing admire ;Each Verse, each Sentence sets his Soul on Fire :All is Divine ! theres not a Word amiss !He shakes with Joy, and weeps with Tenderness ;He over-powrs you with his mighty Praise.Truth never moves in
38、those impetuous ways :A Faithful Friend is careful of your Fame,And freely will your heedless Errors blame ;He cannot pardon a neglected Line,But Verse to Rule and Order will confine,-13-Reproves of words the too affected found ;Here the Sence flags and your expressions round Your Fancy tires and yo
39、ur Discourse grows vain,Your Terms improper make them just and plain.Thus tis a faithful Friend will freedom use ; But Authors, partial to their Darling Muse,Think to protect it they have just pretence,And at your Friendly Counsel take offence.Said you of this, that the Expressions flat ?Your Servan
40、t, Sir ; you must excuse me that, He answers you. This word has here no grace,Pray leave it out : That, Sirs the properst place.This Turn I like not : Tis approvd by all. Thus, resolute not from a fault to fall.If theres a Syllable of which you doubt,Tis a sure Reason not to blot it out.Yet still he
41、 says you may his Faults confute,And over him your powr is absolute :-14-But of his feignd Humility take heed ;Tis a Bait layd, to make you hear him read :And when he leaves you, happy in his Muse,Restless he runs some other to abuse,And often finds ; for in our scribling timesNo Fool can want a Sot
42、 to praise his Rhymes :The flattest work has ever, in the Court,Met with some Zealous Ass for its support :And in all times a forward, Scribling FopHas found some greater Fool to cry him up.End of the first Canto. -15-Boileau Despraux, Nicolas, 1636-1711. . The Art of Poetry Electronic Text Center,
43、University of Virginia Library| Table of Contents for this work | | All on-line databases | Etext Center Homepage | Canto II.Pastoral. As a fair Nymph, when Rising from her bed,With sparkling Diamonds dresses not her head ;But, without Gold, or Pearl, or costly Scents,Gathers from neighbring Fields
44、her Ornaments :Such, lovely in its dress, but plain withal, Ought to appear a Perfect Pastoral :Its humble method nothing has of fierce, But hates the ratling of a lofty Verse :There, Native beauty pleases, and excites,And never with harsh Sounds the Ear affrights. -16-But in this stile a Poet often
45、 spent,In rage throws by his * Rural Instrument,And vainly, when disorderd thoughts abound,Amidst the Eclogue makes the Trumpet Sound : Pan flyes, Alarmd, into the neighbring Woods,And frighted Nymphs dive down into the Floods.Opposd to this another, low in stile,Makes Shepherds speak a Language bas
46、e and vile :His Writings, flat and heavy, without Sound,Kissing the Earth, and creeping on the ground ;Youd swear that Randal, in his Rustick Strains,Again was quavring to the Country Swains,And changing, without care of Sound or Dress,Strephon and Phyllis, into Tom and Bess.Twixt these extreams tis hard to keep the right ;For Guides take Virgil, and read Theocrite :* Flute Pipe.-17-Be their just Writings, by the Gods inspird ;Your constant Pattern, practisd and admird. By the