Poems from Eastern Sources: The Steadfast Prince and Other Poems

Poems from Eastern Sources: The Steadfast Prince; and Other Poems

The following Poems bear somewhat a vague title, because such only would describe the nature of Poems which have been derived in very different degrees from the sources thus indicated. Some are mere translations; others have been modelled anew, and only such portions used of the originals as were adapted to my purpose: of others it is only the imagery and thought which are Eastern, and these have been put together in new combinations; while of others it is the story, and nothing more, which has been borrowed, it may be from some prose source. On this subject, however, more information will be given in the Notes. See Eisenmengers Entdecktes Judenthum, v. ii. p. 321, with whom I trust that my readers will not agree, for he has scarcely patience to finish this narrische Talmudische Fabel, as he styles it. It reappears, slightly modified, in the Persian tradition, according to which Alexander, having conquered the world, determined to seek out the fountain of life. See the following note. In like manner, in the Christian poems of the middle ages, Alexander is made to recognise at last the vanity and emptiness of all the glory which he has won, and is hardly turned from his purpose of going forth at last in search of the lost Paradise. See Rosenkranz Gesch. d. Deutschen Poesie in Mittelalter, p. 367. Very notable is this making of Alexander, and no otherthe man from whom the confession comes, that the world has not that which can truly satisfy mans spirit, but that he still yearns for something beyond. It is like, in the Scripture, the same confession coming from the lips of Solomon; for in each case the experiment has been made under the most favourable circumstances: so that in one case, as in the other, it may be asked, What can the man do that cometh after the king? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 56521
Author: Trench, Richard Chenevix
Release Date: Feb 8, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English