by Vergil (70 BCE - 19 BCE)
Translation by James Rhoades (1841 - 1923)
...iam pridem nobis caeli te regia,...
Language: Latin
...iam pridem nobis caeli te regia, Caesar, invidet atque hominum queritur curare triumphos; quippe ubi fas versum atque nefas: tot bella per orbem, tam multae scelerum facies; non ullus aratro dignus honos, squalent abductis arva colonis et curvae rigidum falces conflantur in ensem. Hinc movet Euphrates, illinc Germania bellum; vicinae ruptis inter se legibus urbes arma ferunt; saevit toto Mars inpius orbe; ut cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, addunt in spatia et frustra retinacula tendens fertur equis auriga neque audit currus habenas.
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Text Authorship:
- by Vergil (70 BCE - 19 BCE), no title, appears in Georgics I, lines 503 to the end [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by David R. Slavitt , no title, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Jacob Sandridge.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Thomas Neville)
- ENG English (John (or Jack) William Mackail) , first published 1910
- ENG English (James Rhoades) , first published 1900
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 82
Long since the courts of heaven
Language: English after the Latin
Long since the courts of heaven Begrudge us thee, our Caesar, and complain That thou regard'st the triumphs of mankind, Here where the wrong is right, the right is wrong, Where wars abound so many, and myriad-faced Is crime; where no meet honour hath the plough; The fields, their husbandmen led far away, Rot in neglect, and curved pruning-hooks Into the sword's stiff blade are fused and forged. Euphrates here, here Germany new strife Is stirring; neighbouring cities are in arms, The laws that bound them snapped; and godless war Rages through all the universe; as when The four-horse chariots from the barriers poured Still quicken o'er the course, and, idly now Grasping the reins, the driver by his team Is onward borne, nor heeds the car his curb.
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Text Authorship:
- by James Rhoades (1841 - 1923), first published 1900 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Vergil (70 BCE - 19 BCE), no title, appears in Georgics I, lines 503 to the end
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-10-29
Line count: 17
Word count: 129