Shakespeare.
The accompanying extracts were transmitted to me for translation by R. W. Woon, Esq., R.M., of Whanganui, in March, 1881, and handed by him to Mr. W. Gordon, then of Whanganui, but now of the Survey Department, Taranaki, by whom they were forwarded in March, 1884, for insertion in Te Korimako. Various emendations are, doubtless, necessary, but I must place this feeble rendering before critical Maori readers for what it is worth : Othello. —Act n.—Scene 3. WINE. O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil! O God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains !
Otliello. —Act Dl.—Scene 3. GOOD NAME. Who steals my purse, steals trash; Tis something, nothing ; 'twas mine, 'Tis his, and has been slave to thousands; But he that niches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed. JEALOUSY. O, beware, my Lord, of jealousy ; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on.
Twelfth Night.—Act ll.—Scene 5. GKEATNESS. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona. —Actl.—Scene2, WOMAN'S KEASOK I have no other but a woman's reason; I think him so, because I think him so.
Merchant of Venice. —Act IV.—Scene : First Court of Justice. MEECY. The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven "Upon the place beneath: it is twice blessed; It blesseth him that gives, and him. that takes; Tis mightiest in the mightiest • it becomes The throned monarch betterthanhis crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway,— It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Macbeth. —Act V.—Scene 5. LIFE. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more: it is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
Julius Ccß-sar. —Act IV.—Scene 3. LIFE-TIDE. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
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Korimako, Issue 26, 15 April 1884, Page 8
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421Shakespeare. Korimako, Issue 26, 15 April 1884, Page 8
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