tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453811476257464806.post2876074794984868848..comments2024-02-16T00:29:04.796-08:00Comments on Samuel Taylor Bloggeridge: Coleridge, 'Verecundia: To William Wordsworth' (?1807-10)Adam Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15803399373213872690noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3453811476257464806.post-7749763114229250532015-12-11T11:18:50.343-08:002015-12-11T11:18:50.343-08:00Here, for comparison, is Mays's translation: &...Here, for comparison, is Mays's translation: 'Deference? No, indeed, this is tyranny! You will yourself deny that I toady to anyone; moreover you will not deny that I am sound of mind. Therefore, William, I ask you, is your veto (as long as you yourself live) going to pronounce in one name jointly on Morals, Philosophy, and the sacred Muses, and why and by what right does it constraint <em>me</em>? I have come to recognise you, fully and willingly, as poet, sage and my most honoured Friend, but <em>not</em> as Judge.'Adam Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15803399373213872690noreply@blogger.com