The Analectic Magazine Author:Washington Irving Subtitle: Comprising Original Reviews, Biography, Analytical Abstracts of New Publications, Translations From French Journals, and Selections From the Most Esteemed British Reviews General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1816 Original Publisher: M. Thomas Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. I... more »t has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS. VOYAGE OF UBALD AND CHARLES. The reflections made by the editor of the Naval Chronf- ele, in the preceding pages of this number, on comparing the different destinies of the once imperial republics of Rome and Carthage, may remind the admirers of Italian literature of the fifteenth book of the Jerusalem Delivered; in which Tasso -- the Virgil of modern Italy -- describes the voyage of Ubald and Charles in the enchanted bark. These warriors, it may be recollected, are commanded by Godfrey, and instructed by a Christian magician to proceed from Ascalon to the fortunate islands to recall to the Christian camp the hero Rinaldo, who lies in one of those blissful abodes, ensnared by the charms and enchantments of Armida, sunk in sloth, dissolved in pleasures, and forgetful of glory. As these adventurous knights sail along the coast of Africa, the poet takes occasion to designate the renowned places by which they pass, and to accompany his rapid and animated descriptions of them with lofty moral reflections, which are considered as forming the finest part of his immortal poem. We give the stanzas referred to, in the version of Hoole; the best we have, though it presents but a faint idea of the beauty and magnificence of the original. " Now from the tank their eyes around they tliiv . And toon beheld the promis'd guide in view. Amidst the stream a little bark appear'd, ...« less