Behold the man to whom praise well deserved Illustrious fame has given for actions wrought In Earth’s remotest regions. Wealth, preserved In India, o’er the boisterous seas he brought, And lavished wide from hands with bounty fraught. The shades of Ignorance, as the sun the night From western climes he drove, by Justice taught. While gratitude exists Yale’s glory bright, And spotless name, shall Sires and Sons to praise unite. We will bid farewell for the present to Spenser, for after all, the intricacies of his stanza are least of all adapted to the mere translator. We will now take the common ten syllable verse, and endeavor to give as accurate a line-for-line and word-for-word translation, as is consistent with the measure. Behold the man whose deeds illustrious claim Through Earth’s extremest bounds the meed of fame; His Indian wealth o’er swelling seas he bore, Then freely shared it, from this Western shore To drive the clouds of Ignorance away, As flies the night at Phœbus’ dawning ray. Let Sires and Sons, till gratitude shall fail, Together sing the praise and name of Yale. Again: Behold the man whose fame illustrious stands For deeds performed in Earth’s remotest lands; Ploughing the deep, from India wealth he bore, And scattered widely from a bounteous store; The clouds of Ignorance he banished far, As flies the night before the morning star. While grateful hearts remain, the name of Yale Let Sons and Sires with praises join to hail. There is a difference in the translation of a part of the first two verses in these two stanzas; ....er orbis Extremos fines, * * To what does this clause refer? We are rather inclined to give our preference to the former reading, though after all it must be a question of taste rather than of criticism. But have we succeeded the better for confining ourself to fewer lines and to the easier stanza? We think not. In particular, we have entirely omitted, in the second stanza, all mention of _His_ munificent designs upon the Western shores; which in a son of Yale is indeed an unpardonable omission. We will e’en go back to Spenser, and try our luck again under the banner of this prince of versifiers. Behold the man whose deeds with justice ring Through Earth’s remotest bounds, deserving fame; O’er boisterous seas did he his treasure bring From India’s shore, and scattered round the same With liberality where’er he came; The clouds of Ignorance, like the shades of night From morning rays, flee from before his name. While gratitude exists, with luster bright Yale’s praise and name shall Sons and Sires to sing unite.