A DITHYRAMBIC POEM, FROM THE ITALIAN OF FRANCESCO REDI, WITH NOTES ORIGINAL AND SELECT. BY LEIGH HUNT. Come, thou monarch of the vine, ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA. London: PRINTED FOR JOHN AND H. L. HUNT, TAVISTOCK STREET. 1825 TO MR. JOHN HUNT. MY DEAR JOHN, I cannot send you, as I could wish, a pipe of Tuscan wine, or a hamper of Tuscan sunshine, which is much the same thing; so in default of being able to do this, I do what I can, and send you, for a new year's present, a translation of a Tuscan bacchanal. May it give you a hundredth part of the elevation which you have often caused to the heart of Your affectionate Brother, LEIGH HUNT. Florence, January 1st, 1825. |