[Milton-L] Milton and games

[Nancy Charlton]

Thanks, Erick, for coming up with this. And your translation is spot-on accurate and gracefully poetic. "Dances, mild games, and love". What more could you ask, young or old?

Erick Ramalho <ramalhoerick at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: 

   
  Nancy Charlton wrote:
   
  ‘And if I recall right, in the Prolusions JM devotes a lot of attention to sport and play. We know that he could fence and ride acceptably, and he walked in the garden 3 or 4 hours every afternoon while writing PL, but is there  any other evidence that he enjoyed sports and games? ‘ 
   
   
  Although not a direct remark  by Milton on his own playing games, the following lines from Damon’s Epitaph do relate to your question inasmuch as a poetic view on the topic:
   
  non haec solet esse juventae
  Nubila frons, oculique truces, vultusque severi,
  Illa choros, lususque leves, & semper amorem 
  Jure petit; (83-86)
   
  A frowned face, fierce eyes and grave looks do not suit youth, which always rightfully requires dances, mild games and love (my translation here).
   
   
  I hope I might have been of  help.
   
  Regards,
   
  Erick Ramalho
   
  Centre for Shakespearean Studies (Brazil)
           

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