THE SONG OF ROLAND
THE
SONG OF ROLAND
Done into the English, in the original measure
by
CHARLES SCOTT MONCRIEFF
With an Introduction
by
G. K. CHESTERTON
and a Note on Technique
by
GEORGE SAINTSBURY
Ma io senti’ sonare un alto corno,
Tanto ch’ avrebbe ogni tuon fatto fioco,
Che, contra sè la sua via seguitando,
Dirizzò gli occhi miei tutti ad un loco:
Dopo la dolorosa rotta, quando
Carlo Magno perdè la santa gesta,
Non sonò sì terribilmente Orlando.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN & HALL, LTD.
MCMXIX
Printed in England at
The Westminster Press
411 a Harrow Road
London
This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content.
| Original: |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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| Translation: |
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1919, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929. The longest-living author of this work died in 1936, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 87 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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