25 NOVEMBER 1899, Page 13

MR. NEWBOLT'S POEM.

[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.")

Sps„—You may care to print the enclosed translation into Latin elegiacs of the charming little poem by Mr. Henry Newbolt published in your last issatte :— CAMPUS MA.RTICS.

Carmen Henriel Newbolt Latine redditmn.

INTERERAT ludis anni puer ills prioris,

quo solitum doluit turn caruisse locum : at socium ignari qua nos quaesivimus hora, non alio fracta eat via inimica duce.

Sanguinei metes, nostri certaminis arcem, luminis occiduum tinxit, ut ante, jnbar : praelia concordes acies decisa relinquunt, laeta redit quamvis languida turbo. domum.

"Criss" aliquis disit "similem fors viderit aequo omine Mars pugnam, nec minus alba dies." Dam loquitur, virtus can spectata sodalis contigerat inetam, quo semel ire datur.

Durham, November 20th.