THE " ODES " OF PINDAR.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE SPECTATOR.")
SIR,—The writer of your article on Finder, p. 539, April 27th, does not seem to me to be familiar with Bishop Heber's versions of a few of the Odes, of which Olymp. I. and IV. are the most brilliant. The passage, "But who in Godlike strife," p. 540, is very finely rendered ; "But who in thine renewed probation," &c., "Thou quenchest," will scarcely stand comparison with Gray's ode, "Perched on the sceptred hand of Jove."
Heber's apostrophe to Theron at the end of one ode, 'Evrti oç vicd,u,up r4Evyev, is most brilliant. Also his rendering of 2op; 4 mines saw; "Yes, he is wise whom Nature's dower
Hath raised above the crowd loud."
Heber's "Poetical Works" were published in a thin imperial
octavo many years ago.—I am, Sir, &c., Powis.
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