Another from David Ferry's introduction to his translation of the Georgics...It is remarkable how in this great work the triumphs and sufferings of the creatures other than man are fully meaningful and substantiated in themselves; they're never merely background for, nor merely metaphors for, the story of men. The dignity of what they are is never exploited as pathetic fallacy; there is no condescension in the poem toward those who share our fallen world with us.
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