Note 422 — BOOK VI.
William Julius Mickle translation
In haughty England, where the winter spreads His snowy mantle o'er the shining meads.—
In the original—
Là na grande Inglaterra, que de neve Boreal sempre abunda;
that is, "In illustrious England, always covered with northern snow." Though the translator was willing to retain the manner of Homer, he thought it proper to correct the error in natural history fallen into by Camoëns. Fanshaw seems to have been sensible of the mistake of his author, and has given the following (uncountenanced by the Portuguese) in place of the eternal snows ascribed to his country:—
"In merry England, which (from cliffs that stand Like hills of snow) once Albion's name did git."