Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/09/26

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Subject: RE: [Leica] A modest proposal.
From: Dante Stella <dante@umich.edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 17:57:33 -0400 (EDT)

Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit!

Vale
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Dante Stella

On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Lee, Jonathan wrote:

> 
> With apologies to Virgil and John Dryden:
> 
> Light, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
> And haughty camera's unrelenting weight,
> Expell'd and exil'd, left the Nikon shore.
> Long labors, both by night and day, he bore,
> And in that merciless quest, before his show
> That coveted realm, he saw the destin'd glow;
> Rangefindered gods restor'd to rites divine,
> And settled sure succession throuh th' M line,
> >From whence the brace of Wetzlar amass,
> The bokeh'd glories of majestic glass.
> 
> 
> In case you're wondering.  The Dryden translated original is:
> 
> Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate,
> And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate,
> Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore.
> Long labors, both by sea and land, he bore,
> And in the doubtful war, before he won
> The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town;
> His banish'd gods restor'd to rites divine,
> And settled sure succession in his line,
> >From whence the race of Alban fathers come,
> And the long glories of majestic Rome.
> 
> 
> Jonathan Lee
>