Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I THE SELECTED ORATIONS
- The Most Revd the Metropolitan ANTHONY of Sourozh (1996)
- Margaret ATWOOD (2001)
- Susan Jocelyn BELL BURNELL (1996)
- Quentin Saxby BLAKE (2004)
- Hans Martin BLIX (2007)
- The Rt Hon. Betty BOOTHROYD (1994)
- Peter Robert Lamont BROWN (2004)
- Sir George Adrian Hayhurst CADBURY (1994)
- Louis CHA (2005)
- Avram Noam CHOMSKY (1995)
- Elias James COREY (2000)
- Ann COTTON (2007)
- John Philip William DANKWORTH (2004)
- Ray Milton DOLBY (1997)
- Clifford GEERTZ (1997)
- Antony Mark David GORMLEY (2003)
- Sir John Bertrand GURDON (2007)
- Jürgen HABERMAS (1999)
- Sir Peter Reginald Frederick HALL (2003)
- Sir David HARE (2005)
- David HOCKNEY (2007)
- Gurdev Singh KHUSH (2000)
- KIM Dae-jung (2001)
- Sir Aaron KLUG (1998)
- Dame Cleo LAINE (2004)
- David Kellogg LEWIS (2001)
- Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA (1996)
- Sir Arthur Gregory George MARSHALL (1996)
- Jonathan Wolfe MILLER (1996)
- Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) MILSOM (2003)
- Gordon MOORE (1999)
- Sir Nevill Francis MOTT (1994)
- Sadako OGATA (1999)
- Sheila Doris OVERHILL (1999: Hon. MA)
- Bridget Louise RILEY (1995)
- Sir Denis Eric ROOKE (2000)
- The Hon. Miriam Louisa ROTHSCHILD (1999)
- David RUBIO (2000: Hon. MA)
- Dame Sheila Patricia Violet SHERLOCK (1995)
- Dame Margaret Natalie Cross SMITH (1994)
- Sir Tom STOPPARD (2000)
- Sir John Edward SULSTON (2003)
- Aung San SUU KYI (1998)
- Dame Kiri TE KANAWA (1997)
- Sir Keith Vivian THOMAS (1995)
- Muriel Claire TOMALIN (2007)
- The Most Revd Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1999)
- Helen Hennessy VENDLER (1997)
- Sir Bernard Arthur Owen WILLIAMS (2002)
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Douglas WILLIAMS (2006)
- Sir Colin Alexander St John WILSON (1999)
Helen Hennessy VENDLER (1997)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 May 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- PART I THE SELECTED ORATIONS
- The Most Revd the Metropolitan ANTHONY of Sourozh (1996)
- Margaret ATWOOD (2001)
- Susan Jocelyn BELL BURNELL (1996)
- Quentin Saxby BLAKE (2004)
- Hans Martin BLIX (2007)
- The Rt Hon. Betty BOOTHROYD (1994)
- Peter Robert Lamont BROWN (2004)
- Sir George Adrian Hayhurst CADBURY (1994)
- Louis CHA (2005)
- Avram Noam CHOMSKY (1995)
- Elias James COREY (2000)
- Ann COTTON (2007)
- John Philip William DANKWORTH (2004)
- Ray Milton DOLBY (1997)
- Clifford GEERTZ (1997)
- Antony Mark David GORMLEY (2003)
- Sir John Bertrand GURDON (2007)
- Jürgen HABERMAS (1999)
- Sir Peter Reginald Frederick HALL (2003)
- Sir David HARE (2005)
- David HOCKNEY (2007)
- Gurdev Singh KHUSH (2000)
- KIM Dae-jung (2001)
- Sir Aaron KLUG (1998)
- Dame Cleo LAINE (2004)
- David Kellogg LEWIS (2001)
- Nelson Rolihlahla MANDELA (1996)
- Sir Arthur Gregory George MARSHALL (1996)
- Jonathan Wolfe MILLER (1996)
- Stroud Francis Charles (Toby) MILSOM (2003)
- Gordon MOORE (1999)
- Sir Nevill Francis MOTT (1994)
- Sadako OGATA (1999)
- Sheila Doris OVERHILL (1999: Hon. MA)
- Bridget Louise RILEY (1995)
- Sir Denis Eric ROOKE (2000)
- The Hon. Miriam Louisa ROTHSCHILD (1999)
- David RUBIO (2000: Hon. MA)
- Dame Sheila Patricia Violet SHERLOCK (1995)
- Dame Margaret Natalie Cross SMITH (1994)
- Sir Tom STOPPARD (2000)
- Sir John Edward SULSTON (2003)
- Aung San SUU KYI (1998)
- Dame Kiri TE KANAWA (1997)
- Sir Keith Vivian THOMAS (1995)
- Muriel Claire TOMALIN (2007)
- The Most Revd Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1999)
- Helen Hennessy VENDLER (1997)
- Sir Bernard Arthur Owen WILLIAMS (2002)
- The Most Revd and Rt Hon. Rowan Douglas WILLIAMS (2006)
- Sir Colin Alexander St John WILSON (1999)
Summary
QUAM paenitet me, paenitet, pro di boni,
ne nostra in orbe uitia concurrant suo.
sed enim haec in se multiplici cursu reuertetur ut orbis oratio: eam salutamus quam docuit in Vniuersitate Harvardiana collegi Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae socius Ricardi filius dictus; eam salutamus qua iustioribus laudibus nemo eum extulit qui oratorium ornauit hoc munus Georgius poeta. cuius ex orationibus Latine conscriptis quae restant tres quam paenitet uero ad hodiernam rem pertinere nullam: carminum igitur temptemus aliqua; haec enim gaudet carminibus.
Luce serena dies et dulcis frigore, terrae
coniugiumque poli,
hac te ros lacrimis plorabit nocte cadentem:
nam tibi finis erit.
quo de carmine uelim omnia quae scripsit haec femina audiatis uos, ego proponam. nam par est quae eius uerba coniunctiones facetias intellegat, numeros tempora formas percipiat, uersus David relatos et preces Cranmeri agnoscat; argumentum doctum promit, formosum, plenum ui et luce. item de ceteris eius ac de aliorum quae explicuit carminibus: semper ipsam animaduertit poesin. opera Sapphoum aetatis ciuitatisque suae multarum in lucem prodidit; recentius duos Hiberniae uates euoluit, Dublinensem illum, hunc Vlidium: illius formam non neglegentia quadam corruptam sed arte consilioque renouatam sermone meditata Parnelliano probauit suo. mox autem Gulielmus noster quo ipse successu egerit audituri sumus.
Cesserit is numquam maturi roboris instar
qui probus est animo,
sed quamquam in cinerem terrarum uerterit orbis,
denique tum superest.
praesento uobis in Vniuersitate Harvardiana Anglicarum litterarum sub Kingsley Porteri nomine Professorem, Collegi Churchilliani peregrino iure olim Sociam, Collegi Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae honoris causa Sociam adscriptam,
HELENAM HENNESSY VENDLER
‘SORRIE I am, my god, sorrie I am,
that my offences course it in a ring.’
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- Cambridge Orations, 1993–2007A Selection, pp. 96 - 97Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009