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... fire Not striplings merely with desire , But thaw the sinews , thrill the sense Of cramp'd and hoary impotence ? There was a period in our own literary history , in the days when " intrigue was plot , obscenity was wit , " when such a ...
... fire Not striplings merely with desire , But thaw the sinews , thrill the sense Of cramp'd and hoary impotence ? There was a period in our own literary history , in the days when " intrigue was plot , obscenity was wit , " when such a ...
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... fire That , with thrill of pleasing pain , Courses through her every vein , Might'st thou be by me caress'd , So to still my heart's unrest , Thee I'd then as fondly hail , As the maiden in the tale Hail'd that apple , all of gold ...
... fire That , with thrill of pleasing pain , Courses through her every vein , Might'st thou be by me caress'd , So to still my heart's unrest , Thee I'd then as fondly hail , As the maiden in the tale Hail'd that apple , all of gold ...
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... fire - new for him , The paper royal , covers trim , The bosses new , the fastenings red , Each sheet he uses ruled with lead , The whole affair , in short , I take it , As smooth as pumice - stone can make it . But when you read what's ...
... fire - new for him , The paper royal , covers trim , The bosses new , the fastenings red , Each sheet he uses ruled with lead , The whole affair , in short , I take it , As smooth as pumice - stone can make it . But when you read what's ...
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... he His half - told tale of Cybele To her in secret read : Poor girl , a slow consuming fire Of sweet unsatisfied desire Has on her marrow fed . Thy passion I can well excuse , Fair maid , POEMS OF CATULLUS . 45 INVITATION TO CECILIUS.
... he His half - told tale of Cybele To her in secret read : Poor girl , a slow consuming fire Of sweet unsatisfied desire Has on her marrow fed . Thy passion I can well excuse , Fair maid , POEMS OF CATULLUS . 45 INVITATION TO CECILIUS.
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... As burns in me , thine Acme true , A fire that thrills my marrow through , Intenser , mightier , more divine , Than any thou canst feel in thine ! " As thus she whisper'd , Love was pleased , And 52 POEMS OF CATULLUS . ACME AND SEPTIMIUS.
... As burns in me , thine Acme true , A fire that thrills my marrow through , Intenser , mightier , more divine , Than any thou canst feel in thine ! " As thus she whisper'd , Love was pleased , And 52 POEMS OF CATULLUS . ACME AND SEPTIMIUS.
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Page 144 - Come, let us go while we are in our prime; And take the harmless folly of the time. We shall grow old apace, and die Before we know our liberty. Our life is short, and our days run As fast away as does the...
Page 186 - The whiles some one did chaunt this lovely lay; Ah! see, whoso fayre thing dost fain to see, In springing flower the image of thy day! Ah ! see the virgin rose, how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer seems the less ye see her may! Lo! see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo! see soon after, how she fades and falls away!
Page 170 - And being ravish'd thus, Come, I will drink a tun To my Propertius. Now, to Tibullus next, This flood I drink to thee; — But stay, I see a text, That this presents to me. Behold! Tibullus lies Here burnt, whose small return Of ashes scarce suffice To fill a little urn. Trust to good verses then; They only will aspire, When pyramids, as men, Are lost i' th
Page 186 - Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo see soon after, how she fades, and falls away. So passeth, in the passing of a day, Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 183 - Tell me, ye merchants' daughters, did ye see So fair a creature in your town before...
Page 194 - And strike to dust the imperial towers of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph ! thy hairs should feel The conquering force of unresisted steel?