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... grace . " She is indeed perfection . Possession only heightens the poet's devotion . But soon her affections begin to wander . Catullus is uneasy - hurt . Lesbia is not yet , however , pre- pared to let her idolater go . With all the ...
... grace . " She is indeed perfection . Possession only heightens the poet's devotion . But soon her affections begin to wander . Catullus is uneasy - hurt . Lesbia is not yet , however , pre- pared to let her idolater go . With all the ...
Page xxvi
... grace . His lighter pieces are distinguished by genuine feeling , a clear and pointed style , and peculiar elegance of expression . He is full of vivacity and sparkle , never tedious , and always suggestive . He draws with a firm hand ...
... grace . His lighter pieces are distinguished by genuine feeling , a clear and pointed style , and peculiar elegance of expression . He is full of vivacity and sparkle , never tedious , and always suggestive . He draws with a firm hand ...
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... grace Of " beautiful , " oh no ! For nowhere in her can you find That subtle voiceless art , That something which delights the mind , And satisfies the heart . But Lesbia's beautiful , I swear , And for herself she stole The charms most ...
... grace Of " beautiful , " oh no ! For nowhere in her can you find That subtle voiceless art , That something which delights the mind , And satisfies the heart . But Lesbia's beautiful , I swear , And for herself she stole The charms most ...
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... duty . But then they say your shape , your grace , My Lesbia's , mine , surpasses ! Oh woe , to live with such a race Of buzzards , owls , and asses ! וגע TO HIS FARM . 44 HATE ER thou be POEMS OF CATULLUS . 49 TO THE MISTRESS OF FORMIANUS.
... duty . But then they say your shape , your grace , My Lesbia's , mine , surpasses ! Oh woe , to live with such a race Of buzzards , owls , and asses ! וגע TO HIS FARM . 44 HATE ER thou be POEMS OF CATULLUS . 49 TO THE MISTRESS OF FORMIANUS.
Page 80
... grace , what beauty , but was mine ? Boy , youth , and I was the flower man , Of the gymnasium ; and the best , that wore the oil , confess'd my power : My doors were ever throng'd , and when I left my couch at break of day , Fair ...
... grace , what beauty , but was mine ? Boy , youth , and I was the flower man , Of the gymnasium ; and the best , that wore the oil , confess'd my power : My doors were ever throng'd , and when I left my couch at break of day , Fair ...
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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?