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... hear a voice broken by sobs , were probably written during the same period of de- jection . That Catullus should have written to his friends upon this theme as he has done , speaks volumes as to the sincerity and depth of their ...
... hear a voice broken by sobs , were probably written during the same period of de- jection . That Catullus should have written to his friends upon this theme as he has done , speaks volumes as to the sincerity and depth of their ...
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... hear ! Such wrongs as mine the heart may chill , But charms so prized must still be dear , And haunt the fancy fondly still . THE IDOL REINSTATED . નીરો H Lesbia , surely no POEMS OF CATULLUS . 11 THE IDOL SHATTERED.
... hear ! Such wrongs as mine the heart may chill , But charms so prized must still be dear , And haunt the fancy fondly still . THE IDOL REINSTATED . નીરો H Lesbia , surely no POEMS OF CATULLUS . 11 THE IDOL SHATTERED.
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... hear once more Thy tales of Spain , its tribes , its feats , its views , Flow as of old from thy exhaustless store . And I shall gaze into thine eyes again ! And I again shall fold thee to my breast ! Oh you , who deem yourselves most ...
... hear once more Thy tales of Spain , its tribes , its feats , its views , Flow as of old from thy exhaustless store . And I shall gaze into thine eyes again ! And I again shall fold thee to my breast ! Oh you , who deem yourselves most ...
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... hear Of one that to us both is dear ; Then , if he's wise , the way He will devour , e'en though a girl , In beauty famed a perfect pearl , His coming strive to stay . Ay , though that girl , who has , in sooth , If rumour speaks but ...
... hear Of one that to us both is dear ; Then , if he's wise , the way He will devour , e'en though a girl , In beauty famed a perfect pearl , His coming strive to stay . Ay , though that girl , who has , in sooth , If rumour speaks but ...
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... hear His speech ' gainst Antius ; such a hash Of pestilent and poisonous trash , An ague seized me as he read ! I sneezed , I cough'd , until I fled , And cured within thy cosy breast Myself with nettle - juice and rest . Wherefore , my ...
... hear His speech ' gainst Antius ; such a hash Of pestilent and poisonous trash , An ague seized me as he read ! I sneezed , I cough'd , until I fled , And cured within thy cosy breast Myself with nettle - juice and rest . Wherefore , my ...
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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?