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... originals . As a contribution towards this end , the present volume is presented with all humility . The words of Denham in the preface to his translation of the second book of the Eneid , comprise all which the translator would wish to ...
... originals . As a contribution towards this end , the present volume is presented with all humility . The words of Denham in the preface to his translation of the second book of the Eneid , comprise all which the translator would wish to ...
Page 83
... original is here manifestly corrupt . The ordinary reading is- O nimis optato sæclorum tempore nati Heroes , salvete , deûm genus ; o bona mater ! Vos ego sæpe meo vos carmine compellabo . The difficulty here is the meaning to be ...
... original is here manifestly corrupt . The ordinary reading is- O nimis optato sæclorum tempore nati Heroes , salvete , deûm genus ; o bona mater ! Vos ego sæpe meo vos carmine compellabo . The difficulty here is the meaning to be ...
Page 102
... original by Callimachus is lost . ] HE sage who did with curious cunning trace The lights that gleam through all the vast of space , Number'd the constellations o'er , and knew The rising of the stars , their setting too ; What veils ...
... original by Callimachus is lost . ] HE sage who did with curious cunning trace The lights that gleam through all the vast of space , Number'd the constellations o'er , and knew The rising of the stars , their setting too ; What veils ...
Page 137
... original work . He was the author of numerous important works , none of which have come down to us ; and , among others , of the Epitome of Universal History referred to by Catullus in this poem . That this Cornelius was the person ...
... original work . He was the author of numerous important works , none of which have come down to us ; and , among others , of the Epitome of Universal History referred to by Catullus in this poem . That this Cornelius was the person ...
Page 139
... original peculiarly conspicuous . Noel gives some twenty - five imitations in Greek , Latin , Italian , and French - enough to satiate the most curious in such matters . Now he treads that gloomy track Whence none ever may come back.—p ...
... original peculiarly conspicuous . Noel gives some twenty - five imitations in Greek , Latin , Italian , and French - enough to satiate the most curious in such matters . Now he treads that gloomy track Whence none ever may come back.—p ...
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The Poems of Catullus, Tr. Into Engl. Verse, With Notes by T. Martin Gaius Valerius Catullus No preview available - 2018 |
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Acme Amastris Anon Ariadne Bacchus beauty Bithynia blest bliss breast bride brother Cæsar Calvus Catullus Catullus's charm chaste Cicero CORNELIUS NEPOS couch Cybele Cytorus dear delight despair divine dost doth e'er epigram epithalamium eyes Fabullus fair feeling fire flower Foolscap Octavo Furius gaze gods grace grief Hail hear heart Herrick Hesper Hodiè husband Hymenæus infra Jove kiss lady Laodamia Lesbia lines lips lover maid maiden Mamurra MANIUS ACILIUS GLABRIO Manlius mistress mother Muretus neque night nuptial o'er Octavo Oh Hymen Hymenæus Ovid passion Peleus poem of Catullus poet Post Octavo prætor queen Roman says scorn Second Edition shine shore siege of Peschiera Sirmio Small Octavo smile song soul spindles stars sweet Tale tears thee Theseus Thessaly Thetis thine Third Edition thou threads of doom Tibullus translator Verannius verses virgin Volumes weave the threads wert Whilst wild youth
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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?