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Page xvi
... of his beautiful address to Sirmio . In such a place , and at such a time , the void would have been most poignantly present , and his eyes could not have seen for tears the brightest smile of his beloved xvi INTRODUCTION .
... of his beautiful address to Sirmio . In such a place , and at such a time , the void would have been most poignantly present , and his eyes could not have seen for tears the brightest smile of his beloved xvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xxii
... present so striking a picture of the fluctuations of feeling which must always arise where a generous and ardent nature devotes itself to one that is inherently profligate and incon- stant , that it has been thought desirable to bring ...
... present so striking a picture of the fluctuations of feeling which must always arise where a generous and ardent nature devotes itself to one that is inherently profligate and incon- stant , that it has been thought desirable to bring ...
Page xxxi
... present translator would have shrunk from the attempt to reproduce Catullus in English verse , but for his long and loving admira- tion of the poet , and the wish to make him better known among those who are shut out from familiarity ...
... present translator would have shrunk from the attempt to reproduce Catullus in English verse , but for his long and loving admira- tion of the poet , and the wish to make him better known among those who are shut out from familiarity ...
Page 85
... present to her sense , her heart , her brain . Oh hapless maid , predestinate to know The ceaseless tortures of a rankling woe , Wrought by the Queen of Eryx on the day , When cruel Theseus , from the winding bay Of the Piræus , trod ...
... present to her sense , her heart , her brain . Oh hapless maid , predestinate to know The ceaseless tortures of a rankling woe , Wrought by the Queen of Eryx on the day , When cruel Theseus , from the winding bay Of the Piræus , trod ...
Page 142
... present minute ; For time and age will work that wrack Which time or age shall ne'er call back . The snake each year fresh skin resumes , And eagles change their aged plumes ; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on ...
... present minute ; For time and age will work that wrack Which time or age shall ne'er call back . The snake each year fresh skin resumes , And eagles change their aged plumes ; The faded rose each spring receives A fresh red tincture on ...
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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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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?