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Page 16
... To feign a greater joy than this is ! Good things that come of course far less do please , Than those which come by sweet contingencies . HERRICK . TRANSPORT . ની H , my soul's joy , and 16 POEMS OF CATULLUS . THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
... To feign a greater joy than this is ! Good things that come of course far less do please , Than those which come by sweet contingencies . HERRICK . TRANSPORT . ની H , my soul's joy , and 16 POEMS OF CATULLUS . THE AGREEABLE SURPRISE.
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... Sweet - smelling apples , and the ruddy grapé , In the green umbrage of the vineyard grown . Sometimes the bearded he - goat , and his mate , She of the horny hoof , ( but blab not this ! ) Dye with their blood my altar : in return For ...
... Sweet - smelling apples , and the ruddy grapé , In the green umbrage of the vineyard grown . Sometimes the bearded he - goat , and his mate , She of the horny hoof , ( but blab not this ! ) Dye with their blood my altar : in return For ...
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... sweet than when , from care set free , The spirit lays its burden down , and we , With distant travel spent , come home and spread Our limbs to rest along the wished - for bed : This , this alone , repays such toils as these ! Smile ...
... sweet than when , from care set free , The spirit lays its burden down , and we , With distant travel spent , come home and spread Our limbs to rest along the wished - for bed : This , this alone , repays such toils as these ! Smile ...
Page 45
... 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.
... 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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... sweet to me Thy villa was , where I shook off A most abominable cough My stomach caused me t'other day , — And right it served me , I must say , For loving with too keen a zest Luxurious dinners highly dress'd . With Sextianus I would ...
... sweet to me Thy villa was , where I shook off A most abominable cough My stomach caused me t'other day , — And right it served me , I must say , For loving with too keen a zest Luxurious dinners highly dress'd . With Sextianus I would ...
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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?