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... wish is , that the text had come down to us in a purer state . The MSS . , all derived from one parent codex , and that not earlier than the fourteenth century , are very corrupt . Neither has the ingenuity of scholars been often ...
... wish is , that the text had come down to us in a purer state . The MSS . , all derived from one parent codex , and that not earlier than the fourteenth century , are very corrupt . Neither has the ingenuity of scholars been often ...
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... wish to make him better known among those who are shut out from familiarity with him , either through ignorance of Latin or the acknowledged difficulty of the originals . As a contribution towards this end , the present volume is ...
... wish to make him better known among those who are shut out from familiarity with him , either through ignorance of Latin or the acknowledged difficulty of the originals . As a contribution towards this end , the present volume is ...
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... wish to be ; And now , what patron shall I choose For these gay sallies of my muse ? Cornelius , whom but thee ! For though they are but trifles , thou Some value didst to them allow , And that from thee is fame , Who dared in thy three ...
... wish to be ; And now , what patron shall I choose For these gay sallies of my muse ? Cornelius , whom but thee ! For though they are but trifles , thou Some value didst to them allow , And that from thee is fame , Who dared in thy three ...
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... wish for any . But , my love , there's no amount For a rage like mine too vast , Which a curious fool may count , Or with tongue malignant blast . I TO LESBIA FALSE . 8 ATULLUS , let the 6 POEMS OF CATULLUS . TO LESBIA KIND.
... wish for any . But , my love , there's no amount For a rage like mine too vast , Which a curious fool may count , Or with tongue malignant blast . I TO LESBIA FALSE . 8 ATULLUS , let the 6 POEMS OF CATULLUS . TO LESBIA KIND.
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... wish by chance is granted , For which , though hugg'd and cherish'd long , Without a hope we long had panted . * Such was my joy , my glad surprise , When gloom around my head was closing , To find thee , with thy ardent eyes , Once ...
... wish by chance is granted , For which , though hugg'd and cherish'd long , Without a hope we long had panted . * Such was my joy , my glad surprise , When gloom around my head was closing , To find thee , with thy ardent eyes , Once ...
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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?