Et cum pallentes inter numeraberis Umbras,

Cum neque Te vocale melos, neque murmura fontis
Caftalii, citharave fonus, quam ftrinxit Apollo.
Ex humili ulterius poterint révocare cubili ;
Quamvis nulla tuum decorent Infignia Buftum,
At pia Mufa fuper, noftræ nihil indiga Laudis,
Perpetuas aget excubias, lacrymáque perenni
Nutrict ambrofios in odoro Cefpite flores.

A

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ELEGIA,

ELEGIA.

I.

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A

UDIN' ut occiduæ fignum campana diei

Vefpertina fonet! flectunt fe tarda per agros

Mugitufque armenta cient, veftigia arator

Feffa domum trahit, et folus fub nocte relinquor.

Nunc

ELE G Y.

HE Curfew tolls the knell of parting day,

ΤΗ

The lowing herd wind flowly o'er the lea,

The plowman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.

Now

fquilla di lontano,

Che paia 'l giorno pianger, che fi muore.

Dante. Purgat. l. 8.

2.

Nunc rerum fpecies evanida cedit, et omnis Aura filet, nifi quà pigro scarabæus in orbes Murmure fe volvat, nifi tintinnabula longè Dent fonitum, faciles pecori fuadentia fomnos;

3.

Aut nifi fola fedens hederofo in culmine turris Ad Lunam effundat lugubres noctua cantus, Vifa queri, propter fecretos fortè receffus

Si quis eat, turbetque antiqua et inhospita regna.

4.

Hic fubterque rudes ulmos, taxique fub umbrâ Quà fuper ingeftus crebro tumet aggere cefpes, Æternum pofuêre angufto in carcere duri

Villarum Patres, et longa oblivia ducunt.

Non

2.

Now fades the glimmering landfcape on the fight,
And all the air a folemn ftillness holds,

Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight,
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds;

3.

Save that from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r

The mopeing owl does to the Moon complain Of fuch, as wand'ring near her fecret bow'r, Moleft her ancient folitary reign.

4:

Beneath thofe rugged elms, that yew-tree's fhade, Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap,

Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,

The rude Forefathers of the hamlet fleep.