The works of Tibullus, tr. by J. Grainger, Volume 11812 |
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Æneid amorous ancients antiquity Apollo appears Aquitain arms attend Augustus Bacchus bard beautiful bestow bless'd bona dea Broekhus Broekhusius Cæsar called Callimachus Catullus Ceres Cerinthus charms Cicero Cilicia critics Cupid Dart death deity Delia dread editions elegiac eyes fair fate fond genius goddess gods gold Greeks hair happy heart heaven Hence honour hope Horace imitated informs Julius Cæsar lover Macer maid Marathus mentioned Messala mistress Muretus Neæra Nemesis night NOTES ON ELEGY o'er observes occasion opinion original Osiris Ovid pain passage passion Pholoe Pliny poem poet poet's poetical poetry praise Propertius quæ quod reader Romans Rome rural sacred sacrifices says Scaliger Servius soft solemn Sulpicia supposed swain tears temple thee Theocritus third Elegy thou thought tibi Tibul Tibullus Tibullus's translator Venus Virgil Vulpius wine youth δε καὶ
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Page 188 - Oh! Sovereign of the willing soul, Parent of sweet and solemn-breathing airs, Enchanting shell! the sullen Cares, And frantic Passions, hear thy soft control.
Page 79 - And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make • the stars thereof dark • I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD.
Page 146 - Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw ; Or stain her honour, or her new brocade; Forget her prayers, or miss a masquerade ; Or lose her heart, or necklace, at a ball; Or whether Heaven has doom'd that Shock must fall.
Page 79 - I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come.
Page 187 - Astonied stood and blank, while horror chill Ran through his veins, and all his joints relax'd ; From his slack hand the garland wreath'd for Eve Down...
Page 63 - TV impatient lover in the street would stay ! Nor dreamt that vengeance would his crimes repay. Now, now he moans his past misdeeds with tears, A prey to love, and all its frantic fears: Now he exclaims at female-scorn and hate; And from his soul abhors a bolted gate ! Like vengeance waits you ; trust th...
Page 188 - Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Page 38 - And formed their simple shape of ductile clay. My little flock, ye wolves, ye robbers, spare, Too mean a plunder to deserve your toil; For wealthier herds the nightly theft prepare; There: seek a nobler prey, and richer spoil. For...
Page 110 - ... mine an humble cot ! Saturnia! grant thy suppliant's timid prayer; And aid me, Venus ! from thy pearly chair. Yet, if the sisters, who o'er fate preside, My vows contemning, still detain my bride; Cease, breast, to heave ! cease, anxious blood, to flow ! Come, death ! transport me to the realms below.
Page 146 - This day, black omens threat the brightest Fair That e'er deserv'da watchful spirit's care ; Some dire disaster, or by" force, or slight ; But what, or where, the fates have wrapt in night.