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Sollicita quis enim, quis amatæ dulcia Vitæ

Tædia, fuftinuit mutare filentibus umbris ;
Deferuitve almæ confinia læta diei,

Nec defiderio cunctantià lumina flexit?

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Projicit in gremium fefe moriturus amicum,
Deficienfque oculus lachrymas, pia munera, pofcit;

Quinetiam fida ex ipfo Natura fepulchro

Exclamat, folitoque relucent igne favilla.

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For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey,

This pleafing anxious Being e'er refign'd,
Left the warm precincts of the chearful day,
Nor caft one longing, ling'ring look behind?

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'On fome fond breast the parting foul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires; Ev'n from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, * Ev'n in our afhes live their wonted fires.

For

* Ch'i veggio nel penfier, dolce mio fuoco,

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Fredda una lingua, & due begli occhi chiusi

Rimaner doppo noi pien di faville.

Petrarch. Son. 169.

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At te, cui curæ tumulo fine honore jacentes, Incomptoque memor qui pingis agreftia versu ; Si quis erit, tua qui cognato pectore quondam Fata roget, folâ fecum meditatus in umbrâ,

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Fortè aliquis memoret, canus jam tempora Paftor, "Illum fæpe novo fub lucis vidimus ortu "Verrentem propero matutinos pede rores, "Nafcenti fuper arva jugofa occurrere Soli.

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"Illic antiquas ubi torquet devia fagus "Radices per humum, patulo fub tegmine, laffus "Solibus æftivis, fe effundere fæpe folebat,

"Lumina fixa tenens, rivumque notare loquacem.

"Sæpe

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For thee, who mindful of th' unhonour'd dead,

Doft in these lines their artless tale relate;

If chance, by lonely contemplation led,

Some kindred Spirit fhall inquire thy fate,

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Haply fome hoary-headed Swain may fay,

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"Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn

Brufhing with hafty steps the dews away,

"To meet the Sun upon the upland lawn.

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"There at the foot of yonder nodding beech "That wreathes its old fantastic roots fo high, "His liftlefs length at noontide would he ftretch,

And pore upon the brook that babbles by.

"Hard

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"Sæpe iftam affuetus prope fylvam errare, fu

perbum

Ridens nefcio quid; nunc multa abnormia volvens.

"Aut defperanti fimilis nunc pallidus ibat,

"Ut curâ infanus, miferove agitatus amore.

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Mane erat, et folito non illum in colle videbam,

"Non illum in campo, notâ nec in arboris umbrâ :

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Jamque nova eft exorta dies; neque flumina

propter,

"Nec propter fylvam, aut arvis erat ille jugofis.

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Adveniente aliâ, portatum hunc ordine mœfto “Vidimus, et tristes quà femita ducit ad Ædem "Rite ire exequias; ades huc, et pérlege carmen

(Nam potes) infcriptum lapidi fub vepre

vetuftâ."

EPITA

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