The elegies of Propertius, tr. into Engl. verse by C.R. Moore |
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... kind Heaven avert the day ! - Then wilt thou mourn thy melancholy plight , While camps and chieftains rest in endless night . Then wilt thou strike in vain the melting lyre , Love , learnt too late , oft dulls the Muses ' fire ! Then ...
... kind Heaven avert the day ! - Then wilt thou mourn thy melancholy plight , While camps and chieftains rest in endless night . Then wilt thou strike in vain the melting lyre , Love , learnt too late , oft dulls the Muses ' fire ! Then ...
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... kind to thee , And thy one love all thou wouldst have her be . XIV . Tu licet abjectus . WHAT though by Tyber softly thou recline , And drink from Mentor's cups the Lesbian wine ; Mark each swift skiff that shoots amid the throng , Or ...
... kind to thee , And thy one love all thou wouldst have her be . XIV . Tu licet abjectus . WHAT though by Tyber softly thou recline , And drink from Mentor's cups the Lesbian wine ; Mark each swift skiff that shoots amid the throng , Or ...
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... kind , and I can well be bold To scorn a crown , and all Phæacia's gold . I XV . Sæpe ego multa tuæ . OFTEN fear'd thy weak capricious will , But treachery like this is deadlier still . With what relentless wrath is fate my foe ! But ...
... kind , and I can well be bold To scorn a crown , and all Phæacia's gold . I XV . Sæpe ego multa tuæ . OFTEN fear'd thy weak capricious will , But treachery like this is deadlier still . With what relentless wrath is fate my foe ! But ...
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... kind fortune lull the storm to rest ? Must this scant shore entomb my lifeless breast ? Oh ! chide no more - hush , hush those words of ill ! Dark night and angry waves have work'd thy will . Couldst thou then paint my death without a ...
... kind fortune lull the storm to rest ? Must this scant shore entomb my lifeless breast ? Oh ! chide no more - hush , hush those words of ill ! Dark night and angry waves have work'd thy will . Couldst thou then paint my death without a ...
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... kind , for I have loved as well . XVIII . Hæc certe deserta . THIS spot is silent for the tale of love , Where Zephyr breathes , sole tenant of the grove . If lonely rocks keep only silence so , Here may I speak the secret of my woe ...
... kind , for I have loved as well . XVIII . Hæc certe deserta . THIS spot is silent for the tale of love , Where Zephyr breathes , sole tenant of the grove . If lonely rocks keep only silence so , Here may I speak the secret of my woe ...
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