The elegies of Propertius, tr. into Engl. verse by C.R. Moore |
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... maiden's door Will open now that welcomed thee before ; O'er every altar will her tears flow forth , Each sacred stone be witness of her wrath ; For by no surer means her rage is moved Than to be slighted where she once was loved : And ...
... maiden's door Will open now that welcomed thee before ; O'er every altar will her tears flow forth , Each sacred stone be witness of her wrath ; For by no surer means her rage is moved Than to be slighted where she once was loved : And ...
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... maiden's woe ! Do thou abroad thy kinsman's fame prolong , And wake the justice that has slept too long ; For Love's soft yoke thou never stoop'st to feel : Thy care has ever been a nation's weal . Ah ! may the cruel God I know so well ...
... maiden's woe ! Do thou abroad thy kinsman's fame prolong , And wake the justice that has slept too long ; For Love's soft yoke thou never stoop'st to feel : Thy care has ever been a nation's weal . Ah ! may the cruel God I know so well ...
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... maiden's charms will try ; For grief has taught me Love's sad task too well ; Would I were free , and time had broke the spell ! Weep not for others , nor in lofty verse Amphion's lyre and rising Thebes rehearse , E'en soft Mimnermus ...
... maiden's charms will try ; For grief has taught me Love's sad task too well ; Would I were free , and time had broke the spell ! Weep not for others , nor in lofty verse Amphion's lyre and rising Thebes rehearse , E'en soft Mimnermus ...
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... maidens break their word , Nor heed the plighted vows that heaven has heard . Nor that I fear thy truth , lest thou shouldst fall , But Baia's lovers - I distrust them all . Then if my words seem cold and void of cheer , Oh , pardon me ...
... maidens break their word , Nor heed the plighted vows that heaven has heard . Nor that I fear thy truth , lest thou shouldst fall , But Baia's lovers - I distrust them all . Then if my words seem cold and void of cheer , Oh , pardon me ...
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... maiden false to thee . Boast then thy conquests over maidens won , In love's allegiance constant still to none . Now madly love but one , grow pale , and yield , And at the earliest onset quit the field . Thy victim's anguish thou ...
... maiden false to thee . Boast then thy conquests over maidens won , In love's allegiance constant still to none . Now madly love but one , grow pale , and yield , And at the earliest onset quit the field . Thy victim's anguish thou ...
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