The Satires of PersiusChas. Reynell, 1841 - 183 pages |
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... head in dreaming fancy laid , And waked a Poet ready - made . I leave the Muses ' sacred hill , And pale Pirene's mournful rill , ( 2 ) To those around whose sculptured heads The creeping ivy fondly spreads . A half - bred bard , my ...
... head in dreaming fancy laid , And waked a Poet ready - made . I leave the Muses ' sacred hill , And pale Pirene's mournful rill , ( 2 ) To those around whose sculptured heads The creeping ivy fondly spreads . A half - bred bard , my ...
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... head , While his tired beasts the lictor homeward led . But on , my Poet ! for in this our age Hearers there are who to old Accius ' page , Who to Paccuvius , their favour show , On harsh Antiopa applause bestow , When " her grief ...
... head , While his tired beasts the lictor homeward led . But on , my Poet ! for in this our age Hearers there are who to old Accius ' page , Who to Paccuvius , their favour show , On harsh Antiopa applause bestow , When " her grief ...
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... head reclin'd ? 150 P. " Harsh horns blew blasts of Mimallonian wind , ( 12 ) " And Bassaris excited dooms to fall " The haughty victim's head , while Mænas ' call " Evion repeats , guiding with ivy rod " Her harness'd lynx , and Echo ...
... head reclin'd ? 150 P. " Harsh horns blew blasts of Mimallonian wind , ( 12 ) " And Bassaris excited dooms to fall " The haughty victim's head , while Mænas ' call " Evion repeats , guiding with ivy rod " Her harness'd lynx , and Echo ...
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... head you lave , And purge the stain of night in Tiber's wave . But stay , good sir ! I would one question try , What think you of this God , this Jove on high ? Would you prefer that he should hear your prayer , Or some one here below ...
... head you lave , And purge the stain of night in Tiber's wave . But stay , good sir ! I would one question try , What think you of this God , this Jove on high ? Would you prefer that he should hear your prayer , Or some one here below ...
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... head , From last night's feast , drop lifeless on your bed , Yawning with jaws unhing'd ? —what is your aim ? Will you on trifling fancies rest your fame ? Pelt crows with mud , regardless of the way Your feet may lead , and live from ...
... head , From last night's feast , drop lifeless on your bed , Yawning with jaws unhing'd ? —what is your aim ? Will you on trifling fancies rest your fame ? Pelt crows with mud , regardless of the way Your feet may lead , and live from ...
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20 EPODE Alcibiades aliquid alludes allusion Anticyra appears atque Bassus Battle of Actium Bestius blood Bovilla cælo Canidia caput Cassius Severus centum character Cornutus Delphin Deus domum Dr Stocker e'en Emperor Nero Ennius EPODE expose favour'd feasts Gifford give Gods habet hæc hæres haud hinc honesto Horace hunc illis Inque inter interpretation ipse Jove juvat Juvenal language Liburnis live Macrinus Madan Mæcenas Mænas Manius manus Marsi meaning mihi music tune neque Nereus Nero night nisi nunc o'er obscure omnes orig original passage passions pede PERSII SATIRA Persius Poet Polydamas Prætor's puer pueris puteal Quæ quam quibus quid quis quod quum remige rich ridicule Roman Satire SATIRE OF PERSIUS seems sibi slaves sound Stoic supposed Tecum thee thou Thyestes tibi translation Tunc verba verses vex'd virtue vivere words
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Page 6 - ... ossa ? laudant convivae : nunc non e manibus illis, nunc non e tumulo fortunataque favilla nascentur violae ? " "rides," ait, "et nimis uncis 40 naribus indulges. an erit qui velle recuset os populi meruisse et cedro digna locutus linquere nee scombros metuentia carmina nee tus?
Page 166 - Nos manet Oceanus circumvagus : arva, beata Petamus arva, divites et insulas, Reddit ubi Cererem tellus inarata quotannis, Et imputata floret usque vinea...
Page 12 - ... ait Pedio. Pedius quid? crimina rasis 85 librat in antithetis, doctas posuisse figuras laudatur: 'bellum hoc.' hoc bellum? an, Romule, ceves? men moveat?
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Page 4 - ... quo didicisse, nisi hoc fermentum et quae semel intus innata est rupto iecore exierit caprificus?' 25 en pallor seniumque! o mores, usque adeone scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter? 'at pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier "hic est." ten cirratorum centum dictata fuisse pro nihilo pendes?
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Page 48 - Samios diduxit litera ramos, Surgentem dextro monstravit limite callem : Stertis adhuc, laxumque caput, compage soluta, Oscitat hesternum, dissutis undique malis. Est aliquid quo tendis, et in quod dirigis arcum? 60 An passim sequeris corvos testaque lutoque Securus quo pes ferat, atque ex tempore vivis ? Helleborum frustra, cum jam cutis aegra tumebit, Poscentes videas : venienti occurrite morbo ! Et quid opus Cratero magnos promittere montes?
Page 50 - Aegroti veteris meditantes somnia, gigni De nihilo nihil, in nihilum nil posse reverti. Hoc est quod palles ? cur quis non prandeat hoc est ?" 85 His populus ridet, multumque torosa juventus Ingeminat tremulos naso crispante cachinnos.
Page 80 - ... prius creta, mox haec carbone, notasti ? es modicus voti ? presso lare ? dulcis amicis ? jam nunc astringas, jam nunc granaria laxes? 110 inque luto fixum possis transcendere nummum, nee glutto sorbere salivam Mercurialem ?