Ad Rubeculam. O qvae muta sedes, sol ubi fervidis Auctumniqve diem compositam tuis Formidans fugiat retro. Sub noctem merulae suave sonant modi; Et lati spatia aetheris Inplet laetitia: neutra tamen mihi Paci qvam tua carmina. R. B. Vindicta. Β. Ἀλλ ̓ οὐδὲ τοῦτο τοῦπος, ὦ σκληρὸν κάρα, T. C. B. BB The Twin Gods. And all the people trembled, The gods, who live for ever, Back comes the chief in triumph, Safe comes the ship to haven Through billows and through gales, If once the great Twin Brethren MACAULAY. Juliet. O God, I have an ill-divining soul; SHAKSPEARE. Dioscuri. Grande portentum stupuere vici: Omne viventes superi per aevum Bina, qvae Dores venerantur, haec sunt Numina Fratrum. Dux redit claro celebris triumpho, Stare Gemellos: Perque flabrorum pelagiqve motus Sidere Fratres. K. Julietta. Φεῦ· κακῶν πρόμαντίς εἰμι, κἀπ ̓ ἄκρων δόμων ὁρᾶν δοκῶ κλιθέντα σ ̓ ἐν τύμβον βάθει νεκρόν τιν ̓ ὥσπερ, καὶ πρόσωπον ὠχρὸς εἶ, εἰ μὴ τόδ' ὄμμα τυγχάνει φηλούμενον. C. T. N. The Rose. As late each flower that sweetest blows Within the petals of a rose Around his brows a beamy wreath All purple glowed his cheek beneath, I softly seized the unguarded Power, And placed him, caged within the flower, But when, unweeting of the guile, Awoke the prisoner sweet, He struggled to escape awhile, Ah, soon the soul-entrancing sight He gazed; he thrilled with deep delight; Ῥόδον. Απαλὸν λόχευμα κήπου, ὅσα φύεται γλύκιστα ἔδρεπον μὲν ἐχθὲς ἄνθη· πετάλων δ ̓ ἔσωθεν εἶδον ῥοδινῶν ὑπνῶντ ̓ Ἔρωτα. κροτάφοις μὲν ἀμφιπλέξας στεφανίσκον εἶχε καλόν, πολυδαίδαλον, φαεινόν ὑποπόρφυρος δ ̓ ὑπ ̓ αὐτῷ ἀλέαινεν ἡ παρεία, γεγανυμένη δρόσοισι· χερὶ δ ̓ αὖτ ̓ ἔγωγε κούφῃ ἀφύλακτον ὧδ ̓ ἔμαρψα, κατὰ μὲν σχίσαι φυλάξας μελιτουμένους ὀνείρους, ἐνὶ δ ̓ ἀμβρότοισι κόλποις κατέθηκ ̓ ἐμῆς Κορίννης. ὅτε δ', οὐ δόλον συνειδώς, ἀνεγείρεθ ̓ οὑπιχαρτός, ἐθέλων τότ ̓ ἐκλυθῆναι περιεστράφη τὸ πρῶτον, χαλέπαινέ τ', ἐμπαλαχθείς, χλιδανοσφύροις ποδίσκοις· μάλα δ' ώκα παιδὸς ἦτορ κεχαρισμένον θέαμα παρέθελξεν ἀσχαλῶντος· τὸ δ ̓ ἄρ ̓ ὡς ἴδ ̓, ὡς ἀνέπτη ὑπὸ χαρμονῆς βαθείας, πτέρυγας δ ̓ ἔσεισ ̓ ἰανθείς. τίσι γὰρ τέχναισι, φησί, τόδ ̓ ἐπηράτων ἐπωδῶν |