IDEM LATINE REDDITUM.

JALIS Amazonidum proles equitare folebat
Filia Cappadocum gelidum prope Thermodonta,

Talis equus frendens fub pondere virginis ibat.
Ecce repente Leo dumofo in margine ripæ
Cæde recente furens, magna cum voce petitam

Irruit in prædam, malas horrendus et ungues;
Ille tenebrofæ temere ex caligine fylvæ
Profiliens, avide cervicem mordet equinam
Dilacerans humeros pedibufque ac dente cruento
Nil metuens, fævaque infeftat vulnere coftas.
Tollit fe arrectum fonipes et calcibus auras
Verberat, atque gemens luctanti vertice frustra
Vult tentare fugam, quatit æger anhelitus artus,
Naribus et patulis toto vomit ore vaporem.
Lumina flammefcunt atro fuffufa cruore

ἄλγεα δ ̓ ἐκλάμπει κρυερώτατα παντὶ προσώπῳ·
ἔνθ ̓ ἄφοβός περ ἐοῦσά γ ̓ ̓Αμάζων θηρὸς ὑφ ̓ ὁρμῇ
τυτθὸν μὲν πρῶτον πελεμίζεται· ἐξοπίσω δὲ
χαζομένη νώτοισιν ὅμως μένει ἔμπεδον ἵππου·

πᾶν δέ τ ̓ ἐπισκύνιον συνάγει, βλοσυρῷ δὲ μετώπῳ
μαίνεται, ὀφθαλμοὶ δ ̓ ἄφατον σέλας ἀστράπτουσιν·
τῆς δὲ τρίχες σείονται ὑπαὶ ῥιπῆς ἀνέμοιο
χειρὶ δὲ δεξιτερῇ δόρυ μείλινον ἀμπεπαλοῦσα

βριθὺ δι ̓ ἐγκεφάλου κρατεροῖο λέοντος ἐρείδει.

W. G. C.

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Membraque terribili cruciata dolore tremifcunt.
At virgo imprimis aliquantum mota ferino

Impete, fe librans dorfoque innixa tenacem
Firma premit fedem, laxafque retractat habenas.
Jamque fupercilio ftricto vultuque minaci
Torva tuens magnos accendit corde furores;
Igne micant oculi, turgefcunt fanguine venæ,
Flaventefque comæ fluitant fubeuntibus Auftris :
Fraxineamque haftam dextra jaculata, Leonis
Os cerebrumque feri rapido tranfverberat itu.

X

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HOHENLINDEN.

N Linden, when the fun was low,
All bloodless lay th' untrodden snow,

And dark as winter was the flow
Of Ifer, rolling rapidly:

But Linden faw another fight,

When the drum beat, at dead of night,
Commanding fires of death to light
The darkness of her scenery.

By torch and trumpet faft array'd,
Each horfeman drew his battle-blade,
And furious every charger neigh'd,
To join the dreadful revelry.

Then fhook the hills with thunder riven,
Then rufh'd the steed to battle driven,
And louder than the bolts of heaven,

Far flash'd the red artillery.

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HOHENLINDEN.

IGRANTE bruma præcipites Ifer

N

Volvebat undas occiduo die,
Et alta nix agros tegebat

Nec pedibus neque cæde preffos.

Sed triftiorem vidit imaginem

Hic Lindenenfis campus, ut ignibus
Nocturna caligo refulfit,

Tympanaque infonuere bellum.

Sub luce tædæ ad murmura cornuum
Stringuntur enfes, impatiens fero

Hinnitu in obftantes catervas

Gestit equus properare curfum :

Fragore diro quaffa tremunt juga,
Frænis folutis it fonipes furens,
Flammæque letales corufcant
Fulmineis fimiles fagittis.

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