IMITATIONS, V. Of the E. of ROCHESTER, On SILENCE 264 (2) SAPPHO PHAONI. ECQU CQUID, ut infpecta eft ftudiofae littera dextrae, Protinus eft oculis cognita noftra tuis? An, nifi legiffes auctoris nomina Sapphûs, Hoc breve nefcires unde movetur opus? Forfitan et quare mea fint alterna requiras 5 Carmina, cum lyricis fim magis apta modis. Flendus amor meus eft: elegeïa flebile carmen; Non facit ad lacrymas barbitos ulla meas. Uror, ut, indomitis ignem exercentibus Euris, Fertilis accenfis meffibus ardet ager. Arva Phaon celebrat diverfa Typhoïdos Aetnae, Me calor Aetnaeo non minor igne coquit. Nec mihi, difpofitis quae jungam carmina nervis, Proveniunt; vacuae carmina mentis opus. ΙΟ AY, lovely youth, that do'ft my heart command, SAY, 1 Can Phaon's eyes forget his Sappho's hand? Must then her name the wretched writer prove, To thy remembrance loft, as to thy love? Afk not the cause that I new numbers chufe, The Lute neglected, and the Lyric muse; Love taught my tears in fadder notes to flow, And tun'd my heart to Elegies of woe. 5 I burn, I burn, as when thro' ripen'd corn While I confume with more than Ætna's fires! Mufic has charms alone for peaceful minds. Nec me Pyrrhiades Methymniadefve puellae, 15 O facies oculis infidiofa meis! Sume fidem et pharetram; fies manifeftus Apollo : Ingenio formae damna rependo meae. 35 |