The Greek Pastoral Poets, Theocritus, Bion and Moschus. Done Into English by M. J. Chapman. [With Biographical Notices and Notes.]James Fraser, 1836 - 419 pages |
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... mind ! The goatherd when he sees his goats at play , Envies their wanton sport and pines away . And thou at sight of virgins , when they smile , Dost look with longing eyes and pine the while , Because with them the dance thou dost not ...
... mind ! The goatherd when he sees his goats at play , Envies their wanton sport and pines away . And thou at sight of virgins , when they smile , Dost look with longing eyes and pine the while , Because with them the dance thou dost not ...
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... , hither draw , my magic wheel ! A draught whose ill none antidote can heal From a bruised lizard I'll to - morrow make : Now , Thestylis , this poisonous brewage take , And smear his threshold — there my mind must be 20 THEOCRITUS .
... , hither draw , my magic wheel ! A draught whose ill none antidote can heal From a bruised lizard I'll to - morrow make : Now , Thestylis , this poisonous brewage take , And smear his threshold — there my mind must be 20 THEOCRITUS .
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Theocritus (of Syracuse). And smear his threshold — there my mind must be , As thereto bound ; but he cares not for me : And having smeared the door - way , spitting there , " the bones of Delphis thus I smear . " Then say , Him hither ...
Theocritus (of Syracuse). And smear his threshold — there my mind must be , As thereto bound ; but he cares not for me : And having smeared the door - way , spitting there , " the bones of Delphis thus I smear . " Then say , Him hither ...
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... mind ; " Some remedy for my sore sickness find ; I pine for , dote upon the Myndian youth , Am altogether his in very sooth ; At Timagetus ' school watch , bring him me , For there he visits — there he loves to be . And when you see him ...
... mind ; " Some remedy for my sore sickness find ; I pine for , dote upon the Myndian youth , Am altogether his in very sooth ; At Timagetus ' school watch , bring him me , For there he visits — there he loves to be . And when you see him ...
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... mind . I'll shut my door , till she on oath agree To make her sweet bed on this isle with me . Nor am I that unsightly one they say : For in the calm , smooth wave the other day I saw myself : and handsome was my beard , And bright ...
... mind . I'll shut my door , till she on oath agree To make her sweet bed on this isle with me . Nor am I that unsightly one they say : For in the calm , smooth wave the other day I saw myself : and handsome was my beard , And bright ...
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Adonis Ægon Alcmena Aphrodite Apollo apples Arethuse Argos BATTUS beauty bees Bion birds blest bloom breath bright bucolic bull called Chariclo CHLOE COMATAS CORYDON cowherd cruel Cyclops Cynisca Cypris DAPHNIS daughter dear Delphis didst Dionysus divine divinest Moon Dorian dost doth e'en eyes fair fear feed fleece flocks flowers Galatea goatherd goats goddess gods golden GORGO GRACE Greek grew my love grove hand hath hear heart Hercules herd hither draw Homer honour IDYL Iphicles Jove's kine king kiss LACON lamb lips lover Lycidas Lynceus magic wheel MENALCAS mighty MILON minstrel mortal Moschus mother mountain murmured Muses night numbered Nymphs o'er pastoral Peirithous pipe poet Pollux PRAXINOA Priapus Ptolemy Ptolemy Philadelphus Queen renown round sheep shepherd Sicilian sing sleep smiled song spring sweet sweetly Sybaris tears thee Theocritus Theseus thine thou thrice THYRSIS virgin wail weep Whence grew wild youth Zeus
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Page 393 - DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 335 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess, excellently bright! Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose: Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess, excellently bright! Lay thy bow of pearl apart, And thy crystal shining quiver: Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever; Thou that...
Page 346 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold; There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring...
Page 415 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 378 - Whisper'd it to the woods, and from their wings Flung rose, flung odours from the spicy shrub, Disporting, till the amorous bird of night Sung spousal, and bid haste the evening star, On his hill-top, to light the bridal lamp.
Page 330 - And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud; for he is a god: either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or, peradventure, he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 359 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Page 354 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 407 - Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 346 - Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold : There's not the smallest orb which thou behold'st But in his motion like an angel sings, Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins ; Such harmony is in immortal souls ; But whilst this muddy vesture of decay Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.