Protinus eft oculis cognita noftra tuis? An, nifi legiffes auctoris nomina Sapphus, Hoc breve nefcires unde movetur opus? Forfitan et quare mea fint alterna requiras 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 Aetnaco non minor igne coquit. Nec mihi, difpofitis quae jungam carmina nervis, Proveniunt; vacuae carmina mentis opus. 5 IO SAPPHO то N. Ρ Η Α Ο Ν. prove, AY, lovely youth, that do'ft my heart command, Can Phaon's eyes forget his Sappho's hand? Muft then her name the wretched writer To thy remembrance loft, as to thy love? Ask not the cause that I new numbers chuse, 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. I burn, I burn, as when thro' ripen'd corn 5 By driving winds the spreading flames are born! 10 Phaon to Ætna's scorching fields retires, While I confume with more than Ætna's fires! No more my foul a charm in mufic finds, Mufic has charms alone for peaceful minds. Nec me Pyrrhiades Methymniadefve puellae, 15 O facies oculis infidiofa meis! 30 Sume fidem et pharetram; fies manifeftus Apollo: Ingenio formae damna rependo meae. 35 15 Soft scenes of folitude no more can please, 20 Ah youth ungrateful to a flame like mine! prize, Those heav'nly looks, and dear deluding eyes? Which Venus tunes, and all her loves inspire; 36 Sum brevis; at nomen, quod terras impleat omnes, Andromede, patriae fufca colore fuae: Nulla futura tua eft; nulla futura tua eft. 40 45 At me cum legeres, etiam formofa videbar; Cantabam, memini (meminerunt omnia amantes) Ofcula cantanti tu mihi rapta dabas. 50 Haec quoque laudabas; omnique a parte placebam, Crebraque mobilitas, aptaque verba joco. 60 Quique, ubi jam amborum fuerat confufa voluptas, Plurimus in laffo corpore languor erat. |