Kisses:: Being a Poetical Translation of the Basia of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius. With the Original Latin Text. To which is Prefixed, an Essay on His Life and Writings..Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812 - 184 pages |
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... seems to have been a life chiefly spent in improvement , yet by no means estranged to pleasure and the indulgence of the softer passions , let us now say something of his Works , which , for the satisfaction of those who may be any way ...
... seems to have been a life chiefly spent in improvement , yet by no means estranged to pleasure and the indulgence of the softer passions , let us now say something of his Works , which , for the satisfaction of those who may be any way ...
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... seems to be imitated from Tibullus : Hic choreæ , cantusque vigent , passimque vagantes Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves . Fert casiam non culta seges , totosque per agros Floret odoratis terra benigna rosis . Ilicjuvenum series ...
... seems to be imitated from Tibullus : Hic choreæ , cantusque vigent , passimque vagantes Dulce sonant tenui gutture carmen aves . Fert casiam non culta seges , totosque per agros Floret odoratis terra benigna rosis . Ilicjuvenum series ...
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... seems to have furnished Secundus with the thought : Κέρη τις μ ' εφίλησε ποθέσπερα χείλεσιν ὑγροις Νεκταρ την το φίλημα , το γαρ ςομα νεκταρος επνει . Νυν μεθυω το φιγημα , πολύν τον ερωία πεπωκως . Phillis the gay , in robe of beauty ...
... seems to have furnished Secundus with the thought : Κέρη τις μ ' εφίλησε ποθέσπερα χείλεσιν ὑγροις Νεκταρ την το φίλημα , το γαρ ςομα νεκταρος επνει . Νυν μεθυω το φιγημα , πολύν τον ερωία πεπωκως . Phillis the gay , in robe of beauty ...
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... seems to have paraphrased these thoughts with no small degree of merit : Et qu'en ces jeux nos langues fretillardes S'étreignent mollement ; Quand je te baise , un gracieux zéphire , Un petit vent moite et doux qui soupire , Va mon cœur ...
... seems to have paraphrased these thoughts with no small degree of merit : Et qu'en ces jeux nos langues fretillardes S'étreignent mollement ; Quand je te baise , un gracieux zéphire , Un petit vent moite et doux qui soupire , Va mon cœur ...
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... seems to have copied the following lines of Propertius : Solus amans novit , quando periturus , et à quâ Morte ; neque hic Boreæ flabra , neque arma timet . Jam licet et Stygia sedeat sub arundine remex , Cernat et infernæ tristia vela ...
... seems to have copied the following lines of Propertius : Solus amans novit , quando periturus , et à quâ Morte ; neque hic Boreæ flabra , neque arma timet . Jam licet et Stygia sedeat sub arundine remex , Cernat et infernæ tristia vela ...
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am'rous amorous arms bacio BAISER balmy bard basia BASIUM beauteous beauty beauty's Bishop of Utrecht blest bliss bloom blushing boards Bonefonius bosom breast breath Catullus charms cheek colla cùm Cupid Cypria darts dear delight dominæ DORAT doux Edition elegant EPIG equal this Olympus ev'ry Everardus eyes fair felix juvenis flow'r fond gale glow hæc happy pair happy swain heart hinc Hymettus illa Inque Joannes Secundus Jove joys kiss labellum labra labris lacertis Lesbia lèvres love's maid manu Mechelen meis mihi mistress Muretus ne'er Neæra neck nectar nectar'd Nicolaus nymph o'er thy Olympus strives oscula Ovid poem poet pow'r Propertius puella felix Quæ Qualia quàm quid quis quoque rapture rose semper show'rs Sicani sighs smiles soft soul suaviolum suspiria sweet tender Thaïs thee thine thou thro thy lips tibi Tibullus translated Tunc Venus vermil VIRG Virgil voluptuous wanton youth
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Page 152 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 124 - Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 4 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell: It fell upon a little western flower, Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, And maidens call it Love-in-idleness.
Page 48 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die; like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, consume...
Page 100 - LOve in her Sunny Eyes does basking play ; Love walks the pleasant Mazes of her Hair ; Love does on both her Lips for ever stray ; And sows and reaps a thousand kisses there.
Page 152 - Hide, oh, hide those hills of snow Which thy frozen bosom bears, On whose tops the pinks that grow, Are of those that April wears. But first set my poor heart free, Bound in those icy chains by thee.
Page 53 - Me gentle Delia beckons from the plain, Then, hid in shades, eludes her eager swain ; But feigns a laugh to see me search around, And by that laugh the willing fair is found.
Page 26 - L'aura serena che fra verdi fronde Mormorando a ferir nel volto viemme...
Page 38 - Her lips were red, and one was thin, Compar'd to that was next her chin (Some bee had stung it newly ;) But, Dick, her eyes so guard her face, I durst no more upon them gaze Than on the sun in July.
Page 66 - Furi, qui me ex versiculis meis putastis, quod sunt molliculi, parum pudicum. nam castum esse decet pium poetam ipsum, versiculos nihil necesse est; qui tunc denique habent salem ac leporem, si sunt molliculi ac parum pudici et quod pruriat incitare possunt, non dico pueris, sed his pilosis, qui duros nequeunt movere lumbos.