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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... speak of the sons of Everardus , then , in the same order that they are spoken of in that treatise of the family pre- served by Scriverius , we begin with Petrus Nico- laïus . He was an ecclesiastic of the , order of Pre- montre , also ...
... speak of the sons of Everardus , then , in the same order that they are spoken of in that treatise of the family pre- served by Scriverius , we begin with Petrus Nico- laïus . He was an ecclesiastic of the , order of Pre- montre , also ...
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... speaks of him with rapture . To give our readers a general idea of the great estimation in which his poems were held , we shall insert the following critique , translated from a certain French writer , which , upon the whole , is the ...
... speaks of him with rapture . To give our readers a general idea of the great estimation in which his poems were held , we shall insert the following critique , translated from a certain French writer , which , upon the whole , is the ...
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... speaks thus of Attic bees : 1 Cecropias innatus apes amor urget habendi . VIRG . GEORG . IV . Most prone are Attic bees to honied toils . may also remark , that Hymettus is a mountain covered with thyme , near Athens , more particularly ...
... speaks thus of Attic bees : 1 Cecropias innatus apes amor urget habendi . VIRG . GEORG . IV . Most prone are Attic bees to honied toils . may also remark , that Hymettus is a mountain covered with thyme , near Athens , more particularly ...
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... Speaks thee descended of ætherial line ; Say , Goddess ! than that Goddess lovelier far Who roams o'er ocean in her pearly car ; Your kisses , boons celestial ! why withhold ? Or why by scanty numbers are they told ? Still you ne'er ...
... Speaks thee descended of ætherial line ; Say , Goddess ! than that Goddess lovelier far Who roams o'er ocean in her pearly car ; Your kisses , boons celestial ! why withhold ? Or why by scanty numbers are they told ? Still you ne'er ...
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... & c . ] Propertius speaks to the same purpose , thus : Rivalem possum non ego ferre Jovem . PROPERT . ELEG . XXXII . LIB . IT . What though ' twere Jove , no rival could I bear . So , thy golden smile , my fair ! Chases 40 BASIA .
... & c . ] Propertius speaks to the same purpose , thus : Rivalem possum non ego ferre Jovem . PROPERT . ELEG . XXXII . LIB . IT . What though ' twere Jove , no rival could I bear . So , thy golden smile , my fair ! Chases 40 BASIA .
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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.