 And sooth'd by zephyr, blooms the lovely flower : Maids long to place it in their modest zone, And youths enraptured wish it for their own. But, from the stem once pluck'd, in dust it lies, Nor youth nor maid will then desire or prize. The virgin thus...  An Egyptian Princess - Page 234by Georg Ebers - 1870Full view - About this book
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - Rome - 1821 - 172 pages
...in their modest zone, And youths enraptured wish it for their own. But, from the stem once pluck'd, in dust it lies, Nor youth nor maid will then desire...attend, Nor loving maidens greet the maiden friend. Oh Hymen, hear ! Oh sacred Hymen, haste ; Come, god and guardian of the fond and chaste ! YOUTHS. As... | |
 | England - 1821 - 818 pages
...or prize. The virgin thus her blushing beauty rears. Loved by her kindred and her young coin peers; But, if her simple charm, her maiden grace. Is sullied...attend, Nor loving maidens greet the maiden friend. Oh Hymen, hear! Oh, sacred Hymen, haste; Come, god and guardian of the fond and chaste ! " YOITTHS.... | |
 | 1822 - 526 pages
...rears, Loved by her kindred and her young compeers ; But, if her simple charm, her maiden grace IB sullied by one spoiler's rude embrace, Adoring youths...attend, Nor loving maidens greet the maiden friend. * Specimens of Translations from the Classic Poets. 1814. VOL. XIX. NO. XXV1IJ. Y •: • Oh Hymen,... | |
 | Frances Clarinda A. Cox - Camisards - 1825 - 1212 pages
...beauty rears, Loved by her kindred, and her young compeers : But if her simple charm, her maiden's grace, Is sullied by one spoiler's rude embrace. Adoring...attend, Nor loving maidens greet the maiden friend. LAMH'S Catullus. WHILE the Baron de Courcy lived happy, respected, and beloved at the castle of Vallerargues,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1844 - 626 pages
...nor maiden then desire or prize. The virgin thus her blushing beauty rears, Loved by her kindred, aud her young compeers. But if her simple charm, her maiden...embrace, Adoring youths no more her steps attend, Nor lovin? girls salute the maiden friend. Oh Hymen, hear ! Oh sacred Hymen, haste, Come god and guardian... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - Periodicals - 1844 - 610 pages
...beauty rears, Loved by her kindred, and her young compeers. But if her simple charm, her maiden g race Is sullied by one spoiler's rude embrace. Adoring youths no more her steps attend, Nor loving girls salute the maiden friend. Oh Hymen, hear ! Ob sacred Hymen, haste, Cume god and guardian of the... | |
 | Georg Ebers - German fiction - 1880 - 1026 pages
...flower ; Maids long to place it in their modest zone, And youths enraptur'd wish it for their own. But from the stem once plucked, in dust it lies, Nor...haste ; Come, god and guardian of the fond and chaste !" And the second chorus returned answer in deeper voices and cheerful tones: "As in the naked field... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1822 - 636 pages
...zone, And youths enraptured wish it for their own. But, from the stem once pluck'd, in dust it lie*, Nor youth nor maid will then desire or prize. The...attend, Nor loving maidens greet the maiden friend. Oh Hymen, hear ! Oh sacred Hymen, haste ; Come, god and guardian of the fond and chaste! (Vol. II.... | |
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