XXXIII. The Decan. ROLL on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll. When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknelled, uncoffined, and unknown. Byron. XXXIV. The Rainbow. My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky! So was it, when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So let it be, when I grow old, Or let me die. The child is father of the man, Wordsworth. XXXIII. ΘΑΛΑΣΣΑ. ΚΛΥΖΕΟ, κυανέη βαθυδινήεσσα θάλασσα, μυρίαι ἥν τ' ἄλλως νηῶν στίχες ἐκπερόωσιν. ἔφθαρται μὲν γαῖ ̓ ὑπ ̓ ὀλοῇσι φρεσὶν ἀνδρῶν, ἄνδρας δ' αἰγιαλὸς περί περ κρατέοντας ἐέργει. ὑγρῷ δ ̓ ἐν πεδίῳ εἴ τις φθόρος αἰνὸς ἐτύχθη, ἐκ σέθεν εὔχεται εἶναι· ἐφάνθη δ ̓ οὐδέ τι τέκμαρ ἀνδρῶν, ὅσσον ὄνειρος, ὀλέθρια ἔργα πυθέσθαι, πλὴν αὐτῶν τινὸς ὀλλυμένου, ὅς τ ̓ εἴκελος ὄμβρῳ σοῖς φάνη ἐν βένθεσσι μίνυνθά περ οὔ τι μάλα δήν, αἶψά τ' ἀνεβρόχθη, περὶ δ ̓ ἔστενε κῦμα χανόντα, οὐ τάφῳ οὐδὲ γόοισι κεκαδμένον οὐδὲ λέβητι. J. R. XXXIV. Frís. PECTUS exultat trepidum, videnti Hoc erat dudum puero, hoc viriles Fluxit in annos, Hoc seni detur precor, aut perire : Nam virum gignit puer; inde nostræ Mutua vellem pietate nexa Tempora vitæ. W. B. J. XXXV. Dirge in Cymbeline. To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear, And melting virgins own their love. No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their midnight crew: The female Fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew. The red-breast oft at evening hours To deck the ground where thou art laid. XXXV. En Tumulum Fidelis Nænia. QUA tua nunc gelida pallentia morte, Fidelis, Non poterunt querula stridentes voce per auras Hoc placidum manes sollicitare nemus ; Rustica sed pubes venient; timidusque pudicæ Virginis hic molli se vice prodet amor. Arida non Stygios audebit saga tumultus, Pectore de rubro cui nomen amabilis ales Sæpe pius tenuem vespere junget opem, Floribus ut lectis et cani vellere musci Conciliet tumulo quod licet ipse decus. When howling winds and beating rain The tender thought on thee shall dwell. Each lonely scene shall thee restore, Beloved, 'till life could charm no more ; And mourned, 'till pity's self be dead. Collins. XXXVI. Ex Anthologia. Ον γάμον, ἀλλ ̓ Αΐδαν ἐπινυμφίδιον Κλεαρίστα δέξατο, παρθενίας ἅμματα λυομένα. ἄρτι γὰρ ἑσπέριοι νύμφας ἐπὶ δικλίσιν ἄχευν λωτοί, καὶ θαλάμων ἐπλαταγεῦντο θύραι· ἠφος δ ̓ ὀλολυγμὸς ἀνέκραγεν, ἐν δ ̓ Ὑμέναιος σιγαθεὶς γοερὸν φθέγμα μεθαρμόσατο. αἱ δ' αὐταὶ καὶ φέγγος ἐδᾳδούχουν παρὰ παστῷ πεῦκαι, καὶ φθιμένα νέρθεν ἔφαινον ὁδόν. |