SPECIMENS

OF

GREEK AND LATIN VERSE.

R. CLAY, PRINTER, BREAD STREET HILL.

Mh. Haynes

SPECIMENS

OF

GREEK AND LATIN VERSE:

Chiefly Translations.

BY

CHARLES RANN KENNEDY.

LONDON:
HENRY G. BOHN, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1853.

CONTENTS.

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THE ISLES OF GREECE. . . . . . . .

2

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FROM MILTON'S PARADISE Lost, Book V. . . . . .

THE ROSE. . . . . . . . . . . . .

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FROM MILTON's Comus. . . . . . . . . . ..

- Milton's PARADISE Lost, Book VII. ....

SONG, BY MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . .

FROM AKENSIDE . . . . . . . . . . . .

Song , ' to. . . . . .

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SONG, BY MOORE. .......

FROM ROMEO AND JULIET . . . . . . . . .

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SONG, BY MOORE . . . . . . . . . . . . .

FROM HENRY VIII. . . . . . .

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PSALM CIV. . . . . . · · · · · · · · ·

FROM HENRY VIII. . . . . . . . . . . .

THE EDIPUS REX OF SOPHOCLES. ..

MACBETH . . . . . . . . . . . .

THE BACCHÆ OF EURIPIDES. . . .

MACBETH . . . . . . . . .

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- WORDSWORTH. · · · · · · · · · ·.•

- RICHARD III. . . . . . · · · · · · ::

- BYRON .......

PSALM CXXXVII. .....

FROM MOORE . . . . . . . .

- RICHARD III.....

PSALM C. . . . . . . . .

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FROM THE Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA. ...

92

FROM MILTON'S PARADISE LOST, Book VI. . ...

- MILTON'S Comus. . . .

TE DEUM ::····

ELYSIUM . . . . . . . . . .

FROM PETRARCH . .....

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.. 112, 114

- THE GERMAN OF UHLAND ........ 116

To CECILIA . . . . . . . . .

ITALIA ANTIQUA. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

124

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POLYPHEMUS AD GALATEAM ...

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TUNC VARIÆ VENERE ARTES, ETC. ...

135

TRAHIT SUA QUEMQUE VOLUPTAS . ....... 141

PUERILIA LUSIMUS OMNES . . . ..

145

AD PICTOREM . . .

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AN EPITAPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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MOVEAT CORNICULA RISUM .......... 153

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