He'll never meet A joy so sweet In all his noon of fame, As when first he sang to woman's ear His soul-felt flame; And at every close she blush'd to hear Oh, that hallow'd form is ne'er forgot Still it lingering haunts the greenest spot "Twas odour fled As soon as shed, "Twas morning's winged dream; 'Twas a light that ne'er can shine again On life's dull stream; Oh, 'twas light that ne'er can shine again On life's dull stream! ἀποφθίνοι, τὸ πρῶτον ἔγραψ ̓ ἔρως νεάζων, αὐγή τις ἢ τὸ νωθὲς ῥέος οὐ δύναιτ' ἂν αὖθις ἐπιφωτίσαι βίοιο. FROM AKENSIDE. Mind, mind alone, (bear witness earth and heaven,) Of beauteous and sublime: here, hand in hand, Celestial Venus with divinest airs Invites the soul to never-fading joy. Look then abroad through nature, to the range When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud And bade the father of his country hail; For lo! the tyrant prostrate in the dust, And Rome again is free. THE SAME TRANSLATED. Fons sacer est animus, (terram hanc et sydera testor,) D SONG. We met 'twas in a crowd, And I thought he would shun me; He came I could not breathe, For his eye was upon me: He spoke his words were cold, For his deep-toned voice falter'd. I wore my bridal robe, He called me by my name, Oh! thou hast been the cause Of this anguish, my mother. |