Matrimonial Jars. W. Husband, husband, cease your strife, H. One of two must still obey, Is it man or woman? say, W. If 'tis still the lordly word, I'll desert my sovereign lord; H. Sad will I be so bereft, Yet I'll try to make a shift, W. My poor heart then break it must, H. I will hope and trust in heaven, Strength to bear it will be given, W. Well, sir, from the silent dead Uxor et Maritus. U. Vir, vir, desine litium, Neu permitte vagis frena furoribus ; Non qvae serva forem, lex, puto, tradidit. M. Unus pareat alteri De binis opus est, Nannia, Nannia : Responde, mea lux, rectius obseqvi. U. Narras obseqvium mihi, Pareriqve tibi, ceu domino, iubes? Linqvo; tuqve adeo, servitium, vale. M. Tali coniugio carens Perqvam maestus ero, Nannia, Nannia; Sed qvod corrigere est nefas (Scis, uxor) levius fit patientia. U. Heu cor dissiliet malis; Extremiqve dies funeris ingruit: Qvom me tradideris humo, Qvi tum, dure silex, sensus erit tibi? M. Qvidni caelituos opem Poscam suppliciter, Nannia, Nannia? Mens sortisqve capax et tolerans mali. U. At tum terror ero tibi In lucem e tacitis reddita manibus: BURNS. Ever round your midnight bed H. I'll wed another, like my dear, Then all hell will fly for fear, To Phyllis. Phyllis, why should we delay Phyllis to this truth we owe All the love betwixt us two. Let not you and I inquire For the joys we now may prove, WALLER. At coetus lemurum tuis Nocturnus thalamis insidiabitur. M. Nobis altera nupserit Instar sponsa tui, Nannia, Nannia; Cum totis fugient agmina Tartaris. K. Carpe Diem. Qvid, mea Phylli, iuvat longos differre per annos Si licuisset enim vitam, qvod fata negarunt, Forma tamen veluti tenues fugit umbra per auras, Hinc, mea Phylli, oritur, si vis mihi credere, nostra Nobis scire nefas, nec iam, mea vita, rogemus, E. M. C. The Lee-Shore. Sleet, and hail, and thunder! Winds, that like a demon, From his humble dwelling From that weeping woman, From the frowning skies ; From the urchin pining For his father's knee ;— From the lattice shining, Drive him out to sea! Let broad leagues dissever HOOD. |