Insulæ in Aegeo.

PLURIMA in Egeo nitet insula plurima ponto,
Qua Sapphus carmen, quaque furebat amor;
Unde artes pacis natæ et fera munia belli,
Surgebat Delos, Phoebus et ortus erat.
Ardet adhuc, flammis arsura perennibus, æstas;
Sed patrii vivit nil nisi solis honor.

Despiciunt alti montes Marathona patentem,
Et Marathon ponti despicit altus aquas;
Atque ibi dum tacita mecum meditarer in hora,
Græcia erat somnis libera facta meis.

Quippe ego, qui Persas premerem sub calce sepultos,
Servilis poteram conscius esse jugi?

Rex quidam, ut perhibent, saxosa in rupe sedebat ;
Oceani Salamis filia subter erat;

Innumeræ naves super æquora lata natabant,
Innumeræ gentes: omnia Regis opes.
Sole recensebat primo navesque virosque:
Quid tacito superest, sole cadente, freto?

B. H. D.

Pane egeo jam mellitis potiore placentis.

'TUNDE mihi dulcem, Pistor, mihi tunde farinam.'

Tunditur, O rapida tunditur illa manu.'

'Punge decenter acu, tituloque inscribe magistri ;

Sic mihi, Carolulo sic erit esca meo.'

F. II.

Green grow the Rushes O.

THERE'S nought but care on every han'
In every hour that passes 0;
What signifies the life of man,
If 'twere na for the lasses O?

Green grow the rushes 0:
Green grow the rushes 0:

The sweetest hours that e'er I spent,
Were spent among the lasses O.

The warly race may riches chase,
An' riches still may fly them O;
An' though at last they catch them fast,
Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O.

Green grow the rushes 0:
Green grow the rushes 0:

The sweetest hours that e'er I spent,
Were spent among the lasses O.

But gie me a canny hour at e'en,
My arms about my dearie O;
An' warly cares, an' warly men,
May a' gae tapsalteerie O.

Green grow the rushes 0:
Green grow the rushes 0:
The sweetest hours that e'er I spent,

Were spent among the lasses O.

Virent Junci.

PARTE de cuncta premit atra Cura,
Omnibus quæ prætereunt in horis ;
Vita quid fallax hominum valeret,
Vox puellarum nisi subveniret ?

Virent junci fluviales,

Junci prope lymphas :
Ah quam ridet, quæ me videt
Hora inter nymphas !

Qui velint, aurum cupiant petantque;
Adsit aut aurum fugiat petentes.
Quid preces vanas licet assequantur,
Corde si nunquam placido fruantur?

Virent junci fluviales,

Junci prope lymphas :

Ah quam ridet, quæ me videt
Hora inter nymphas !

Vespere in molli juvat assidentem
Me meæ amplexum dare colla circum:
At viri cum divitiis rapaces,

Et simul curæ pereant edaces!

Virent junci fluviales,

Junci prope lymphas :

Ah quam ridet, quæ me videt

Hora inter nymphas !

Gin you're sae douce ye sneer at this,
You're nought but senseless asses 0:
The wisest man the warl e'er saw,
He dearly loved the lasses O.

Green grow the rushes 0:
Green grow the rushes 0:

The sweetest hours that e'er I spent,
Were spent among the lasses 0.

Auld Nature swears the lovely dears
Her noblest work she classes 0;
Her 'prentice hand she tried on man,
And then she made the lasses O.

Green grow the rushes 0:
Green grow the rushes 0:

The sweetest hours that e'er I spent,
Were spent among the lasses O!

Burns.

Dick's Nose.

DICK cannot wipe his nostrils when he pleases,
His nose so long is, and his arm so short:
And never cries God bless me!' when he sneezes ;
He cannot hear so distant a report.

Greek Anthology.

Tollitis frontes mihi qui severas,
Jure vos stultum pecus audietis :
Summus in toto Sophus orbe bella
Arsit haud una tener in puella.

Virent junci fluviales,

Junci prope lymphas :
Ah quam ridet, quæ me videt
Hora inter nymphas !

Virgine exacta, sibi gratulata est
Artifex Natura, operique plaudit;
Quæ rudis Martem manus expedivit,
Doctior quanto Venerem expolivit!

Virent junci fluviales,

Junci prope lymphas :

Ah quam ridet, quæ me videt
Hora inter nymphas !

B.

De Paso Ricardi.

RICARDUS nescit madidas emungere nares,
Tam longo est naso, tam brevis a cubito:
Nec si sternutat, fausto siet omine!' clamat;
Tam longe amotos non capit aure sonos.

H. D.