Marmion. O WOMAN, in our hours of ease By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! Scott. ἀηδὼν μέλος οικτρὸν καλῶς σοὶ καταθρηνεῖ. λὸν οὕτω μεταναστᾶσ', εὐκέλαδον πάσῃ δοίης αρμονία χάριν. L. ἀντιστρ. Splendide Mendax. FEMINA, quæ, molles si quando carpimus horas, Quæ levior zephyro, tremulaque incertior umbra, H. J. T. D. Oft in the Stilly Night. OFT in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Of other days around me: The smiles, the tears, of boyhood's years, The eyes that shone, now dimmed and gone; When I remember all The friends so linked together, Like leaves in wintry weather; Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, whose garlands dead, Moore. The Tell-Tale. I WILL tell my own daddy, when he comes home, And a hole is torn in the baby's new coat. Gammer Gurton. Ad Absentes Amicos. SÆPE mihi, dum nox late silet, ante catena Quos ego, væ misero, vidi cecidisse superstes, Quam nuper festi perstrepuere chori; Qua lychni sine luce manent, sine odore corollæ ; Et, de convivis tot modo, solus ego! B. H. K. Sycophanta. OPTIMUS ille domum redeat pater, omnia dicam- H.D. 4 Auld Lang Syne. SHOULD auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min'? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu't the gowans fine; But we've wandered mony a weary foot Sin' auld lang syne. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn Frae mornin sun till dine; But seas between us braid hae roared Sin' auld lang syne. And here's a hand, my trusty fier, And gie's a hand o' thine; And we'll tak a right good willie waught, For auld lang syne. And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup, And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. |