Sat noeten meniac sner, sonan, mad,
Ne no sue sonan: il ins Thus,

va summas netit arra

E: lat spatii aethers

Imnie latina: neutra, tamer mihi

(an, more niazidac consons, tan, pise Concordare videtu

Pac, evan, tuɛ naeris,

Vindicta.

Β. ̓Αλλ ̓ οὐδὲ τοῦτο τοπος, ὦ σκληρὸν κάρα,
λύει σε μὴ οὐχὶ λῆμ ̓ ἀθώπευτον κλύειν.
Σ. οὐ δεῖ με φωνεῖν πάντα σοὶ πρὸς ἡδονήν.
Β. ἔκτεινε γάρ τις εὐθέως ἃ μὴ φίλ ̓ ᾖ;
Σ. ἤχθηρε γάρ τις ταῦθ ̓ ἃ μὴ κτείνειν θέλει ;
Β. οὐ πᾶν γε νεῖκος εἰς ἅπαξ ἔχθραν φύει.
Σ. δὶς γὰρ σὺ πληγείης ἂν ἐξ ἔφεως ἑκών ;

T. C. B.

Primula Veris.

VAERIS cur tibi muneri

Sic anni dederim primitias novi,
Cur haec venerit ad tuum
Limen rore micans primula gemmeo?

Qvas dat delicias Amor,

Illas, crede mihi, fletibus irrigat.

Qvaeris cur ita palleat

Aegrescens viridi lumine flosculus ;

Culmo cur tenero nimis

Flectatur, neqve adhuc fractus humi cadat? Haec te, crede mihi, docent

Ut

spes inter Amor pendeat et metus.

Κ.

Hic Genus acre Virum.

Εἶτά τις οὐνομάτων πατρίων κλέος ἄμμι πατήσει,
καὶ θάνατος δαμάσει τὸν φίλον ἄμμιν ἔτην ;
οὔ, πρὶν Κορναβικῶν δὶς μυρίοι ἄνδρες ἀπ ̓ ἄντρων
γνῶσ ̓, εἴτ' οὖν ἀδίκως εἴτε καλῶς τάδ' ἔχει.

J. R.

Take, oh take those lips away.

JAKE, oh take those lips away,

That so sweetly were forsworn;
And those eyes, the break of day,
Lights that do mislead the morn :

But my kisses bring again,
Seals of love, but sealed in vain.

Hide, oh hide those hills of snow,
Which thy frozen bosom bears,
On whose tops the pinks that grow
Are of those that April wears:
But first set my poor heart free,
Bound in those icy chains by thee.

SUCKLING.

To the Redbreast.

NHEARD in summer's flaring ray,
Pour forth thy notes, sweet singer,
Wooing the stillness of the autumn day;
Bid it a moment linger,
Nor fly

Too soon from winter's scowling eye.

The blackbird's song at eventide,
And hers who gay ascends,
Filling the heavens far and wide,
Are sweet; but none so blends
As thine

With calm decay and peace divine.

CHRISTIAN YEAR.

Perfida, cara tamen.

UFER hinc procul ista tam dulce perfida labra: Aufer hinc oculos procul, solis instar oborti, Luce qvi poterunt sua mane ludere primum : At refer mihi basia heu signa non rata amoris. Conde pectore qvi super, conde sis, glaciali Vertices nivei tument, summa qvae iuga flores Educant roseos qvibus se coronat Aprilis : Haec tamen prius algidis solve corda catenis.

R. S.

Ὄρνιθα μελῳδόν.

QVAE muta sedes, sol ubi fervidis
Aestivum radiis occupat aera,*

Nunc, arguta volucris,

Nunc oro repares melos,

Autumniqve diem compositum tuo
Cantu detineas, ne celerem nimis
Torvae lumina brumae

Formidans rapiat fugam.

Sub noctem merulae suave sonant modi;
Nec non suave sonant illius illius,
Qvae summas petit auras
Et lati spatia aetheris

Implet laetitia: neutra tamen mihi
Tam morti placidae consona, tam piae
Concordare videtur

Paci qvam tua naenia.

Р

R. B.