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CHAR TER HOU SE

P R I ZE E X E R C I S E S .

. ON THE MORAL I TY OF THE HEATHEN

PHI L OSOPHERS .

HUMAN nature , says Addison, “ is a very deformed , ora very beautiful Obj ect, according to the different lights inwhich it is viewed . I f we consider it in its rude and un

cultivated state, and again regard it as improved by scienceand philosophy, it seems to bear little resemblance to itself.I t is not an unpleasing speculation to Observe it in the former Of these conditions, but it is farmore interesting to consider it in the latter : it is not unpleasing to mark the wildand irregular virtue s Of the savage , but it is far more interesting to mark the chain or concatenation Of virtu es whichdistinguishes the philosopher, and to contemplate that science which has procured for the world the small remainsof happiness which it enjoys . L ittle is that m an to be en

vied , to whom it would give no pleasure to study with Zenoto subdue his passions , to learn with Socrates to knowhimself, or

TO soar with Plato to th ’ empyrean sphere ,To the first go od , first perfe ct, and first fair.

Man , in the state of nature , is a wretched and degradeda f, B

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being . His good qualities are always in danger of degenerating into the vices upon which they border. Seduced byhis innate propensity to evil , misled by passions which hecannot conquer, and involved in ignorance , which he can~

not pierce , he is little superior to the beasts , that perish .

Destitute indeed must be the situation Of m an , until it isameliorated by philosophy ; and philosophy m ay be saidremotely to have originated from this destitute situation .

For the wants and necessities Of m an arouse him to invention : his restlessness and curiosity form the first rudiments Of knowledge . He at length beholds the beauties Ofnature with a wish to comprehend them ; he perceives hisdarkness with a desire to dispel it ; he imbibes new feelings and new hopes . His reason opens, and light dawnsupon it, and the sublimity Of truth finds an entrance intohis mind . I n the same manner as the pursuit Of happinessemploys the active energie s of m an , the search after truthengages his intellectual faculties . N either the one nor theother is altogether attainable by him ; but as the one principle is the spring of exertion and perseverance , the otheris the source Of science and philosophy . For what is philosophy , rightly considered , ,

but the love Of truth and realwisdom ? I n this sense it is Of al l studies the most delightful in its practice , and the most beneficial in its results . Moral phil osophy is certamly the most noble fieldin which the human intell ect can exert itsel f. N aturalphilosophy is well calculated to delight and to instruct , tofill us with more sublim e notions Of the Deity, and a morehumble opinion of ourselves . But ethics are Of more importan ce towards the regulation Of our lives ; and an in

quiry into them as much exceeds all other learning , as it isof more consequence to adjust the true nature Of right andwrong, than to compute the distance Of the planets , or cal

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culate the times of their circumvolution . Human nature ,says an excellent author, is the most useful Obj ect Of humanreason : and it was because he appl ied himself to thi s studythat the oracle declared Socrate s the wisest Of all men living .

“ Raphael ,"as Dr . Johnson remarks, “ in return to

Adam’s questions about the courses of the stars , and therevolutions Of the heaven , counsels him to withdraw hismind from idle speculations, and employ his faculties uponnearer and more interesting Obj ects , the survey Of his ownlife , the subjection Of his passions , the knowledge Of dutieswhich must daily be performed and detection Of dangers ,which must daily be incurred . Moral philosophy, amongthe ancients, was the chief method Of promoting virtue anddisseminating instruction ; it softened and shaded Off the

roughness Of their manners into urbanity and politeness ;it went hand in hand with the laws and civil government,and corrected the absurdities Of their religion . Moral phiI OSOPhy dispels the gloom Of human vanity and weakness,it brings with it civilization and order, and cal ls the scattered inhabitants Of the earth to society and friendship witheach other. Thus kingdoms and cities have been founded ,and the arts and elegancies Of life spring up and flourish .

Man, under the influence Of philosophy, assumes a newform ; he increases his powers of reason and conscience,his capacity for happiness , and his ardour for enterprise .

His ideas are enlarged and refined, his knowledge is extended and diversified, and his nature becomes more gentleand more amiable in proportion as it is more dignified .

Cicero, in the rapture Of his admiration , beautifully exclaims , “ 0 vitae philosophia dux ! O virtutum indagatrix ,

expultrixque vitiorum ! quid non modo nos , sed omnino

vita hominum sine te esse potuisset From these considerations , then, it appears , that nothing is more clearly

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proved from the history and progress Ofmankind , than thegeneral ut ility of philosophy, and particul arly Of that partof it which is distingui shed by the appellation Of ethics . I t

cannot, therefore , be an uninteresting specul ation , to examine this branch with attention , to discover who amongthe ancients were its founders , what are its excellencies,and what its defects . For this purpose it m ay be Of use ,without entering upon the theoretical Opinions Of the heathen philosophers , to give some account Of their practicalmaxims , as they regard the duty, happiness, and destination of m an , first touching upon the tenets Of the varioussects , as tak en separately, and afterwards deducing thegeneral character and bias Of their moral ity , as tak en to

gether.

I n the heathen ages , all nations were pregnan t with philosophers . They were perhaps more frequent in ancientt imes than in the present, nor is it wonderful , that, whentruth was less ascertained, there shoul d be more personsdesirous Of ascertaining it . Besides , times Of ignoranceand darkness natural ly afford the most ample space for thespeculations Of a daring mind : as ardent and enterprisingspirits find the greatest scope for their abilities in the dangers and revolutions Of states . Scythia has produced itsAnacharsis , China its Confucius, and Persia its Zoroaster.

I f we look back nearly three thousand years we behold philosophy in some degree Of advancement among the Chaldeans , the Phoenicians , and the I ndians . I t is true thattheirmorality consisted rather in desultory maxims , than ina regular and settled code , that their learning was imbuedw ith error, and their religion tinctured with superstition andidolatry . But it is true al so , that when the task was eu

trusted to them Of forming plans for the regulation of their

countrym en, their systems were in many points agreeable

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to reason , nature , and experience . Zoroaster and his followers were worshipers Of the sun ; but they considered itrather as the emblem Of the Deity , than the Deity himself,and perhaps human reason might naturally induce mankindto pay their adorations to that pervading light which sees ,embellishes, and gives light to all . I t is not necessary tosearch into the philosophy of these ancient sages, nor would.

the labour of any person be repaid, who should examine themaxims Of Sanchoniathon , or the Gymnosophists . For thesame reason we m ay pass over the tenets Of the Egyptians ,an d come at once to the more perfect and systematic moral ity Of the Greeks . The enlightened ages of Greece have ;without controversy, given birth to wiser m oralists and more.virtuous men than any , or than all other nations, in theheathen world . There learning was encouraged and ad

vanced ; the arts and sciences were honoured and rewardedand even the Sophists treated with regard and reverence .The seven sages are instances of the high state of literaturein Greece at that early period .

Thal es and Pythagoras were the two great founders Ofthe Grecian philosophy, the one Of the I onian , the other Ofthe I talian school . The Greeks in general seem to haveborrowed as much from the Egyptian s , as the Roman s fromthem . I t was customary among them to travel in variouscountries for the attainment Of knowledge , and particul arlyin Egypt . From this source Thales and Pythagoras derivedmany Of their theories and maxims ; hence al so arose manyof their errors and superstitions . Hence Thales was en

abled to predict an eclipse of the sun, and hence , or fromthe solitary retreats Of the Brahmins, Pythagoras transferredhis doctrine Of the transmigration of the soul . There aresome celebrated replies of Thales , which it m ay not be improper to insert, as they will both serve to give some idea


of his morality, and to show with what precision the sagesof that aera used to satisfy the questions that were proposedto them .

“What is the most beautiful ?”—“ The universe ,

for it is the work‘

Of God .

” “What is the most capacious ?”

Space , for it contains all . “ The most powerful P”“ N ecessity, for it triumphs over all “The most difficult ?—

“ TO know one’ s self.

” “ The most easy —“ TO give

advice .” “What is necessary to be virtuous ? —“ To do

nothing which we blame in others . “What is necessaryto be happy ?”—

“ A sound body, an easy fortune , an en

lightened understanding, and a pious mind .

”N othing is

more celebrated than the name Of Pythagoras , nothing lessknown than the incidents Of his life . I t appears that hewas for some time a pupil Of Thal e s, and that from his travels in Egypt and Upper Asia , he Obtained some knowl edge Of the sciences, which were cultivated in those places .The profound mysteries Of the Egyptian priests , the longmeditations Of the Oriental sages, Offered as many attract ions to his ardent imagination, as the severe regimen theyhad embraced held out to his intrepid character . Pythago

ras is distinguished not onl y by the doctrine Of the m etem l

psychosis , but by the new system of education , whi ch heintroduced at Crotona . Thi s system was in many respectsexcellent, and his own conduct was exemplary for prudence , and tem perance, and sanctity. He wished to render the minds Of youth capable Of truth, by rendering themindependent of the senses .Upon the death Of Thales and Pythagoras , both the I Onian and I talian schools produced some great natural andmetaphysical philosophers , but ethics seem much to havedegenerated in them until the time of Socrates . Socrateshimself, in the early part Of his life studied cosmogony andthe properties Of matter, and attended to the discourses of

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th e Sophists , who descanted upon every subject Ofmoralityand policy, without explaining or enlightening any . Butfinding that the further be advanced in this career, the morehe was involved in doubt, he afterwards devoted himself toethics , and turned the stream Of useless philosophy to itsformer and more advantageous channel . He m ay indeedbe cal led the father Of the Grecian moral ity, as he not onl yfreed it from the incumbrances with which it had been clogged, but placed it upon a sure and steady basis . Socratesperfectly understood the various duties Of m an , and the relation in which he stands towards his God and his fellowcreatures ; and his system Of ethics , as it is to be foundin the works Of Plato and Xenophon, approaches as nearto perfection as it was possible for a heathen to have madeit . He left no compositions Of his own , but a hymn inhonour of Apollo , and some fables of fESOp , which he putinto verse while he was in prison ; but the purity Of his lifeand conversation is a finer lesson Ofmorality than any thingwhich he could have written . The philosophers who livedafter him might almost have made the complaint Of Alexander, that nothing was left for them to do .

After this short account of Thales , Pythagoras , and SOcrates , it may not be improper to mention those sects whichowe their origin to them , and which, as they were educatedin their principles , and formed by their example, broughtthe philosophical morality of the ancients to its highestpitch . The principal Of these were the Academy, the Peripateti cs , the Sto ics , and the Epicureans . There werethree schools , which took the title OfAcademy ; the first ofwhi ch was founded by Plato . This great and wise m an

was versed in every branch Of practical as well as speenlative philosophy . The groundwork Of his system was laidby Socrates and Pythagoras , and he raised upon it a beauti

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ful superstructure Of his own . His theory, with regard tothe formation Of m an , was partly chimerical and partly sublime . According to the Platonic system , the universe wascreated from Chaos by a superior and independent being,who was the author Of all good . The soul was an ema

nation from the Deity, pre-existent before the body, andself-existent after its dissolution . The passions were thesources of every species Of evil . By their extermination ,however, and by the practice Of equity and virtue , the natureOf m an coul d attain to happiness and perfection . Plato laysit down as a principle, that whatever befal ls a jus t m an ,

whether poverty , or sickness, Or any Of. those incidents whichappear to be evils , — shal l either in life or death contributeto his advantage . Of all the systems of the various sectsthe Platonic has the noblest conceptions Of the Deity, andthe finest precepts Of morality . Arcesilaus and Carneades ,the founders of the second and third Academies , trod inthe steps of Plato , and differed little from his precepts .Aristotle , the founder Of the Peripatetic school, is knownrather as a natural than moral philosopher . I ndeed as a

disciple of Plato he m ay be said not to have invented anynew system -

of ethics , but rather to have tem pered the sublime and rapturous mysteries Of his master with order,method , and a stricter mode Of reasoning . He howeverformed and adhered to some peculiar doctrines . The opinions of the Peripatetics on theologi cal subj ects were vagueand contradictory : they considered the chief excellence ofman to consist in the right use Of his reason . Aristotlewished rather to moderate the passions than to extinguishthem , as he conceived them necessary to repel injuries andgive energy an d life to virtue . The sect of the Stoics tookits origin from Zeno . This school Of philosophy is tincturedwith a shade Of melancholy and austerity , from the dispo .

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sitiou and habits of its founder. Zeno , who , as well asAristotle , was educated in the principles OfPlatonism , chieflydiffered from his master in the comparative estimate ofthings , allowing nothing to be intrinsically good but virtu e ,nothing intrinsically bad but vice , and considering al l otherthings in themselves neutral . His character was gloomyand almost unamiable he looked down with contempt uponthe pleasures Of the world, and wished to extirpate all sens ibility from the mind Of m an . The Stoic was taught toview with indifference heal th or sickness , riches or poverty ,pain or pleasure , and to suffer no external circumstances todi sturb the sereni ty Of his mind . The S toics even deniedpain to be an evil , and maintained , that the wise man m ay

be happy in the midst of torture , because virtue itself ishappiness . Zeno acknowledged but one God , the soul and

governor Of the universe . There was a great similarity insome points between the S toics and the I ndian Gymnosophists : both evinced much fortitude and intrepidi ty, andthe strong est disgust for every species Of amusement, and

certainly no Stoic would have thought the death of Calanusa disgrace to their sect .The doc trines of the Epicureans were in every respect

opposite to those Of the Stoics . Epicurus recommendedthe indul gence of harmless gratification , and reprobated thatforbidding morality , which would deprive m an Of those delights, forwhich nature seems pecul iarly to have fitted him ,

and whi ch soften the bitterness of life . With regard to thesupreme being and the passions , he had the same ideas asAristotle . I t has been allowed by the most inveterate enemies Of Epicurus , by those persons who have stated hisprinciples to have been erroneous and even bad, that thereneverwas a man more gentle and humane , more beloved byhis

.friends or more cordially attached to them in affectionate

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esteem . The truth is, that the tenets Of Epicurus werepure and rational in their ori ginal state, but they were soonvitiated among his disciples : the gratifications Of sensewere substituted for the enjoyments Of the mind, and themodesty and sobriety of Epicurus were disgraced by theli centiousness Of the persons who professed themselves hispupils . This vitiated system was rapidly disseminatedthrough the world, and particularly at Rome . Fabricius,indeed , when he heard Of it, entreated the gods that all theenemies Of the republic might become its votaries , but thiswas the last effort Of virtue . The chief men Of the cityrendered it fashionable by their examme , the poets beautified it by the smoothness Of the ir numbers , and the degeneracy Of the age confirmed it in its preval ence . Marksof it are everywhere to be found in the writings Of L ucret ius and Horace .Besides the four schools whi ch have been mentioned,there was another in Greece , of which the followers weredenominated Cynics . This sect Of philosophers (if indeedthey can be cal led philosophers)was distinguished rather byasperity than wisdom, and celebrated rather for their hatredofmankind than their love Of virtue . The Cynics despisedweal th and honours, but their magnanimity seems Often tohave proceeded from vanity and ostentation . They railedagainst the follies of the world without endeavouring to reform them , and could not resist the allurements Of vice withmore resolution than other men , without having the sametemptations to indulge in them . We may conclude thisnotice Of the different sects by their vari ous Opinions on thesupreme good . The Academician made it consist in withdrawing from material and external Objects, and in the attainm ent Of mental excellence ; the Peripatetic, in the dueexercise of the moral and intellectual faculties the S toic , in

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sentiments of the Grecian sage s . Seneca is the only Romanphilosopher who can lay claim to original ity Of excellence ,but he is suspected Of having taken many Ofhisprecepts fromthe Chri stian code .

’ From a retrospection upon the various denominations Ofphilosophers, three Corollaries m ay be drawn 1 st , That theheathen m orality

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attained its highest excellence in Greece .2dly ,

That the Socratic or Platonic system of ethics was themost perfect . 3dly , That there was not so much real difference in the ir systems, as the first view might lead us toimagine . For although in their specul ative doctri nes theymaintained opposite Opinions , in their practical m orality theywere generally agreed . I ndeed all the civiliz ed nations Of theworld concur in the great points Of right and wrong . MO

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ral ity is that science which regards the conduct and happinessof m an ; and as hum an nature is nearly al ike in all countries ,the manner of regulating it will al so be similar. The samerules of action were Observed , the sam e end was kept in viewby Plato or Aristotle, Zeno or Epicurus , Dem ocritu s orHeraclitus . I t will not therefore be difficult to discover thegeneral tenour and character Of the heathen System Of ethics,and to m ark some Of the precepts of it which were commonto all its founders .I n examining the morality Of former ages , the first pointwhich presents itself is their religious sentiments and habits .For without religion , what is moral ity ? on what foundationcan it stand ? or by what principles can it be guided ? Thereligion Of the heathen philosophers m ay be considered under two general heads . The first comprehends what theybelieved , the latter what they practised . On the former Ofthese heads , their notions were vague and various , and thelonger they were employed in reflecting upon it, the morethey were involved in doubt . I t is wellknown that one Of

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their philosophers , on being asked what God was , desired aday for meditation ; but when the que stion was repeated onthe morrow, he required two days , and continued doublingthe tim e , until he confessed that the point was too difficult for the intellect and comprehension of m an . Protago

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and a few others denied the existence Of a God , and theEpicureans seem to have '

m ade him an inactive and sedentarybeing who saw whatever was passing in the world withabsolute unconcern , almost a cypher in the great account .”

N othing however is more certain , than that the greater partOf the philosophers were di sgusted with the monstrous system Of polythe ism, which then prevailed in Greece , arid hadsome imperfect idea Of a superior and independent being,whom itwas the chief duty ofmankind to love and reverence .This being was represented as the framer of the universe ,the grand source of life and light , and the origin of everything great, beautiful , or des irable . Their reason fully convinced them that a sovere ign being could be no other thana sovereign good . Plato gives us a sublime description Of

the Deity, when he says that truth is h is body, and lighthis shadow ; but many of the attributes which he , and the

most virtuous Of the ph ilosophers have given him , are ratherfanciful than true . N or is it wonderful , that the heathensshould have no distinct notions of the De ity for (to mak euse Of an Old but beautiful remark) is not man finite ? is notGod infiniteP— how shall the finite comprehend the infinite ?I t was the Opinion of Mr. Dryden , that all the religious

knowledge which has ever been in the world was extractedfrom revelation .

“We have not,” said he

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“ lifted ourselvesup to God by the weak pinions Of human reason

, but he hasbeen pleased to descend to us ; and what Socrates said Of

him , what Plato wrote , and the rest of t he phil osophers Ofvarious nations, is all no more than the twilight Of revelation

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after the sun Of it was set in the race Of N oah . The mostpart Of the ancient sages , as they could not reduce theirOpinions to any definite shape , rather chose to acqui escepublicly in the established religion of their country, thandisturb it with theories, which did not entirely satisfy theirown minds . Socrates denied, at his trial , that he hadwished to estrange the youth of Athens from their gods ,and at his death ordered hi s disciples to make the customarysacrifice of a cock to E sculapius . The nature Of the soulwas understood by the philosophers as little , or even less ,than that Of the Deity . Some denied its immaterial ity , an d

its existence in a state of separation from the body ; othersconsidered it as a part Of the Deity, which returned to himupon the death of the person in which it had resided . Butof their various Opinions, that Of Pythagoras is the mostremarkable . Pythagoras believed that the soul was not an~

nihil ated together with the body, butwas immediately tran sferred to some other person or animal , and continued itstransm igrations until itwas absorbed in the parent substance .

Errat, e t il linc

Huc venit, h inc illuc, e t quoslibet occupat artus

Spiritus eque feris hum ana in corpora transit,

I uque feras noster.

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He declared himself to have been Euphorbus in the Trojanwar, and many other characters before his soul animated theson OfMnesarchus . This notion , chimerical as it must now

appear , was very general ly rece ived in the heathen world .

The doctrine Of the metempsychosis reached even into Gaul ,as appears from the following passage Of Caesar : “ Druidae

in primis hoc volunt persuadere , non in terire animas , sed abal iis post mortem transire ad alios, metu mortis neglecto .

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Socrates and Plato , however, wi th many Of the phil oso

phers of Rome , conceived the human soul to be immortal ,

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and capable Of full happiness and perfection in a future state .

Cicero says on this subject, “ nescio quomodo inhaeret inm entibus, quasi saeculorum quoddam augurium futurorum ,

idque in summis ingeniis , altissimisque animis, et existit

maxime, et apparet facillim e . But after all , this convictionhad not sufficient force to become with them a principle Ofaction : it was rather an Object Of hope than certainty , ratherexpected as probable , than pronounced as real . Thus Cyrusis represented by Xenophon as saying to his sons, “ I knownot how to persuade myself, that the soul lives in this mortal body, and ceases to be when it expires I am rather inclined to think that it acquires after death more penetrationand more purity .

”Socrates says to his judges ; “

and nowwe are going, I to suffer death , and you to the affairs Oflife ; God only knows which is the best ; no mortal can

discover. Cicero, speaking on thi s momentous question,thus expresses hims elf : “ I do not pretend to say, that whatI affirm is as infallible as the Pythian oracle I only speakfrom conjecture . The philosophers too had no certainknowledge Of rewards and punishments hereafter, althoughin all civilized countries such an idea is preval ent . Epicurusgives it as his Opinion , that m an has nothing to hope or fearbeyond the grave . Socrates speaks doubtfully ; but Platogives a more decided judgement in favour of their reality .

He conceived that the happiness of the good would be anearer approximation and union with the divine nature , andthat the punishment of the wicked woul d consist in theirretaining, after death , al l the vicious habits and propensities ,which they had indul ged in life , without any Oppo rtunity ofexercising the one or gratifying the other. Cicero al so denonnees against Catiline and his associates eternal punish .

ments both when living and when dead . With respect tothe second or practical part of their religion, the heathen


philosophers are seen in a most conspicuous light . Erro »

neous an d confined as were their notions of the Deity, theywere sensible that some religion was necessary, and theyadored their imaginary God with sincerity and z eal . Manyof their prayers are fraught with fervent and rational piety.Two only need be mentioned, which S ocrate s recommendedto Alcibiades , and which give a true idea Of the spirit,which breathed in them in general . The one is ; Oh God,

give us al l good things, though we neglect to ask them ;

remove from us all evil things, though we should desire andpray for them .

”I n the other they requested the favour of

the Gods, as long as they were virtuous .The next point worthy Of consideration is their conducttowards mankind . I t m ay be remarked in the first placethat they were strict Observers Of the laws of their country :they were sensible that it was better to conform to institut ions , whi ch they coul d not al together approve , than , by a

rash and violent Opposition , to destroy that reverence forthem , which is their best and only support . Socrates hasfully exemplified this maxim by refusing to escape from theprison , in which mal evolence and injustice had confined him .

The philosophers considered it praise-worthy to die for theircountry, and we find Socrates fighting with energy and

valour agains t the enemies Of Athens, and saving the livesOf Alcibiades and Xenophon . They were likewise very instrum ental in promoting the education Of youth . Withoutmentioning the story Of Xenocrate s and Polem on , we m ay

Observe , that Socrates at Athens , and Pythagoras at Crotona ,

made a beneficial change in the moral s of the inhabitants .SO great was the influence of the Samian sage , that thewomen of the latter place , moved by the sweetness Of hiseloquence , and the gravity of his character, made a volumtary consecration Of their ornaments in the temples Of the

HEATHE N PH I L OSOPHE RS . l 7

Gods . The philosopher among his pupils was as a father inhis family, conducting them to wisdom and piety, studiousof their happiness , forming their reason by his precepts ,and training them by his example to be good legislators ,good subjects, and good men . The philosophers knew it tobe necessary to instil good principles early into the mind ,both to fit it for the impression Of virtue , and to close it

against the entrance Of vice . Justice , Of all the virtues ,seems to have been the one , which they most valued and

cultivated, as they considered it the most useful am ongmankind, and that, which most nearly al lies us to the divinenature . Ama too t

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ycp re A67 9) re .

” They weresupporters Of order and regularity, benevolence and charity,and were eminently capable Of bearing insul ts and forgivinginjuries . Phocion, who was no less a philosopher than a

soldier, has afforded a noble instance of this kind Of magnanim ity ; for when asked before his death if he had any adviceto give his son, Tell him ,

” said he, to forget the injustice and ingratitude Of the Athenians . I t was the ir wishto eradi cate revenge and anger from the human breas t, andto restore in the world that harmony and peace , which suffer so many shocks from th e vulgar, the ambitious , and theproud . All the reciprocal and endearing duties Of life , suchas the ties Of relation, friendship , citizenship , and all thelinks Of that vast chain , which connects m an to m an ,

wereperfectly understood and Observed by them . I ndeed, however we view the morality Of the heathen philosophers

, as

it related to the hum an species , we must allow that theirprecepts were excellent, and that their practice did not disgrace them .

We proceed to consider in the third place the morality Ofthe heathens, as it respected themselves . The great point,at which they laboured, was the government Of the passions .

1 8 ON THE MORA L I TY OF THE

This was a subject well worthy their attention, as the passions are the chief sources either Of vice and misery, or ofvirtue and happiness in the world . On thi s subject the philOSOphers had some difference Of Opinion, as the Platonistand Stoic desired their entire suppression , the Peripateticand Epicurean wished them rather to be moderated an d circumscribed . The latter notion is perhaps the more reas onable, as the passions are in som e degree necessary to thesupport of virtue , or, as the expression is to be found in oneof our own poets, the passions are the elements Of life .”

As without the benefit of tempestuous winds both air and

ocean would corrupt and stagnate, so without the benefit Ofthe passions, such virtue , as is merely the effect of thosepas sions , would be an insipid calm , an apathy which contracts the disposition, and deadens the facul ties . The pas

sions m ay also be compared to the elephan ts in an armywhile they can be well managed and directed, they are useful and conducive to the victory, and it is only when theycan no longer be restrained that they are destructive to theforces, whi ch employ them . But on the other hand, as ne

gative virtue is preferable to actual v ice , the calmness andinsensibility Of the Stoic is far preferable to the ungovernable passions and appetites Of the mul titude . The ancientphilosophers were enemies to luxury and excess, and possessed the greatest love for temperance and sobri ety . I t

has been justly attributed to this cause , that Plato was notinfected with the plague , which , while he was residing atA thens , carried Off so many Of the Athenians . The longevity to which they almost al l attained is a convincing proof Oftheir regularity and abstemiousness . For “ if we compare thelife of a philosopher with that of any other man, they seemto be of a different species . The latter is a prey to a horrid

catalogue of diseases , which equally debilitate the mind and


20 ON T HE MORA L I TY OF THE

awak ened . Socrates , in his speech before his judges, reasons as foll ows : “ Death must be one Of two things ; it musteither be a total extinction Of all sensation, or a passage fromthis world to a better . I f it is the former of these things,if it is a perpetual sleep, an undisturbed tran quillity, yegods , what pleasure it is to die ! who can be happier thanmyself ? But if the latter Of these Opinions is true , if deathis a migration to those blissful seats , which the pious andthe just inhabit, if it is a conveyance to those regions , whereth e heroes, the sages, and the poets Of former ages , live for

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ever, my lot is still more enviable , my happiness is still morecomplete .” I n the last place it is worthy Of Observation ,that

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the morality Of the heathens was not onl y theoretical ,but practical, and that the persons who professed it , haveafforded many m stances of wisdom and virtue . I n

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Socrates,

not to mention many others , were incorporated almost allthe qualities whi ch could adorn a person born under the ‘influence of a better religion . The early part Of his life wasemployed in eradicating his evil propensities , which werepeculiarly strong , and in cultivating his own tal ents , that hemight be more fit for the instruction Of others . This wasafterwards the favourite occupation Of his life , and in hisdeath there appears something more than the philosopher .I n his last moments he showed himself superior to all theenvy and calumny which had aspersed him ; he discussedhis usual topics with his usual spirit and fascination ; heconsoled his friends with kindness , and even pleasantry ; andif be shed a tear himself, it was a sympathy with the slavewho presented him the poison .

Having thus considered the general morality Of the heathens

, as it related to the '

gods , the human species , and

themselves , it m ay be proper to mention some of the m iscel

laneous precepts which cannot be reduced to any of these

E EAT E EN PH I L OSOPHERS . 21

heads . As virtue , in the general acceptation of the word.was the chief Object Of their desires , they had innumerablemaxims to Show the beauty and loveliness Of it, and recom

mend it before the possession Of all temporal advantages .The S toics went so far as to maintain that none but a vir

tuons m an could be hands ome, none but a virtuous m an

could attain any excellence in person and mind . Anotherremarkable Opinion of the Stoics on the subj ect Of virtuewas , that all transgressions from it were equally culpable , or,to use the illustration Of Cicero , that if a man passed thebounds of virtue , it mattered not how far he went beyondthem . There is nothing which the heathen morality morefrequently or more strongly condemns , than idleness or insignificant pursuits . Besides the memorable apophthegmof Socrates , there were many others di spersed through all

the treatises, which the philosophers have written. I t

follows of,

course that nothing was more earnestly recommended than industry and the acquisition Of knowledge .N othing was thought so high as to be above the compre fhension Of a philosopher, nothing so low as to be unworthyhis attention . But Of al l the branches Of science , the mostuseful and necessary was considered to be self-examination ,or self-knowledge . Pythagoras enjoined his disciple s neverto take their rest at night, before they had reviewed theoccurrences and actions Of the day ; and m Bt

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although originally the maxim Of Thales , was admi ttedto the system of every sect . NO persons were greater econom ists Of time , or had more regular plans for filling it w ithadvantage . The wi se m an in the heathen morality was thehappiest Of mortals ; he al one was enviable ; he alone wasfree . All other persons were the slaves of their passions , orOf pleasure , or Of ambition ; but he enjoyed a liberty withinhimself, over which external circumstances had no power.

All of the philosophers, who believed in a future state, de


clared, that our happiness in this world consists in'

the

suppression Of our desires, in the next world in the gratification of them .

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yw ra 966 V . Protagoras , and the Atheistical philosophers , held that thoughtwas only sense , an d that every imagination of every m an

was true . I I do'a (pa r/ ra d io, ea'r ly dhnflfys . Carneades on thecontrary, and many other philosophers , adopted an universalsuspension Of belief, and contended that nothing in this lifecan by possibili ty be certain . Because Socrates doubtedsome thing s, they doubted all : Every thing,

” said they,is uncertain ; we are not sure Of our own existence ; thedistinction between just and unjust, virtue and vice , is fanciful , and has no foundation in the nature Of things .

” Theancient sages thought some attention necessary not only tothe mind but the body .

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I n ev ery thing there was to be moderation, p érpov 5’

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ipw rov . Habits Of reverence and Obedience towards parents ,rul ers , and superiors in every respect, were much inculcatedby the philosophers , while any opposition to their wil l metwith just censure and rebuke . I t has been given as a re

mark Of Plato , that man had two ears and one mouth, tosignify, that we ought to listen much , and speak little . Pythagoras also is well known to have imposed upon his disciples a silence Of five years during their nov iciate , thatthey might imbibe early principles Of fidelity, and be ao

customed AO‘

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” Discretion or prudencewas considered not only as one of the highest Of the virtues ,but that , in which all the others were comprised . Thereis an excellent maxim attributed to Pythagoras , which is ,Choose that kind Of life which is the best ; for custom will


make it the most pleasant . Every man , according to theancient morality, was to keep his end continually in viewthe Old man was to remember, that he had not long to live ; theyoung m an was to remember, that he must one day becomeold ; Mép vnoo r'eos (Dy , (be y épwz

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er were.

”Solon , and

many of the philosophers , thought, that no man could beesteemed happy , until death had put its seal to his happiness .This indeed is a sentiment, that pervades the writings of allthe Greek sages , poets , and dramatic writers . I n short, thecompositions of several Of the heathen philosophers , suchas the institutes of Pythagoras , and the works Of Plato ,Xenophon, Epictetus, and Cicero , are fraught with valuablemaxims, or rather contain rul es Of conduct for every situation Of life . They had various and almost universal knowledge , and had no Rosicrucian principles to prevent theircommunicating it . I t has been said of Euripide s , that everyline was a precept ; and it m ay be said Of the philosophers ,that they had precepts for every thing . I t must thereforebe impracticable to collect the ir apophthegms, and , evenwere this not the case , it would be impossible to transplantthem without weak ening or deforming them .

The last thing, which was proposed in examining theheathen moral ity, was to point out those defects in it whichare most Obvious and striking . N othing is more necessary ,than to di scover wherein any system of phil osophy, thoughgreat in some respects , was weak and faulty in others . Forwant Of thi s caution , we are Often so dazzled with its generallustre , as to confound its beauties with its blemishes, andlook even upon the faul ty parts with an eye Of admiration .

The heathen morality certainly possessed defects , as was

natural ly to be expected from a variety Of circumstances .The disadvantages under which the philosophers labouredwith respect to their religion , as they are blemishes in

24 ON THE MORA L I TY OF T HE

themselves, so are they the causes of many others . Anotherreason for the imperfection of the ancient morality was , thatthe founders Of it were exposed to the ridicule and hatredOf their contemporaries . Socrates, it is well known , was

made the mark of public derision in the theatre . I n couse

quence Of this Odium , the philosophers were compelled toinculcate some Of their precepts with little energy, and

perhaps to omit others entirely. A third reason is, thepeculiar diffi culty Of the study Of morality . I n all othersciences, the understanding is unchecked and uncontrolledby any Opposite principle

But when our own great work is once begun,

What reason weaves by passion is undone .

”

The incomparable N ewton , al though he penetrated so farbeyond others in to the works Of God , fell short in the knowledge Of his own nature . L ocke has indeed given it as hisopinion , that moral ity is as capable Of demonstration as m a

thematics ; but it is not human reason which can demonstrate it , or form a complete model of perfect truth .

The first and most radical defect in the heathen morality ,is its being raised on principles , which are not self-evident ,and very Often hardly so much as true . I t is an observationOf L ocke , that “ it is not unusual to see men rest theiropinions on foundations t hat have no more certainty andso lidity, than the propositions which are raised upon them ,

and embraced for their sak e .

” Thus the ancient moralistsgrounded their Opinions upon fal se notions of the Deity, andtoo high an idea Of human reason, and were consequentlybewildered with doubts and lost in

l

incongruities . With re

spect, however, to their high opinion Of human reason , itm ay be objected, that Socrates and Arcesilaus confessedthat the summit Of m an’ s knowledge , was to be sensible .

that he knew nothing . Even allowing this statement to be


true , it is to be feared that they gave this as their Opinionwith more affectation than sincerity . Besides , Plato declaresin his Republic, that man by a proper exertion Of his facul ~

ties; and suppres'

sion of his passions, can without doubtattain to perfection in wisdom, virtue , and happiness . Hehas described in that work a species Of being which can

exist onl y in imagination , and in no country, and under no

government in‘ the world . The second defect which may

be mentioned is, that their Opinions are a composition oftruth and error . Many Of the most sublime speculations inthe heathen moralists are polluted with idl e superstitions ,and end in extravagant conclusions . There was not a single

philosopherwho did not adopt some absurdity or other, andcommunicate it to his disciples . Thus one

‘

thought the sOula vapour, which passed from one body to another, expiatirigin the form of a beast, the sins whi ch were committed inthat Of a man ; and never touched the flesh Of an animal,for fear Of eating any thing in which a human soul hadresided : one thought the world a prodigious bOdy, Of whichGod

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was the soul ; and another recommended virtue, lessfor the sake of virtue

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than Of pleasure . There was s omedegree of pri de and self-sufficiency in the philosophers, andmuch pedantry and affectation in their ethics , which constitu te

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a third defect . We read Of no persons in historymore arrogant

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and presumptuous than the ancient Sophistsof Greece , who pretended to answer every question, solveevery doubt,

’

and explain every difficul ty in every science .Socrates , it must be owned , was very successful in exploding thi s absurd vanity, but in the sages after him much ofthe Old spirit

'

seems to have revived . They accustomedthemselves for instance to argue

'

on both sides Of any question ; a practice which Carneades employed to astonish and

perplex the Roman Senate . “ The enthusiastic virtue of

26 ON THE MORA L I TY O F THE

the Stoics pretended to an exemption from the sensibilitiesof unenlightened mortals , and to be above the reach Of thosemiseries which embitter life to the rest of the world . Theytherefore removed pain , poverty, loss of fri ends, exile, andviolent death from the catalogue Of evils , and forbad e themto be counted any more among the Objects of terror andanxiety, orto give any disturban ce to the tranquillity Of thewise man .

” Posidonius, when tortured by a violent distemper, cried out, that let

'

pain'

harass him to the utmost,he woul d never consider it but

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as indifferent and neutral .

”

All however had not stubbornness to hold out against theirsenses for a weaker pupil Of Zeno is recorded to have confessed in the anguish of an acute disorder, that he now foundpain to be an evil . Addison remarks, that the contemptOf pleasure is a certain preparative for the contempt of pain ,and that i t is necessary to attain and exercise both ; but certainlymuch regard is not due to a sect of philosophers, whodivested themselves Of humanity, in order to acquire tranquill ity Of mind, and eradicated the very principles Of action ,because i t is possible that they m ay produce ill effects .N othing can show greater vanity and less sense than to denythose things to be good or bad, which the natural sense ofmankind must know and feel to be such . N or can the Stoicsbe reckoned among the teachers of patience; for

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as they denied pain to be an evil, they asserted by immication that allrules for bearing it are nugatory and superfluous . Butsuch inconsistencies,” says Johnson, are to be expectedfrom the greatest understandings , when they endeavour to

grow eminent by singulari ty, and employ their strength inestablishing opinions contrary to nature . I t is not quitecertain whether all the philosophers can be acquitted Of

hypocrisy perhaps, too, their contempt for riches and

pleasure was not always so great as they pretended , and as



and ingratitude which it disp lays towards the Deity. The.

defects Of the heathen morality will appear in a more conspicuous light if we contrast it with our own system . Byour own system, is not meant that modern philosophy whichis now in vogue, and which, far from enlightening or reforming the world, seeks to darken and corrupt it . Modernphilosophy has no real title to its name ; and as the ancientwas a star to guide the traveller in safety through thejourney Of life , the modem is a meteor, which dance s delusively before him and leads him to a precipice . Ratherle t the heathen system be compared with that code, whichfollowed and fulfil led the Mosaic . Our fortune is peculiarlyenviable , in having a code Of such purity and perfection asto become a standard by which al l others may be tried. I f

our own system and the heathen moral ity agree, we may becertain that both are right ; if there is any difference between them, we must be sensible where the deficiency exists .I n some points, the Pagan and Chri stian ethics undoubtedlyagree . Both recommend a meek and humble character before a popular and ambitious one both enjoin us to extinguish the irascible passions, to exercise self-denial andtemperance ; to bear afflictions without murmuring, and tode spise death . But how infinitely more excellent is thelatter ! I n truth the two systems . will no . more endure a

comparison, than the characters of the founders will bear aparal lel . Socrates was but the best of the heathens ;

' Jesuswas more than that imaginary just man whom Plato ’s ardentimagination has formed , as covered withall the ignominy ofcrime , but deserving al l the rewards of virtue . Socrates hasput into precepts the lessons which others had before praetised ; Jesus produced his system in the midst of ignoranceand superstition . I t has been said of Socrates , that hebrought down philosophy from heaven, but Jesus did so in

HEATHEN PH I L O SOPHERS . 29

real ity ; what was said of the one'

metaphorically, may beapplied to the other literally ; The death of Socrates wasunmerited, but tranquil ; the death of Jesus was painful andignominious the one was attended by his friends, the othe rwas encircled by his enemies Socrates consoled the slave,who pitied him ; Jesus prayed for the persecutors , who reviled him . Truly,

” cries even a modernthe life and death of Socrates were those of a sage, the-l ifeand . death of Jesus are those of a God .

”T he system of

S ocrates teaches us not to commit sin ; the system of Jesusnot to think of it : the one teaches us to love our friends ; theother to bless our enemies : the one not to revenge an injury ;the other not to resist it : the one to exercise virtue from thelove of virtue; the other to practise it from the love Of God .

The one , in the time Of trouble and at the hour of death,Offers us the suggestions of reason; the other holds forththe consolations Of religion . The one moral ity could impartno certain knowledge Of ’ the duty, the obligations , and theduration of man ; the other accounts for them all by thedoctrine of the fall of man , and the consequent wreck ofhumanity . The one had notascertained beyond a doubt theimmortality of the soul , or a future state Of rewards andpunishments , but leaves these important points undecidedand obscure the other removes every difficulty, and putsan end to all suspens e . The principles of the one are notcomprised in any one body of truth, but are dispersed in thecompositions of different persons the other is contained ina single volume, and prese rves perfect symmetry both in thewhole , and in all its parts . What was most rational in thePagan philosophy was obscured by fancies and dreams ; theChristian code has nothing fal se , nothing mean , nothingchimerical it is light without darkness , wisdom withouterror, loveliness without stain . The precepts of the one are


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Often abstruse, complicated, and difficult the maxims of theEo ther are plain, easy, and concise : the precepts Of the one'

are neat and ingenious ; the maxims of the other are grandand affecting.

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Thé diction of the one is elegant and ornam erited ; the style of

‘the other is simple and sublim ! Thet reatises of the philosophers enlighten the understanding ;the writingS

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Of the evangelis ts speak to the heart ; in short,the ‘

one f schem e of moral ity has some beauties and someblemishes ; the other is absolute purity and perfection : theone islas the heavens with some clouds overshadowing it ;the other is as the sun without a spot resting upon it.

' To'sum up al l in a word, the one is human, the other is divine .Three thing s .may be learnt zby

’

a comp’

arison between thetwo

’

moralities.

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shows in the first place in what pointsthe heathen b ode was deficient ; it demonstrates in theSecond, not . onl y what it was, but what it ought to havebeen ; it proves in the third place, that the principles contain ed in the Scriptures formnot merely the best scheme'

Of religion in the world, but the finest system of moral 'philosophy . :

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I t is as much superior to the heathen system, as

St . Paul excelled his Opponents in eloquence and wisdom,

when he poured forth the thunder of his rhetoric amidst anaudience of Pagan philosophers . What have Zeno, Epicurus} Pythagoras , and Socrates, —what have the Porch, theAcademy, and the L yceum, to Offer or to promise equal tothe Gosp el ?

As a human institution, the morality of the heathens deserves much commendation ; but it m ay reasonably bedoubted Whether a strict adherence to any of their systemscould have made a truly good man . Their virtue was rathernegative than positive , rather passive than active, and therewas some indolence and want of energy in it . A truly goodman must have less hcence and more austerity than an Epi

HEATHE N PH I L OSOPHE RS . 3 1

cureau ; less affectation and more sensibil ity than a Stoic ;less singularity and more gentleness than a Cynic ; less presumption and more piety than a Peripatetic less self-deceitand more modesty

i

than a Platonist.Having thus gone through the vari ous branches of

' theancient system Of ethics, and the subj ects connected withit, al l that now remains is to make ' some fewconclusionsfrom what has been advanced, and to give the sum Of it ina few words . The ancient moral ity , then , contains manyadm irable precepts ; there is more in it to approve than tocondemn ; much to pity, but little to despise . I ts chief excellence lies in the government of the passions, and its fourcardinal virtues are prudence , temperance, justice, and fortitude . The philosophers themselves have confirmed theirprecepts by their examples, and given many noble instancesof every species of virtue . As patri ots we must admirethem, for they loved their country ; as inferior beings wemust adm ire them , for they honoured the supreme beingas men we must admire them , for they improved the condi tion Of m an . Their m orahty , however, had some defects,as was natural ly to be expected from a variety of causes .

But if the beauties are weighed with the blemishes, thelatter will fly upwards in the balance . From the contem

plation of the ancient philosophy the following corollarymay be deduced . Human ingenuity can attain to almostev erything by perseverance in useful study and meditation ;it may soar to the heavens ; it m ay explore the deep ; itmay pierce the hidden mysteries of science ; it may evenObtain no inconsiderable ins ight into its own nature . Butas human reason is not infallible, so neither can any systemwhich is formed upon it be totally free from error and deformity. The heathen philosophy, therefore, is a strong argument for the utility Of revelation . For if, after the greatest

32 MORA L I TY OF THE HEATHE N PH I L OSOPHERS .

efforts Of hum an reason , after the longest contemplation,and most

,

mature reflection,

of man , there still remainedmany deficiencies to be supplied, many vacancies to be filled,there was clearly a necessity for some divine teacher, whomight come into the world with more sublim e conceptions .

and more perfect wisdom : there was a necessity for somefaul tless moralist, who might separate the dross from everyformer system, and refin e the ore , who might introduceinto the world a new scheme, not only of religion, but ofethics and enlighten the intellectual darkness by the steadyrays of truth .

JAMES SHER GOL D BOONE, 1 81 4 .

N I L U S.

S erm s r Aonios fontes , aut dulcia PimplaeMurmura , vel latices Aganippidos

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Hippocrenes,

Foverunt Musae, Sacri cecinere Poetas :Scihcet auratam volvit Pactolus arenamEt sudat molles electri in margine guttasFluviorum rex Eridanus : te , scil icet, orbisPars major, fluvii majore , Columbia, lapsuI rrorant ; te quippe rigant undantia PlataeAgmina ; quippe tuis ingens in finibus urguetOrellana vias ; et praecipitis N iagarasL ittora longa fremunt, dum sidera verberat humor,Datque impacatum rupi de rupe sonorem .

Esto : ego lymphatam rapior dulcedine mentem,

N aiadas N ili Nymphas , septemflua N iliOstia, et occulta fusos ab origine rivosConcelebrans . I lle arva beat longinqua tumendo ,

I lle papyriferas herboso tramite ripas ,E gypti decus omne , salus sitientibus I ndis ,Solamen pecudum , gratus pas toribus amnis .

Aurea libertas animi, vivata voluptasPhantas ies, blandi genitrix in corde tumul tus,Ad m ea vota veni ! Tecum per opaca viarumI t vates ; tecum palanti lumine terras,Aeraque , et glaucam complectitur Amphitri ten,

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34 N I L US .

Elysias valles, Acherusiaque ostia Ditis.

Ergo Threicii duris nunc cotibus HaemiFertur, Odoratae nunc inter thura SabaeaeAut Gangen bib it, aut pertentat frigora CauriSub terris qua parte L aresf odere GeloniAut lucos subit I dalios, aut Thessala Tempe ;Visit Oloriferi ridentia prata Caystri,Arvaque Panchaeos spirantia semper Odores .Me, D ea, quaerentem N ili recludere fontesPone sub Assoae nemora ; et qua gurgite primoMuscosos inter decurrunt flumina olivos :Pone supercilio riparum , undasque loquaces ~

Propter, ubi E thiopes mul to hbamine N ilum,

Et multis pioti coluerunt ritibus I ndi .

Jamque per anfractus curvos gelidasque latebrasI re mihi videor : dignus viret am ne recessus ;Apparent nudae propius magalia gentis,Et Sacalas om an t Paestana. rosaria val les .Hic

, grandaeve pater, _

Garamas tibi rusticus

Fecit, et indigeti fontiS' data victima Divo

Purpureo nascens infuscat sanguine flumen .

Hinc ducit latices triplici de fonte salubresN ilus, et infantes volvit per gramma lapsus ;

34. The Nile rises in the p lain of Assoa and on the east, says Mr.

Bruce, the ground ascends with a very gentle slope from the large vil

lage of Sacala, which gives its nam e to the territory .

43. The first fountain of the Nile is artificial, and around it is a trenchfirm ly built Of sods brought from the sides, and kept in constant repair

by the Agows, who worship the river,and perform their religious cerem onies upon this as an altar.

— B ruce.

44. Thousands of cattle have been offered and stil l are offered, to theSpirit supposed to reside at the source — Guthrie.


36 N I L US .

Sic inter ripas et-floriferas conval lesI gnotam rapit amnisa quam : non incola N ili ,N on,

Meroe, quos'

tu y idisti docta Platones,N on dux Pellaeus (dem ens quo ter

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npore fastus

Duxit ad Ammonis L ibyci Garamantica templa)N on Caesar, soboles Veneris ,

non ipse SesostrisI nvenit, cursus quae sit natura, vel undeI ndeprensa trahat longo vestigia lapsu.

Scilicet at tempus venit , ,cum missus ab oris

Hesperiis, fontes Sapieri s aspexit’

apricos,

I ntim aque occulti pandit mysteria N ili .His animadversis, cceli quo sidere N ilus

Exit, sollennesque movet qua: causa tumores ,Expediam . Cum rubra premit Sol brachia Cancri ,N ecnon Erigonen transit, Chelasque sequentes,L abitur efi’usi limosa licentia N ili .Haud equidem credo , quod Etesia flabrafluentumI mpediunt , ingensque simul s

congestus arenas :

Haud credo, q uod aquas I sis tum efecit, ademptumI nsatiabiliter deflens per sosela m aritum .

Verum ubi Sol I ndis adversa luce coruscansTorrida solstitia invexit, legimue vaporesUndique ; tum praeceps coelo ruit agmen aquarum ,

92. 93. Vide L ucret. l . 6. v. 7 1 2.

94. 95. Vide Plut. de I sid. e t Osirid.

96. I n April, all the rivers in Amhara, Begemder, and L asta, are firstdiscoloured , and then, . beginning to swe l l with the constant rains, jointhe N ile in the several parts Of its course nearest them : the river then ,from the height of its angle of inclination, forces itself through the sta

t ,

nant lake withou t m ixing with it. I n the beginning of May, hundredsof stream s pour them selves from Gojam , Maitsha, Dam ot and Dembaza

into the lake Tzana, which had becom e low by intense evaporation, but

now fi l ls insensibly and contributes a large quantity of water to the

Nile — Bruce. 7

N I L US . 37

Rumpit inexhaustis sese de nubibus humor ;Flum inaque aeriis circum turgentia mas sisI n N ilum genitorem omni se gurgite volvunt .

Adde tot fEthiopumpenitus de m ontibus al tisTabifico solis resolutas lumine ningues ;Rivos

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GOj am r, rrvos nigrantis Ambaree,Caeruleos T zanae fluctus, et murmura L astaa,Dembaeaeque lacus largissim a dona ferentes .

Actnm est : huc illuc extenditur amnis abundans

Et jam cum grege dum ivago petit ardua pastor,L ympha

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i cernit largos al bescere tractus ,Et m ersos m iratur agros et non sua prataEt jam terra latet ; quippe arvis incola N ilusI ncubat , et vasto nite t unda similhma ponto .

Et si non alium daret ori lympha saporem ,

Si non stagnanti N ilo minor afforet aestus,Pontus erat : tantum in spatium diffunditur aequor,Tam late campi sese em isere liquentes .

Ast exstant inter liquidam castella paludem,

Sylvarum que apices , positaeque in collibus urbes .N on aliter surgunt in N eptrm o n eo

Cyclades ; aut nocturna Pharos stat littore curvoClarior, et gratam nautae de vertice lu cemD ejicit : ille truces detorquet lampade navemPer scopulos, tutoqu e tenet portum auchora morso .

Ergo rite sui N ilo dicuntur honores .N am cum prima tum et , tenuesque canal ibus undasI ns inuat per agros ; Pharii tum flumine longoPurpureos spargunt flores ; fu sisque capillis,

Aut cincti

t oseis ridentia tempora vittis,

1 07. A t the height of th e flood nothing is to be seen in the plains ofthe L ower Egypt, but the tops of forests and fruit-trees ; their ,

towns

and vi llages being built on em inences natural or artificial .— Guthrie.

38 N I L US .

Dant incompositos in molli margine motusTum nigras mactant pecudes, tum carmina dicunt,Tum N ilo dant vota ; Deus , Deus ill

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e videtur,

Et septemgeminos a coelo do cere rivos .Et merito infelix , si N ilo, n ypte, carebis,

S emper eris : semper pinguissim a proxima N ilo ..Sic nocte incerta liquido nans aere nubesAdversus si forte vagetur cornua lunae,Apparet pars ill a modis pellucida mirisProxima : m ox anceps dubio cum lumine certatCaligo : tegitur nigris extrema tenebris .

Quin totum perhibent aestivo munere DeltaExstruxisse luti N ilum ; 11am stare paludisI lluviem , m ollisque soli concrescere crustas .Paullatim terrae collecto corpore pondusConstitit ; atque dedit magh is fundamina M us

U rbibu s ; et laeta risit Ptolema’

is arena .

At quondam N ilus sese piger extul it alveo ,Flumina languidi ora trabens ; curvoque m anebat

L ittore : jam flammis ardescit perdita tellus ;Pulvereique globi , tempestatesque volantesI nvolvunt convexa ; neque his toleranda diebusVis Phoebea venit, neque habent sua fri gora noctes.

Tempore non alio terra optat nubila ; et errans

1 29. When the river is at its proper height, the inhabitants ce lebratea kind ofjubilee , with al l sorts of festivity — Guthrie.

1 3 1 . The Agows and original Egyp tians cal l the Nile “ EverlastingGod,

”L ight of the World,” Eye of the World ,” “ God of Peace,

their Saviour,” and “ Father of the hum an race .

”— Bruce.

1 40. I thas been said by som e that the who le land on yp thasb een pro

duced by the quantity ofm ud which the N ile brings with it from E thiopiathat such was the formation of the De lta

,is affirm ed by M. Volney.

1 5 1 . At this tim e the air is inflamed, the sky sparkling, and the heatinsupportab le. Volney.

N rL U S . 39

Bucula nequicquam captavit naribus imbrem ,

Aariaeque grues coelum aspexere serenum .

N onne vides ? tristis deserti flamina cladem

Usque movent : agros implent balatibus agniL uctisonis : nimio cedunt armenta cal ori ,Et duplicem sensere necem fervore fam eque .

N onne vides ? tosta fruge s m oriuntur arista,Horreaque E gypto messes Romana dederunt .

Quinetiam plures justo si assurgit in ulnasN ilus , fert similem violentia lata ruinam .

Contemplator enim decursus inter aqua'

i

Fragm ina sylvarum , atque insano vortice raptasPas torum pecorumque domos ; pontesque valentes ,Turrigerasque urbes passas contagia lymphae .

Contemplator aquae rabiem , vastataqu e circOmnia, et in latis armenta natantia rivis,Objectaque vias prohibentem mole colonumPraeterea, e putri limo satus , asper asilusFloribus insidit ; perque a

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c'

ris interval lumObscuram jam jamqu e trahi mirabere nubem ,

Culta venenato vastantem tristia m orsu .

Esto cur tumidi verbis incommoda N iliProsequar ? aut viridi fusum crocodilon in ulva,Et praesaga viatori suspiriamortis ?Quid ? quod ah t N ilus , necnon Gangetides undas,Monstrum imma

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ne , ferox ; patiens cui pellis aquarum ,

Crura bovis , dentes apri ; cui maxima terga ;Et juba luxurians cervice recumbit equina.

1 55; When the winds arise which the natives cal l “ poisonous winds,or the “hot winds of the Desert,” they are of such extreme heat andaridity , that no animated body can withstand their fatal influence.

Guthrie.

1 60. Vide Plin. Sec. in Panegyr.

1 77.

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Hippopotam i are num erous in the Nile, but are not seen beyondthe cataract ofMata — Guthrie.

40 N I L US .

Tal e quidem strato nonnunquam flumina tnm'

co

I ma colit ; ceu Th ebarum sub m oenibus altisEfl

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ossas habitant integra cadavera terras ;N onnunquam , opposita durae formidine costae,Evertitqu e ratem, et m ortal ia corpora passimD isjicit : ill a modis lympham pulsantia mul tisN equicquam dant vota, secundoque amne feruntur.

Cur veren strepitus loquar impendentis AlataeHorrisonos ? cur praecipitis fremitus Catadupas,Et jacta late albescens aspergine coal-um ?Cur loquar, ut penitu s spumans exaestuat humor,I nsanasque inter scopulos intervom it undasFluminaque adversus currentia flum ina currunt ?

Heu nullae adsunt deliciae m ortal ibus aegris

Munere concessae Divfim , u i flore sub ipsoSerpat amari aliquid ; ni vexet spina legentem .

Quod fit, me curse imm emores obitusque propinquiHum anae nim ium vitae raptemur amore .

Quod superest , tandem coepit decedere N ilusEt molli

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retrahit redeuntia flumina lapsu

I n grem ium ; nam per centum noctesque diesque

I ntumuit , totidemque suo se condidit alveo .

Continuo properant anni spem credere terraeN iligenae et nigros felici ul igine limiAgricola incurvo campos m olitur aratro .N ec mora : triticei foetus , et lze ta virescuntGramina : per coelum volvit se fluctus odorum ;

1 88. The great cataract of A lata, Mr. Bruce te lls us, was the m ost

magnificent sight he ever beheld. The river fe ll in one sheet of waterwithout any interval , above half an English m ile in breadth .1 89. Vide Cic . Somn. Seip . c. 5.

206. After the Nile has re tired, nothing can be more charm ing thanthe face which Egypt presents in rising corn, vegetab les, and verdure of

all sorts. Oranges, lem ons, and fruits perfum e th e air : grapes, fig'

s, and

palm-trees, ofwhich wine is made, are here plentiful .— Guthrie.

N I L US .

Et qua jam celabat agros incursus aquai'

,

L uxuries illic segetum, pomaria , flores,

Magnaque ab exiguo surgit tritura labore .Arboreae veniunt frondes , et flumina lateCurva tenent ; lacteus ficus, generosaque vitis ,Palmaque I dum aeis Bacchi dant pocula ramis .Aspice ! quot magnum stipant animalia N ilumQuot summa gaudent in aqua colludere piscesQuot volucres largos humeris infundere rores,Mox auras petere, et splendere natantibus alisEcce ! vagae al cyones, et amantes littora mergiEcce sibi indulgent fulicas ; notosque PenatesI bis inaccessa circumvolat ardua penna.

Bos etiam in ripis pallentes ruminat herbasEt fessus grex haurit aquas : stun t cespite vivoMiranturque suas vacoas sub gurgite formas ,Aut levi speculo credentes mollia membraI mm ensum desiderium sensere bibendi .

Adde tot in thalamo N ili miracula rerum ;Venas argenti , venas non secius auriCrystalli radios, pendentia pumice tecta,

Tritonasque cavis spirantes carmina conchis .Haudquaquam ergo hyemis Phariis in val libus horretT empestas quoniam posses tum florea rura,Tum fortunati messes spectare Canopi .Haudquaquam ergo sestas , ubi jam Gangisque vel I ndiNonnullam opposito partem sol detrahit sestu ,Epotusque fugit rad iis ardentibus hum or ;Aut N ilum coquit , aut campos indurat hiulcos .

Felicem E gypmm primas ibi Grascia lucesSumit : ibi stringit reges ad lora S esostris,

230. 236. Vide Claudian. Ep. de Nilo.

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42 N I L US .

Victoresque duos dulci Cleopatra catenaI mplicat, et roseae mollis violentia formae .Felicem E gyptum non illi fatanegaruntS erta coloratae gremium pingentia terrae.

I lla sui s pollens Opibus, nihil indiga coeli,Floret : non illo liquidis fient littore guttisI mbres perpetui, nec roris gemm eus humorAt Phoebi usque jubar, semperque innubilus aerEmicat , et large difl’uso lumine ridet .

Quapropter serus Phariis decedit in oris,Et vespertina accendit Sol lumina taeda,Frigidiora quidem ; at radiis p

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otiora diei .I llio non adsunt dubiae confinia noctis ;At fulgens polus, et tellus, et caerulus aer,

Puniceosque super viridi s bibit unda colores .N ox ruit interea : placidusque extenditur infraOceanus N ili ; placidumque et pensile supraCoelum marmor erat, lunae si lampas abesset ,S ideraque immensos circumvolventia gyros .Ergo importunae carpeus oblivia curae

Pasto ; rubi longae crescunt in coll ibus umbrae ;Summaque purpure is figens Sol oscula labrisN ili virgineum suffuderit ore ruborem ;

Aut ubi per lympham lunae spatiatur imago ,Undae dat tremul am tacitum a lampade lucem ,

I psa repercutitur tremul a non secius unda ;Tum pastor picto fertur per rura phaselo ,

Et ducit remos illio ubi nuper araratSeu Memphis nitet inter aquas , monum entaque regum ,

Vanaque Pyram idum surgens ad sidera moles,Et L abyrinthaei fulgens fallacia tecti .

243. 247. Vide Claudian . Ep. de Nilo.

265. Vide Virg. Georg. 4. 288.


X E R X E S .

Zeus ro : xoha orfis rd m dwepxdwwv c’

iya v

o vnp é rmv é'

7rsarw , ei i vos fiapé s.

JEscn. Pea s.

HEL L ABA belligeris quae vastavere catervis,

Et quae Cecropias inimico funditus arcesProstravere igni, dum gens invicta manehat,Bella cano . I nnum eras frustra Vir Persicus olimFudi t in Europeu adverso a littore turbas ,Nequicquam currus celeres, et dira paravitArma, ferasque equitum turmas , m initatus AchivisExitium immotis, quos bello v ivida virtusAd mortem patriae pro libertate vocavit .Alma Jovis soboles ! adsis mihi, Phoebe, volentiDicere quae strages Stygium detrusit ad Orcum

Crudeles Persas , quaeque ipse miserrima in bostemFunera misisti, tua qui penetralia jussitI mpius, et flamm is incendi Delphica templa .

Et vos O Musae seu nunc Aganippidos undas ,U t quondam , curare juvat, seu lata tenetisJam Pindi nem ora, atque Helicon queis cingitur, umbras ,S ive ex antiquadepul sae sede , quietaHospitium colitis regione benignius orbis ,Omnis adeste cohors ! vestras namque agmina vallesPierias violare truci sunt ausa tumultu ,

Arvaque crudeli natalia perdere ferro .

X E RX E S .

Sed ne tantus amor stragis, tot inulta manerentCrimina, neve viros parvo rexisse Sorores,Atque viderentur parvo Di numine terras ,Nulli , qui Medo comitem se junxerat , arvaKursus amoena datum et , patrios neque adire Penates,Vix fugere e tantfi. potuit Rex ipse ruinii .Jam ferns E gypti dul ces devicerat armis

Foecundae Xerxes agros, Thebasque rebellesJunxerat im perio , numeroso milite fretus :Nunc petere Europen bello et nova regna volebat .

Sed non jam belli studium , neque gloria pugnacSola m ovet stimul os, irae saevique doloresR ursus in arma vocant , atque altamente repostaeSardes incensas, magnaeque injuria Matris ,Et strages Marathonis atrox , quae sanguine rivosMedo contiguos, atque Attica tinxerat arvaHis Rex accensus, parat agmen ducere in orasEx AsiaArgolicas vas tum , quod sumere posnasT erribil es possit , namque hic vult stultus Achivos

(Quod voluit frustragenitor) contundere bello .

N unc jubet armari classes, simul inclyta navesI nstruit aeratas Tyrus , et S idonia tellus ,Et portus Cilicum , Cythereiaque insula Cyprus .Et ne forte rates jactent comm ota procellis

E quora, vel laceret rupes occulta carinas ,Scinditur altus Athos ; mons terrae ubi jungi tur isthmoVicinae, magno maria inter bina laboreI ncipit hic aperire viam , qua navita possit

Evitare hyem es, tutamque impellere navem .

Agm ina vere novo misit sua quisque parataPrinceps, et bellum Reges iniere , PelasgasCru delem laturi ignem , stragemque per urbes .I nclyta qui tenuit Thebarum regna, cohortes

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46 xnaxns .

Duxit terrificas , numerum que E gyptia MemphisAddidit ingentem ; incessit Babylonia linquensMoenia Rex tandem, variae sine fine secutaeArma viri campos complerunt undique gentes .I pse sedens curru Xerxes, quo pul

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crior alterN on fuit, egregio superavit corpore turbam .

Et molle aux ilio venit cum curribus agmenL ydorum multis, et qua di tissimusR umpitur umbroso Pactolus fonte , daturusGaudia per vall es ; tu catervam

Si qua fata hosti posses celerare , dedisti .Jam Phrygiae implentur late crudelibus agri

Agminibus, turmaeque equitum ,

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peditumque cohortesL ittora longa premunt , auditur buccina voceRauca viros stimul ans, nunc exercere videnturUndique se juvenes, juvat arva patentia circumFlectere equos curru , et fraenis domitare lupatis .

Umbones poliunt al ii , recoquuntque secures .Praelia qua quondam fortis commisit AchillesHectoret I domeneus , et tot certam ina T eucnVidere impavidi , turbis nunc arva replentur

Foemineis , Tyriisque ornatis vestibus auro .

Jusserat insanum Princ'eps supe‘

r Hellespontum

Molirique viam , et tuto conjungere terraeThreiciae servos Asiatica littora ponteSed tempestates, pulsique ex aequore ventisObruerant undis pontem spum an tibus aestus .Hoc super iratus , jacit alto vincula ponto ,Et mare castigat , quia junctas laedere navesAnsum atque ingenti retinacula rumpere fluctu ,

N ec sceleri tim nit violento obstare Tyranni .Nunc quassas reparant puppes, pontemque reponunt .

Adcingunt omnes operi, pars culmina montis

X E RX E S .

I dae summa petit, nodosaque robora caedit ,

Pars parat intortos funes, quibus ordine longoConjungit naves, al ii dant scrupea saxa,Atque Via impositz

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i solidatur denique tet ra.

Mane Vir ingenti comitan te ad littoris oramPersicus adgreditur turba, sacrisque Magorum

Agminibus , ducibusque ; in aquam libam ina fundensProsequitur Superos, atque haec Rex addit in bostem .

Di quibus imperium curse est, nom enque tueriI ugens Persarum , tuque O, qui cun eta pererransL umine Sol lustras , vobis haec munera dono ;Quid mihi turritas Asias regnare per urbes ?

Quidve pharetrataprodest superasse caterva

n ypti proles ? dum gens haec sacpius agrosVastat e , atque audet magnum me spernere Regem .

Este duces, quacumque via est, votivaque templa'

I nstituam vobis, gentes si vincere detur,Et Thracas sceptro , et superatos addere

' Graios.

Protinus incipiunt Divis'

hoc munere pontemPerfecto trans ire acies : exercitus omnis,

Haud mora, subsequitur, terrae non ante propinquatOppositae postrema

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m anus, quam clarus ab undisBis quater Oceani nitidum Sol extulit orbem ,

Bis quater aspexit gradientes L una catervas .

Jamque per arva ruunt vernantia Bisal tarum ,

Undique complentur turbis pugnacibus'

agri .N on al iter quam contracto qua Bosporus alveo,Aut Hellespontus cursum fraen

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avit aquarum ,

E stuat unda fretis , et circumclusa laborat

Fluctibus , inde patens praeceps petit'

aequbr, et albensJam properat lapsu late difi

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usa per al tum .

N ulla manus Persis audax venientibus obstat,N ulla viam prohibet, portis munin

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xen apertis

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48 X ERX E S

Quodque patet, saxis defendunt ma nia nulli .Omnia consumunt hostes, vix horrea tantisU t perhibent al imenta dare, aut cita flumina possuntI nnum eris turbie, et equis sitientibus undam .

I nterea Graiis mentes timor occupat omnes,Auditur luctus resonans , ululatibus implet

Templa genus querul is muliebre sacrata Deorum ,

I mploratque Deos, tollitque ad sidera voces .Omnes armantur subito , qua forte parataConripiunt naves, et linquunt Palladis urbem ,

Hostilemque petunt in aperto marmore classem .

Tunc etiam a claraPrinceps L acedam one ducitN obilis exiguam patria mandata facessensDura sacra manum ; quamvis spes nul la manehatFelicis reditus, pueros non ulla videndi

Pra dulces iterum , aut uxores, ocyus omnesI mperio la ti parent, ac jussa sequuntur .Est locus excelsis ubi pra ceps m ontibus (E ta

Thessalia imponit finem , protendit in a quorMons latus abruptum , scopulisque minacibus undaFrangitur, hinc ad itus rabie munitus aquarum ,

Hinc rupe impendente , simul duo volvere plaustraVix sinit , aut spatio dat equis convertere currum .

Hanc Spartana viam pubes defendit ab hosteI mmiti , atque diu Medi dedit agm ina letho ,Et ui quis fallax duxisset devia montisPer loca clam Persas, tumidus depellere PrincepsSperaret frustra vel tanto milite Graj os,Aut tentare viam, aut veteres invisere Athenas .Quid sceleris , fraudisve ? auri qua crimina linquitI ntentata fames ? patria namque ille salutem

Prodidit , et fortis claro cum rege caterva

(I nfandum)periit, sa vis circumdata Persis .

X E RX E S .

Hercul e digne atavo , te , Princeps inclyte ! sanctusJussit amor

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patria , Danaum sacra regna tuentemTe jussere mori Phoebea verba S ibylla .

Persicus incedens cam pos exercitus igniFoecundos vastat , nec D ivfim incendere parcitTempla, neque antiquas urbes init hostis Athenas ,Atque domos vacuas , desertaque ma nia complet,N amque tim ens populus Medum , Salam inis ad orasTrajiciens, muros charamque reliquerat urbem .

Freta tam en dubiis oracli vocibus arcem

Turba senilis habet, longo truncisque serisque

Tempore defendens sese , castella sed hostisCingens oppugnat , captosque interficit omnes,Et totam fiamm is urit crepitantibus urbem .

I nterea Euboeam linquens Salamina recessit

Argivum Clas sis ; congressi littore ab omniConsedere duces , et surgunt pra lia lingua .

At sa vis inter sese dum litibus ipsiD ecertan t , subito collectis navibus hostesPra clusere aditus , neque jam fuga restat Achivis .

Tum Sese ad pugnam Divis u ltoribus aptant

Pocula libantes ; versos m em inisse Penates ,Et captas urbes , dat sa vam cordibus iram .

I pse Asia Princeps circum datus agmine RegumAtque ducum , celebri solio sedet altus , et ambasJam classes de monte videt certare paratas .

Dumque suas cernit naves splendore micantes,Auroque et signis , (sed enim latuere tyrannumCecropidum fraudes)felicis mente tri umphiConcipit augurium ; optatas jam sumere poenasAudet ovans animo , victisque illudere Graiis .

Qualis sacra Jovi volucris rapido impete fertur,Aspiciens nitidi squamas et terga draconis

n

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50 xaaxa s .

Ast ipsam mors certa manet , tam en inscia fatiFra pes in horribilem se protinus injicit bostem .

Haud aliter contra Danaos cum navibus ibant

I nnum eris Persa , et secum traxere ruinam .

N ec quicquam auxilio m iseris prodesse TyrannusI pse potest, tingi videt undas sanguine fuso ;U ndique Medorum spargi super a quora classem ,

R em osque , et laceras jactari in gurgite puppes .Tum rate si fracta, si mille pericu la passus,Forte quis ad terram fugiens, Salamina natandoJam tangit, Graii vel saxis em inus urgentL ittora prensantem m anibus, vel mul ta precantisI ncassum duro pectus mucrone recludunt .

Qua mala tunc passi Persa , quos la sa doloresN um ina miserunt , testes R hodopeia arce s ,Altaque Panga a, et R hesi Mavortia tellus .Hinc irati hostes , illinc misera agmina vexat

I mportuna fames , hyemisqu e procella m inacis ,E t Boreale gelu ; perculsaque turba timoreN unc precibus Solem insuetis implorat : at illeA versus faciem tenebras obducit , e t atraCelatu s nebula non vult audire precantes .

Agm ina deseru it trepidus form idine Princeps ,L ittoraque Europa nullo com itante reliquit .

THOMAS ROB I NSON AL L AN 1 8 1 7 .


52 I GN I S .

So l , toties lucem peragis, totiesque tenebras,

A quo demissi terrestria damna cal oresContinuo reparant , moderanturque aéra

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cursu ;Ad quem ca ruleo perfundens lumine plumasExultans aquila irriguas super ardua nubesI nvolat , a que dies invitat ab aula;Tu veluti sponsus la tans, similisque gigantiR obora, mira equitans diffundis gaudia curru

Ore tuo a terna referuntur luminis arces .Ergo , omni sive in vivorum corpore regnat,

S eu silicis venas abstrusus pascitur‘

ignis ,S ive super volitans undantes temperat auras ,I lli fons sol est ipse et coelestis origo .Atque ubi terrestres jam ver geniale per orasPurpuream spirat lucem , renovatque cal ores ,Tunc gremio la tus coelestem concipit ignem

Campus , et assiduo depromi t munera vul tu ;

Tunc cito m itescunt quas hum ida bruma pruinasI nfudit , gramenque novaviret usque juventa.

Post, ubi sole ardet rubro violentior a stas ,Arvaque jam rectis radiis tepefacta coquuntur,

Plenior incubuit terra cal or, omniaque in seS tagna haurit , succosque a stu sustollit inertesHinc avidis arbor potans radicibus undamT runcumque et ramis perfundit poma liquoreHinc et arom aticas fundens ex cortice guttasGalbaneos Oriens in sylvis flavit odore s ;D iscit et hinc nitidis ornari Persia gazis

52. The fragrant trees, which grow by I ndian floodsAnd in Arabia

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s aromatic woods,

Owe all their sp ices to the summ er’

s heat,Their gummy tears, and odoriferous sweat.

B L A cxmoaB’

s Creation, 245.

row s : 3

Et lapides haurit radianti luce decoros ;Unde apices regum referunt coelestia signaCoerulea sapphiro , et flammam imitante pyropo ,Qua que die pra stant adamantina sidera fontes .Post

,ubi jam brevior lux est, et m ollior a stus,

Auctumnusque fovens terras incumbit ab alto ,Occulti fruge s flavescunt viribus ignis ,Mitis et aprico ridet vindemia colli .D enique , quum campos constringit bruma pruinis ,Obscurum que premunt pallentes aera nubes,Amplius haud vario difi

’ulget terra colore ,

Sed cam pum horrentem glebis glacieque peresum

Florat, et amissum sul cis lacrymantibus ignem .

Attamen imm iti quamvis hiberna potestasCarcere frenat agros, atque abripit arbore frondes,Sa vior ex nimio pestis m etuenda cal ore .N am qua zona rubens fuscos devexa per I ndosTollitur, et recto vexat sole improba terram ,

Nulla jugis herba est, nulla haurit fiumina campus ,Et quaflorerent melius Cereal ia dona,Arenti steriles arvo dominantur arena .

Quinetiam propius cum flamma viribus a quor

Obstrepit , et calidos proturbat materia’

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Crateras , terra miratus murmura pastorHorret, et inclusum plenis fom acibus ignem .

L ittore Trinacrio mons hinc erectus ad astraFumat mole nova, fuscansque vaporibus auras

55. Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone

I mparting radiant lustre like his ownHe tinctures rubies with their rosy hue ,And on the sapphire spreads a heavenly b lueFor the proud m onarch’s daz z ling crown preparesR ich orient pearl , and adamantine stars.

BL ACKMORE’

S Creation, 1 1 . 249.

54 I GN I S .

I ngemit , et rapidas torquens furit E tna ruinas .N ec minus interea coelum ventosque fugaces

I nspirat flamma , et vario se sustinet a sta ,

Et si jam graviore premit ros pondere nubes ,Aut a ther dom itu s moaret pluvialibus austris,Dispell it tempestatis vis viva furores,Qua que modo in tenebris fu erant densata, relaxat .

Ast ubi per pinguem volitat nigra aura paludemAtque odor ex m adidis insurgit foetidus ulvis,Hic , ubi jam noctis sectantur sidera currum ,

Sa pins apparet visu mirabile lumen ;N am que pigro clausa dum certant aere fiamma ,

Scintill a extu sa fulgent, bibulique vaporesPal lentem assiduo conquas sant lampada motuHeu m ale . tum solis noctu palatur in agris ,I gnotosqu e audet tractus tentare viator.

Pra terea , I talia quamvis ver mite per orasUsque nitet , coelum que e t terras temperat aura,N on raro incumbens rapidis vis ignea ventisSa vit e t horribili convolvit nubila cursuUnde oritur turbo , qui cum regionibus a thra

I nfert se , subito vires hom inum que ferammqueI nfecit , miracorrumpens debilitateTempore non alio infausta composta quieteMembra jacent, breviterque dom antur pectoris ira ,

Et pavor, et rabies ; dolor, hortatorque cupido .

At non , n yp ti atque Arabum qua longa sine ullisHospitiis deserta jacent nam vividus ignis

1 02. The sirocc, or south-east wind , is described by Brydone as bring

ing on such a degree of lassitude , that neither body nor m ind can per

form the ir usual functions.— Vide Tour through S icily and Malta .

1 09. The sim oom b lew as if it cam e from an oven . Our eyes were d im ,

our l ips cracked , our knees to ttering , our throats perfectly dry, and no t el iefwas found from drink ing an imm oderate quantity of watch — BRU CE .

l GN I S .

Dum reboat , piceasque attollens flam ine nubesProruit ardentes al tum super a thera arenas ;I n terram pra ceps magno stridore volucrisDecidit , aut patulis si captat naribus auramBucula , jam mortis stupor artus urget inertesI ntereuntque tigres sylvis , fulvique leones .Quod nisi et assiduis manibus pra fixerit ora,

Et vento pastor vul tus averterit , a grisContinuo membris tempestas ignea mort emAfi

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erat e t saniem salientem exhauriat a stu .

D icendum et , quali vivorum fusa per artusFlamm a cruore fluens animalia sustinet arte ,Qua renovans tepidas geniali robore venasContinuo nutrit currentia flumina cursu .

Hac quoque diversos deducit origine pectusAffectus an imi e t mentis di scrimina tanta ;Hine pecudes la ta degustant gaudia verisHinc et amor domini canibus cura qu e fidelesPra darique lupi discunt , rugire leones .Pra terea, quia pra stantes pra stantior ignisMaterias habitat, varia hinc mendacia vulgo

D eduxere ortum , et concepit fabula vires .N am neque Echionia terranec Colchidos orisEffudere unquam tauri de faucibus ignem ,

S ed , quia vis innata bovis , velut ignea coeliTela , aut pra cipiti reboantia fulgura cursu ,I mplacidas tollitqueminas , et provocat iram ,

Talia Grajugenum vani finxere poeta .

N onne vides etiam , pecori qua robora equino,

1 38. Hast thou with strength endued the generous horse ,His neck with thunder arm ’

d , his breast with force 2Him canst thou as a grasshopper afl

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Who from h is nostrils throws a dreadfu l light,

56 I GN I S .

t ue armet tonitru cervicem , pectora viresDum que , metu ignoto , lux naribus a stuat irfiEt m icat ardentis turbatus fulgor ocelli ,I rruit , oppositasque ardet superare cohorte s,I ndomitoque vorat campum pede , nec sim ul auditClangorem litui, at pugna si sentit odoremHinnitus, veluti cooperta murmura flamma

Tollit, et exhaurit m orientum e voce vigorem .

Hinc igitur Glauci qua membra edere quadriga ,

Et Diom edis equi sp iran tes naribus ignem .

Quinetiam blandi divinum munus am oris

Dicitur hinc validadeducere robora flammfi,

D icitur immenso fervescens ore poeta .

Et quia per versus coelestis spiritus ac visI nstans eximium perfudit luce Britannum ,

Divini s referunt vectum super a thera pennisExsuperasse alti flamm antia ma nia mundi ,Donec tandem adiit viva loca coerula luce ,

Breaks through the order’d ranks with eyes that burn,

Nor from th e battle-axe or sword wil l turn.

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With rage and fierceness he devours the ground ;Nor in h is fury hears the trumpe t sound ;But sm el ls th e fight from far, like thunder neighs,L oud shouts and dying groans his courage raise.

SANDY S . Paraphr. Job .

Milton.

Nor second He that rode sublim eOn seraph-wings of ecstasyThe secrets of the abyss to spy

He pass’d the flam ing bounds of space and tim e.

The l iving throne, the sapphire b laze ,Where Angels tremb le while they gaze ,

He GRAY . Progress of Poesy.

tom s . 57

Ora Dei, et veras aterni luminis arces .Esto at nequidquam distinguere somnia vero

Ha c juvat, erroresque vago percurrere versu ;

Nunc silicis venis extusam dicere flammam

Est opus , et varios hominum memorare labores .N am primum, ante animis vanas rerum rationes

Quam tulit, atque nova obtinui t sapientia vires,Tunc campis hirt as homines mulxere capellas ,L anigerique gregis foverunt vellera la ti .Tunc suasere leves redeuntia sidera somnosGram ineisque toris primo egit lum ine Titan .

Post autem flammageneris rudis al tera prolesI nventa est imitata di em , docuitque bitumenS cintillare, oleumqu e , et pingues unguine ceras ;Et suspensa focis durescere robora fumo,I nscia adhuc belli, fractasque invertere glebasMox curva in rigidos falces confiarier ensesCa pere ; irrumpi montes , et ferrea terraeViscera, et armatus Mavors regnare per orbem .

Tempore at hoc etiam nitri ignis, vivaque sulfura,I nnocuoque viris quercus arsere calore .Quamvis Trinacrias radios Titanis in orasExhaurire vitro potuit faber, et gravis artemL umine Romanas coelesti exurere classes .At nunc particulis diris concocta, furores

Flamma novos spirat , globulusqu e explosus in aurasSuscitat indom itum volitans sublime sonorem .

Hic nova imago instat leti , breviorque rapacisMortis aperta via est ; neque enim tot funera volgo 1 85

1 69. I n urns th e bees’delicious dews he laid,

Whose kindl ing wax invented day display’d.

BL ACKMORE. Creation, I I I . 1 4.

1 79. Archimedes.

58 I GN I S'

Sa va fames dederat , pestisve, aut a quoris ira .

Quid memorem ut , la ta quum implerunt horrea messes,Callidus explo

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rat naso canis arva sagaci,Exceptatque leves auras, notusque ubi pra damMonstrat odor, summ am succumbens fovit arenam .

Jam stridunt al is volucres proenl intonat echo ,Fulmineoque afi

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I nnum erasque hom inum‘

stratas uno impete turmas ,Murmuraque , atque actos excelsa in sidera montes ? 1 95’

Ha c mihi sufficiant . Alus memoranda relinquoU t Satanas olim coelestia regna lacessit ,A ttollitque rotis pinus

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atque a ra cavata,I liceasque trabes , quarum flamm ata coruscis

Viscera collectos evolvunt faucibus ignes,I mpiaque a ternas mvadunt Tartara sedes .

EDWARD CHURTON . 1 81 8 ;


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T R A N S L A T I O N .

SONG, BY COL L I N S Tofair Fidele’

s grassy tomb.

FR I GORA quum Zephyri minuunt , brumaque peracta

AmPlius haud condi t nix hyem al is bamumTum pueri teneris conjuncti, Delia, nymphisFlores purpureos ad tua busta ferent .

N on aderunt umbra , gelidisve excita sepul cris

I nviset san ctum mortis imago locum .

Huc venient juvenes, timidum que agnoscet amoremI ngenuas Virgo fusa rubore genas .

N on Saga errabit passis insana capillis,

N ec spectra in tenebrie irrequieta gement .At faciles N ympha semper Dryadesque puellaMan e novo dulci rore sepul cra tegent.

Sa pius huc veniet , tenuique R ubecul a rostroExiguam , ut poterit , subpeditabit opem ;

Muscoque albenti , et decerptis floribus nltro

Ornabit tumulum , qua tua membra jacent .Seu nigris pluvii erumpunt de nubibus imbres,Sa vaque tempestas per nemus omne ruit,

Seu can is intrepidus sequitur vestigia cerva ,

Te recolet memori pectore fidus amor.Te sylvas inter discent memorare coloni ,Et cadet in cineres debita gutta tuos.

Delia amanda jaces, vita dum gratia restat ,Flendaque , dum Pietas ipsa dolere potest.

JOHN CECI L HAL L . 1 8 1 8 .

A D P A U P E R T A T E M .

O QUE minaci sceptra gerens manuTerrore sa vo corda virum domas ,

O nota Paupertas severaFronte , supercilioque torvo .

Quamvis neque ingene surgit honoribusTemplum superbis, nec tibi victim a

Devota sacras tingit aras ;Si neque Parrhasius colore ,

Scopasve saxo duxit imaginem ,

Aut fabul osis Pontificum choriTe thure votivo receptamOrdinibus coluere D ivom

At omne regnum tu propriapotensFormé. frequentas , et populos tuum

I mpell it in veros tim ores

S ceptrum at Hyperborea sub ArctoVideris, et qua Sol habitabiles

I llustrat oras, au t jubare igneoExsiccat arentes arenas ,Et sterilem tenet Afer agrum .

Quis non catenas odit , et imperiDurum recusat ferre jugum tui

Captiva non luctatur a queCerva plagis caput expedire .

Te nauta solers indocilis pati

A D PA UPE R TA TEM

Solvit carinas , et mare navigatTumul tuosum , te perhorrensDurus I ber fodit e cavernis

Terra metal li pondera, et fEthiopsMalas viatori insidias struit .

Nil pauper intactum relinquit

U t fugiat tua sa va viuola .

Sed qua remoto stratus in angul o ,Squallore foedus languet humi miser,

Et fractus immani laborumDuritia m iseroque casu

Audire fletus, et videor preces ,At rupibus tu surdior I cari

N ec temperas vul tus rigorem ,

N ec misero removes catenas ,

Fam eque m orbique incutiens minasGeluque puri pectoris impetum

Constringis , instigasque versamI n scelerum genus omne mentem .

Quo me evagantem Musa procax rapis

Cursu ? nefandis desine questibusSententiam culpare D ivom

Ac potins nemorosa TempeSpectemus , au t per gramina MinciumI mmurmurantem , aut impositi Alpibus

De monte contemplemur agrumFertilis Hesperia patentem .

Hic hospitali quod satis est manuDat la ta tellus , hic levioribus

Somnis fatigatus laborePas tor inops fruitur per berham ,

Quam qui sub ostro stratus , et aureisDat membra lectis . O quater et nimis

63

A D PA U PE R TATEM .

Felix agrestis , si D eorumMuneribus bene norit uti !

I llum neque ardor, nec populi levisFasces Superbi sollicitan t procul

N on livor, horrendumque VI I‘

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I nvidia , per Opaca semperVita vagantem ; sed pecudes juvatCurare , et ulm os jungers vitibus ,

N ec frigidi fontes , neque ingensL ucus abest , aviumque cantus .

Quod si D eorum , Pauperies, tibiCohors agrestum serviat , et Pales ,

Si Faunus , et N ympha sorores ,

Si nem orum D ea te sequa'

tur,

Tecum in remoto tum libeat locoParvo morari sub lare , dum mih iBenigna mirantes Cama naAnte oculos Helicona pandat .

THOMAS ROB I NSON AL L AN . 1 8 1 8 .

C A R A M A N I A .

PRE CL ARA S Asia priscis annal ibus urbes,Qua que per illustres fastos loca tradidit a tas ,Exequor, et veterum sp ectacula grandia rerumMagnus ubi excelsum Taurus protendere culmenI ncipit, ingentique austral es terminat orasMole tuens : ubi tot disjecta in margine fluctusOppidaque et portus ferit et monumenta virorum

Tot varias Natura ostendit da dal a formas ,Sublimes scopul os, atque umbriferas conval les,Et patulis tectos silvarum frondibus amnes .I llio Palladia quamvis non am plius arteAurati surgunt postes , spirantiaque a ra ,

N ec jam fiava Ceres ignavis pra sidet armsSuave autem tristes inter lustrare ruinas,Ultima qua cedens virtus vestigia fecit :Suave renascentes heroum iterare triumphos,Et ges tos pulchra pro libertate laboresN ec non suave etiam tanto discrimine versasSa clorum spectare vices, animoque sub al toVolventem humanos miserari discere casus .Primum per L ycios fines, uberrima quondamArva, feror, veteresque habitus cul tusque locorumAgnosco , extremarecolens ab origine famam .

Aspera telluris facies : tenet a quora I ongeI mmanis cautes, pra ruptisque ardua saxis .

66 CA R AMAN I A .

Protinus e summo tollens se gurgitis a stuS tat Cragus, et densa circum dat desuper umbraHorrentes Trivia viridi sub vertice lncoe .

Tune inter riguas late currentia vallesMultivago Xanthus volvit sua fiumina lapsu ,

Saltusque et nemorum sacro lavit amne recessus .Apparent propius Patara a limina porta ,

Multis Olim opibus, mul taqu e insignia laudeQua loca formosus mutans perhibetur ApolloAnte suos coluisse hiberno tempore Delphos ,Aut Claron, aut T enedon , m atem aque littora Deli .Hie , Deus O venerande , tuos pia sa cul a ritusFanaque sacrarant ; centum tibi thure Saba o ,Fum abant ara , et penetral ia mystica vatum .

Hic si dilapsas digneris nunc quoque sedes ,S i veteres curare focos , votisque vocari ;

Dexter ades , Thymbra e , tua que haud imm emor arti sEt dubium per iter mecum , ambagesqu e via

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Pra sens ingredere , et primi lege littorie oram .

Est prope pendentis dumosa cacumina cliviSub terré. fossum specus ingens ; oraque circumHorrendapenitus form idine nigra dehiscunt .

Unde arcana movens fatorum , numine PhoebusL ymphatam infiabat mentem , et divina sacerdos

Consultus responsa dabat . S tant mole vetustaTempla dei , vel humo late traxere ruinam .

N am que ill ic tectas horrentibus undique dumis

Efligies fractas et vulgo strata videre

Marmora picta licet, pluviarum a vique rapacis

50. Captain Beaufort describes a deep circu lar pit of singular appear.ance , on the side o f a hil l w ithin the wal ls of Patara, whence he thinks it

probab le that the oracu lar answers were given.


68 CA R AMA N I A .

Flamma jugie procul in summis (mirabile visu)Cernitur, ex modico qua missa foram ine terraArdet nocte dieque ; locum tamen aspera silvaEt frondens oleaster, et ilicis umbra coronat .

Votivo pecore atque epulis venerantur agrestes .Montibus his perhibent anno vergente tim endosAndiri gemitus, veluti cum fulmine misso ,Terra imemit, coelum que gravi tonat omne fragore .Hinc olim flamm as eructans ore Chima raS cilicet, atque fera species horrenda triformis,Et qua Graiorum finxerunt monstra poeta .

Haud procul hinc, L elegum qua quondam incerta tenebantR egna leves populi fixa et sine sede Penates ;Post Mausolei stabant monumenta sepul chri

S tructa Asia gazis non tal i E gyptia tellus,Et qua Pyramidum jactat m iracul a Memphis ,Extinctos reges sumptu decorasse feruntur.

N ee tam en aut opus, aut operis vestigia tantiCerta manent ; ipsumque locum jam barbara moles

92. A Y anar, orvolcanic flame , is seen on the coast Of L ycia, which isapproached through a thick ly wooded glen. I n the inner corner of a

ruined bu ilding, the wal l is underm ined so as to leave an aperture of

about three feet diam e ter, and shaped like the m outh of an oven : from

thence th e flam e issues, giving out an intense heat, yet producing no

sm oke on the wal l . Trees, brushwood, and weeds grow close round thislittle crater. From the neighbouring m ountain of Takta lu , a m ightygroan is said to be heard every autumn, louder than the report of any

cannon.

95. Captain Beaufort supposes that the present fortress ofBoodroom ,

th e ancient Halicarnassus, occupies the p lace where the Mausoleumhad been erected ; and th e num erous pieces of exquisite sculpture iase t ted in the walls of the castle , m ay perhaps add som e weight to thisconjecture : they represent funeral processions and combats between

clothed and naked figures.

CA R AMA N I A . 69

Occupat . Apparent per muros quippe recentesArte laborata tabula , coelataque pas simSaxa, et adhuc inter turpes insignia massasFragmenta an tiquam testantia nobilitatem .

Haud aliter quam -congeries ubi cruda metal liEfi

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odi tur terris , facieque ostendit in aspraVenas argenti, aut auro macul ata coruscat .

En hie marmoreo m oerens in fragmine pompasOrdine sollennes ducit regina per urbem ,

Annuaque ad bustum persolvit vota marit1Hie juvenes vario exercent certamine ludosNudati , aut leotas m actant de more bidentes .

Castellum antiquum nec quondam ignobile belloErigitur juxta, clivosaque saxa coronat ,

I nfam is quorum erumpens radicibus imisSalmacis Obliquat cursum , decoratque virentes

Muscosis herbis et vivo cespite ripas .Hie , vetus ut fama est, fessus si forte viatorFonte sitim liquido explerit , vel languida membraMerserit , extemplo robur speciemque virilemAmisit , tactaqu e fuit m ollitus in unda.

Quin etiam , rapidus torret qaum S irius agrosL anguentique cadit pecori jam gratior umbra ,

Tum gelidas inter colludunt agm ina lymphas

1 23. When the heat becomes oppressive in the summ er m onths, theinhabitants of Caram ania abandon the villages on the shore, and retire to

the m ountains, takingw ith them theirbaggage, furniture ,wom en, children.and cattle . Captain Beaufort describes their habits at this season. I n

fine weather the m en live under the shade of a tree ; to the branches aresuspended their hamm ocks, and their little utensils ; on th e ground theyspread carpets, upon which the day is chiefly spent in sm oking ; am ountain

stream , near which they always choose this umbrageous abode , serves fortheir ablutions and their beverage ; and the rich clusters of grapes whichhang from every branch of the tree, invite them to the ready repast.

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70 CA R AMAN I A .

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er molles otia suadent.

Tum quoque deserto linqu ens in littore sedesI ncola pauper agit secum tectum qu e L arem que

I rriguosque petit sal tus . I bi l entus in herba,Museus ubi , et tenuis decurrens m ontibus humor,Sub dio earp it somnos noctem que serenamArva per instrato requ 1escit la ta cubil i

L uce jubar prohibent ramorum tegmina solis ,Pendentesque ultro victum fert uva racem os .

J am que adeo'

videor festinans parva per al tumVela dare , et studio visendi longius erransAmbiguam hinc urgere viam . Juvat ire , rem otosque

Explorare locos , et claras ordine gentes .Terra proeni sese bim aris protendit in a quor

E t medius sectam gem ino laterum obj ice frangit

I sthmus aquam . I nnum eris tenuerunt classibus olim 1 40

S ideta ; portusque amplos, et m oenia circum ,

Marm oreosque gradus, et clara theatra locarunt .

Sa pe in deserta latitans statione , rapacesDum latro insidias ratibus m olitur onustis ,

Hie ca cum hospitium reperit , cymbaqu e refectfi

Pra dam , et m oesta parat per latos fumera fluctus .

Protinu s inflexum multo sinuam ine l ittusPorrigitur, versasqu e urbe s et tristia regnaOstendit longe, au t struetis in margine summoPassim crebra no tat functorum tecta sepulchris .

Jam summ a apparet surgens Coracesium ab undé

Sydra a que arces jam cautibus ardua celsis

Magnified atto llit se m ajestate Selinus

Ostentans titulos m onum entaque ditia regum .

Hinc in conspectu Cili cum jace t undique tellus 1 55

1 55. The evening was clear, and this Spo t afforded a beautifu l prospect ;we could trace the coast that had been already explored to an imm ense

CA R AMAN IA . 7 1

Urbesque , et toto numerantur littore portus .Hinc etiam ante ocul os longe Cythereia CyprusCernitur exoriens , faciem que sim ill im a pelta ,

Aut quaJis placido suspendens marmore nidosAlcyone Thetidis summa levis innatat unda .

Quid referam insignem tortis Sarpedona saxis,Quoque modo bibulam as sidue Cal ycadnus arenamDeducens, solido fra naverit aggere pontumQuid eroceos foetus , et qua vernantia sem perCorycii montis penitus virgulta sub antroFrondent , a stivo nunquam tepefacta caloreQuid furt im occul tos rap ientia flum ina cursusExpedi am , seguesque moras per da dala rerumM o liar ? Ecce proenl Pompeia m oenia surgunt ,

Marm orea que nitent arces , et porticus ingeneBis centum apparet celsis innixa columnis .

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celeberrim a Tarsus,Haud fueris merito nostris indi cta Cam oenis .

Hanc superasse Ol im vix artibu s Hellada doctis

Cecropio sque ferunt hortos hinc Paul e , trahentemPrim a rudimenta , et primi te lum inis aurasEgregius p ietatis amor, divinaqu e jussitR elligio per tot , per tantos ire labores ,Et pontum et to tas Asia percurrere terras .Quod superest, ubi lapsa fluit prope m oenia Cydnus

Montanasque nives gelido sub vortice torquet ,I nsolitas Olim senserunt flumina pom pas .N am fortunati tum linquens arva Canopi ,

d istance ; th e plain , w ith its w inding rivers and ruins, was spread out

l ike a m ap at our fee t . We had also a d istinct view Of the island of

Cyprus, rising from the sou thern horizon, though m ore than sixty-five

geographical m iles d istant.1 65. Vide Strabo, lib . xiv.

72 ,CA RAMA N I A .

Magnifico fastu Cydni Cleopatra petebatOstia, solvebatque alto super amne carinam .

Aurea puppis erat, nitor aureus antennarumAltaque Odorato fluitabant carbasa ventoEcce tapes ru tilans regalem accedere pinumI ndicat , inque modos pulsantes a quora remi .I psa toro incumbens pieto , Venerisque marinaI nstar, stipari Nymphis regina videturN ereidumque choris . Mirati in margine civesConclamant : resonat tanti procul aura triumphiConscia, et innumero geminati ex agm ine plaususPer longas toto referuntur flumine ripas .At non foemineos cultus, neque mollia tantum

L uxuria refert sectari munera versu .

Ha c etiam Martis stridentia classica tellusAudiit , et sa vas acies aspexit , et arma ,

Magnanimosqu e duces et la to in rure coloniHorrentes ferro passim stupu ere catervas .

Ha c in longinquas laturum proelia gentesPella um regem , Cyreiaqu e agm ina v idit .Bisque cruentatos immensa ca de virorumExtentos I ssi late pinguescere campos,Bisque in discrim en rerum moderam ina mitti .Quantos , heu , gemitus ill io miserabilis egitPersarum princeps vel qua tum visa per agrosFunera l ab Europavenit quo tempore vibransMagnus Alexander funesti fulmina belli ,R aptaque constituit superato ex hoste tropa s .

I llic civilis quoque vis certamine diroI mpulit inter se pugnas miseere Quirites ,Terrarum dominos et dantes jura per orbem .

Ergo tantarum famaCaramania rerum

I nclyta, rite suos quondam jactavit honores .

CA R AMA N I A . 73

S cilicet et tempus veniet , ui fata resistant,Has etiam quum prisca accendet adorea terras ,Fortiaque annales decorabunt facta futurosS cilicet hic Olim auspiciis m elioribus a tasExorietur, et in cultum virtutis avitaConcita, decutiet generoso vincula collo .

Al ter ferratos ibit tum Glaucus in hostes ,Tum Danaos iterum Sarpedonis arma refringent.S in dulci fallax illudat imagine raptoMusa, neque I ndigetes patria de sede fugatiAmplius everso curent succurrere sa clo ;

Tum vero sal tem titulos m em inisse priores ,Et decus, ac Clarafunctos virtute juvabitHeroas cauere , et notis qua condita fastisTempora jam dudum inclusit veneranda vetustas .Sal tem pra teritas ill orum fama locorumI mmortalis agens a tem a in sa cul a laudes ,Suprema semper cum posteritate vigebit .

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N ON semper placuit gentes iterare feroces,N on semper celebrare duces , et bella per orhemG esta diu, versasque acies , Martisqu e labores ;Olim grata quies, atque aurea munera vita ,

E t tellus sem o ta proenl furial ibus armisCantanti arridet Musa ; sic inclytus arcum

Depositamutare lyraperhibetur Apollo .

Partibus Eois felix jacet insula, famaN ota parum , neque adhuc sacris memorata Cam oenis,Quamvis non aha agricola tellure videturTantus bonos , tanta au t facundi gloria campi .Dum procul horribilem exercet dis cordia ca dem ,

Atque inimica parat m iseris m ortal ibu s arma ;Sanguin e dum Spum ant segetes , et prata colonusT ectaque respiciens regnis excedit avitis

Hie homines sa vo ignari deperdere ferroOtia agunt , nul lis unquam vexata querelis,N ec tuba raucisono ad bellum m ovet agmina cantu .

Ha c loca non dura prem it inclem entia bruma ,

N ec nimia ardeseens radiis ferventibus a stas ;At morbi tristes absunt , atque horrida , febres,Agm ina , nec m iseros Auster depascitur artusT am proenl hinc macies , et pallida mortis imago ,Tarn dolor hum ana que a gra infortunia vita ;U t credas iterum in terris Saturnia regna

L OO-CHOO .

Surgere , et ex auro rursus revirescere sa clum.

N equicquam croceos Tmolus devolvit Odores ,G argara mirantur messes , sua thura Saba iHie proprio quodam natu ra munere surgit,Quicquid qua que suum regio sibi vindi cet una ;Hie varia fruges non ulla lege videnturCrescere , et a ternum mirari Copia regnum .

Finibus his nuper, (fama si credere dignum est)Agrestem vixisse ferunt ; cui barba per anuosPlurima jam longos cecidit , varia que verendam

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I lle casa angustaprinceps degebat , et almoDecedente die , ad magalia sera revertens ,

Pra dives, coenabat inops : illi I ndica farra,E t curare fuit milium , vel ca dere ramosI ng enti, a p inu , vel o lentia carpere poma.

Fortunate senex ! semper tua poma virescent,Purpurea semper messes , robustaque farra,N ee devastabit patrias has miles aristas .Fortunate senex ! hic certo tempore mensesDeponent foetus , nec non, tua cura, palumbesAeria placido suadebunt murmure somnum .

Ergo hic seu raris cui sparsa m apalia tectis

Surgunt , ruricolamque dedit Parca aurea vitam ,

S eu modicis habitat civis sub legibus urbes ,Felicem t apit hora diem ; sol pul crior ardet,Et damna occulta reparant coelestia luna .

N on ulli exercent hic regna infida tyranni ,N on luxus m al esanus adest , aut improba S irenDesidia ; at juvenum mollis violentia roburI nstruit, et pe cudes nutrit , Cerealiaque arva ,

Aut piscator adit rivos , aut flumina lemboExplorat , justumque a quor, qua tempore nullo

78 L OO-CHOO .

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Cessant squamigera distendere retia gentes .Hie tellus Medorum , et fertilis Africa ridet ,

Hie dulces rami, densa que in m ontibus umbra ,

At rabida nusquam tigres , et sa va luporumAgm ina, nec pedibus pernicibus urget arenamI ratusque leo , et fulva cervice lea na .

Ergo impune vaga , nullo custode, per agrosGram ine la tantur pecudes, dum etaque tondent .Pra sertim , cum tempestas arridet , et ann iPars prima invitat , Zephyrique tepentibus auris ,Undique collecti indigena per prata vagantur

S cilicet, et spissadapibus potiuntur in herba;Agm ine tum facto, inter se festiva coronant ,

Granda viqu e patres , pueri, innupta que puella ,

Atque incompositos dant molli in cespite motus .Ore tubi fumum eliciunt , gratosqu e liquoresD elibant alii, et fa cunda munera terrae .N ec desunt tuti portus, et claustra carinis,

Flum inaque umbrosas pra terlabentia ripas ;Hic ducas teneradulces ab arundine succos ;Sa pins et ramo pomum et flos la tus eodemConsociant regnum . I rruptam tenet aura quietem ,

N i qua la ta iterant cantus per rura volucres ,

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N om ine , vel quarum Graii m em inere poeta ,

S edibus haud impar, fruitur queis turba piorumHie neque bacchantur venti , neque flam ina m oestis

I mbribus, at soles , semperque innubilus aerPanditur, et large diffuso lumine ridet .

L OO-cnoo .

At vix pra ternt tempus , quo missa per a quorV elivolum excessit navis de gente Britanna,Qua sivitque alio terras sub sole jacentes .I lla frequens variis jamdudum agitata procellis,Multa mari subiit , luctantibus a quore ventis ,Multa adeOnauta passi, dum sal sa tenebant ;Ta dia quos morbi , quos unda exercuit ira,

Et dura duris habitata gentibus ora :

Quid referam immanes fiuctus clamore volutos,Et cal igantem dira formidine pontum ?Quid memorem Syrtes , brevibusque coral la sub undis ,I nsidiasque maris , vel qua tenet I nsula marmor,A speraque ostendit pal lentes sulphure campos,Et longe extentas per ferrea littora rupes ?Jam que dies aderat, posito cum fin e laborumOptatam la ti terram tetigere Britanni .Continuo cunctos subit adm iratio rerum ,

Hospitium ut pandi fessis, dextramque fidemqueCognovere virum , nec non m olhssM a corda :

U t Cererem , lectum que pecus , generosaque vina,V idere assiduo deferri munera sumtu .

Pra terea, si quos sa va violentia febrisV exavit tacita depascens corpora flamma ,

Ul tro oblata levat m iseros medicina dolores .Tum, credo , immani qui fractus membra labore ,I ngemuit victusque animi, qui nocte silentiD em ergi audivit socios comitesque viarum

q uot e , nec jam aliud po tui t sperare sepulchrum ,

I lle inter gelida extrema suspiri a mortisVix tollit duro languentia lumina lecto ,Ad lenes si quando dapes, ad pocula quandoHospitis arrexit vox leni audi ta susurro .1 03, Sulphur I sland. 1 1 6. Vide Thom son’s Summer, 1 045.

80 L oo -cnoo .

Ecce autem affulsit cum spes accensa salutis,

Et venit reserata dies, quam sa pe , coloni,Vos renovata beat . lingua , et lacrym antia cordisGaudia , et ad coelum profusa e pectore vota .

A t tu pra cipue , cui nescia fallere vita,Grataque simplicitas fuit, e t mitissima virtus ,Cui pietas et prisca fides per sa cula nullumI nvenient ventura parem , tu gloria gentis ,Tu Marcellus eris ; tua nee sanctissima quondamUllo se tantum tellus jactabit alumno .

Te memores recolent Britones , tua barbara nautaN omina servabunt , atque ultima verba querentis,D um discessuram moeres in littore navem .

Ergone cum terris primo surrexerit ortuCrastina lux , la ti vos hine dare vela paratisAngligena , et nostro eertum est decedere portu ?At quam triste mihi veniet jubar ill ud , u t erransN equicquam in solamecum spatiabor arena.

Ah ! quoties vestra quem vela abeuntia navi sS ignabunt coeli tractum , m ea lumina in illumI ntendam tacitus ; tum si quos inde videboMaj ori in littus volvi cum murmure fiuctus,I pse sal utabo , et dem ene responsa requiram ,

An patria Angliaci rem earint littora nauta .

Forsan et , illius cum scandens culm ina montisCarbasa prospiciam ventis distantia pandi,Vos iterum amplexus nostros atque hospita regna

Qua rere , et ha c nltro delabi ad marmora dicam

Credulus, et studio procurram in littus inani .At tu dona cape ha c nostra, et cum tempore certoL una oriens plenos terris ostenderit orbes ,Tum forsan memori tibi nostra incedat imago ,

1 28. Maddera.

L oo-cnoo . 81

Atque tuis illum dicas , quem barbara tellusNutriit , at ritus non dedignata fidei .I m em or, i terra , qua vos amplexa quieto estL a ta sinu ; memores nostri , mihi crede , tuorumDilectas voces et nomina mente tenebunt .

Sic , te felicem , vadas quocunque , per altumI mpellant faciles aura , tibi concidat unda,T ranquillumque paret cursum ; ventique seeundent ,

Dum tempestates e t flam ina carmine mul censI ncubat hal cyone placidis in marmore pennis .

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84 P I NDA R .

Phorcique proles corruit inclytaTum victor aerem raptus in impetumI nfausta turbavit tyranniPocula, conjugioque matrem

Solvit coacto tempore quo caputL ethale monstrans armiger adstitit

Quem fama fert auro latentemDeciduo genuisse D ivum .

S ed cum Medusam vicerat integerPerseus Minerva pra sidio ferox,Tum Diva finxit tibiarumTriste melos referens rapaci

Ex ore fusos Euryal e s modos :Hinc alm a munus gentibus addiditCoeleste concentus sonorumMultiplices strepitum que dulcem

Hinc appetentes landis in arduosAcris labores tibia concitat ,

Per a ra dum spirat canorum

Juncta melos cal am osque , quales

Cephissi amantes flum ina , quem locumL a to tuentur lumine Gratia ,

T estantur in pratis choreasUrbe sacros celebrante ludos .

L aboris expers nil bomini deditDeus beato serins , ociusCertam en inceptum secundat ,

Et m eritam tribuit coronam .

Vitanda nulli fata ; sed irritaSpe s sa pe vita fal litur aurea,Et surgit insperata quondamL ux mediis oriens tenebris .

WI L L I AM JAGO . 1 820 .

C O R I O L A N U S .

USQU E avidum vindicta odium mistique tumultu sI mpune audebunt diro increbrescere motu ,Et rapere oblata ridentia munera pacis ?

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era plebs , meriti virtute et fortibus armis ,I bit dejectum decoris m onim enta vetusti ?At cohibe audaces anim os, tutela D eorumTolle iras : neque enim patriis excedet inultus

S edibus, externisque errabit Marcius agris .Tuque adeo , complexa orbem , coelo auspice , victum ,

Altum iter ingressos aquila tenuare triumphos

Roma, fuge : impatiens inhonesti nominis , ausrsObnixa infandis propera lenire furore s ,N ec gremii hospitiis ingratior ejice matum .

N on ita : nee rerum colum en jam respicis agmenHeroum , illustresque anim os bellique potentesA tqui il lud teneris spes plurim a foverat annis ,Fracturum oppositas victrici ardore catervas .

D em ens ! quippe illum jussisti excedere regnis,

Quem revocare voles . Dom ita m iserabere gentisAusonia hum escent effuso sanguine campi,Molibus et stragis Tiberina fluenta quiescentObstructa injectis flebunt castella L avini,Fa daque barbarico T rebia vicinia gressu .

Vespere tranquill o sensim per aperta natantesMille trah i formis coeli mirabere nubes :

86 COR I O L A N US .

Qualis et ipsa I ris tractu spatiata coruscoEm buit, pictum qu e arcu suffudit amictumS ic vita o stentat variato s scena colores .D ucere non dabitur curarum oblivia : mortisI mprovisa dies placida sub imagine ludit .

N unc hos, nunc ill os fortuna al tem a revisit,Et fiuit et refiuit ventis exercitus amnis .

Fronde triumphal i vinctus m eritaque coronaVictor ab hoste redit, spoliisque incedit onustus .

S tipat turba frequ ens : vires , si m oenia possit

S candere , certatim ingem inat visura juventusConcava dum plausu coelorum Ofl

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ensa reclam ant .

Ecce autem invidia stimulis mutabile vulgusSa vit, et e solido fatis excussus iniquisI dem aliis errans vestigia poni t arenis .

Heu male ! Romano popul ari creditur aura .

Ergo cognati nemora inter conscia luctflsExtimulat Roma infensos di scordia cives .Ergo te , Marci , furor intestinu s ab arisExpulit ejectum patriis, et debita natis ,Debita nequicquam , vetuit dare pignora amoris .

I psa adeo tua fida uxor colloque pependi tEt cassas qu eritur spes infaustosqu e Hymena os,N on audituros frustra testata Penates .Nullus honor votis gestarum gloria rerumOccidit , et meritum m ersére oblivia nomen .

L onge al ios quondam corda exul tantia motuS enserunt , quum v ine ta sacra tua tempora lauroSerta coronabant , Capitoliaque al ta petebas .

Tum tibi festa dies . Jaculatus fulmina belli ,Ma nibus egressos tuns ensis reppulit hostes :I nde , patens qua porta dedit, diro impete ca disMolirique viam , et miscere incendia tectis

COR I O L AN US .

Dein te eem ere erat tota dom inarier urbe .N ec requies : neque enim spolia oblata que rapinaMentem flexit amor : quatiebat anhelitus artus ;Sudore imm ixtus m anabat corpore sanguis ;Et vindex specieque ferox , in bella ruentes

Parte al iaparvo fregisti milite Volscos .

Felix tu , Marci , felix , si pra lia tantumExtera m ovisses, qualem te Sequana viditSanguineo exsuperans ripa fastigia fiuctu .

I tur in exilium : vieti circum undique PatresAgmina ma sta trahunt : oculos pudor urget inertes ,Pall idaque ora ferunt tacito signata dolore .

Has inter lacrym as unum vehem entior ira

Solvier in qu estus prohibet , nam corde sub altoVindicta exercet sitis irrequieta furores ,Mox cladem m otura gravem . S ic a stuat ignisExitio fa tus clausis fornacibus E tna ,

Qui tandem erumpet , liquefactaque viscera montisSursum eructando volvet super arva ruinam .

Vivida vis animi incessu divin itu s ardet,Et pra sens firm at virtus : sedet ore verendaMajestas , fremitus vulgi aspem ata sequentis .

Dim ovet obstantes socios c ircum oscula prolesFusa , magis magis extremis amplexibus ha ret ,Dum pra saga mali tr

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epidant suspiria matris .E porta egressus morientia murmura coelo

Aure bibit, restatque sim ul : m em or om‘nia versat ,

Atque recedentis vide t incunabul a terra .

At vidisse pudet : stimulis furialibus aetus,I mpius indicit patria lacrym abile bellumI pse cauit signum , co éuntque in pra lia Volsci .En insurgit hyem s glomerata Australibus oris,

Et spissos ruit horrores ; extraque tumescunt

88 COR I OL AN US .‘

L ittora nota amnes funesta in bella voluti ,S ilvifragisque Austri flabris tremit excita pinus .N ox loca veste tegit furva, Di qua seges a risSplendescat , lucem que arma albescentia jactent .Tempore non alio spargens sol m oestior ignesI nsolitum erubui t , m onuitque instare ruinam .

Tempore non alio visa concurrere turmaArmisona , et coslo m initantia fulgura pasciArctius et rapuit pu erum ad pra cordia mater .Ultor adest ! gal cam videas untare com antem ,

Ferratosque duces latis ardescere campis .Conjurata cohors Volscorum accendere Martem

Gestit , et exsecrans misera infortunia vitaG ens Operum patiens defixa relinqui t aratra,

Et sumptis jaculis irasci in pra lia discit ;Dum recolit campum am issum , dum fiorea rura,L a titiasque loci , cara que umbracula sylva .

Ergo etiam agricola non ullo exercita cu l tu ,

N ondum induta com as , Cerealia munera m arcent .

Terra ignava jacet ; deserturn extenditur a quor,

Atque solo fum at domus exa quata coloni .Jam propius propius magno imm iscerier a stu

Undantes populi , frem itusque ad bella vocantum .

Voce al acri to llit sacrum Pa aua juventus ,Et cantu reboat montis nemus Appennini .Accipis e t tu , Roma , sonos ? cur agmina cessant ,Agm ina lecta virum totiesqu e potita triumpho ,Fervere , et hostiles ni tro compescere motus ?Surge age , et instantes , solitum tibi , rumpe catenas .

Quidve m oraris iners ? nunc tempus poscere currum ,

Nunc conferre manus . Sedesne exosa reliquit

L ibertas ? neque enim sequitur, quagloria monstrat ,Desidiisque oppressa timet Romana propago

COR I O L ANUS .

Exspectare acies, et aperto credere campo .

Sanguis hebet : torpent contracto in corpore viresExagitat miseranda fames , a grosque per artusArdorem exsiccan t inopi j ejunia victu ,

Frigidaque in pugnam ponit manus irrita ferrum .

I nterea ingratis Vesta penetralia votis

N equ icquam sonuére tremunt genua ipsa precanti,Moeniaque ill udunt turritamole querelas .Obsidione tenent urbem , invaduntque coronis,

Et vas to exsurgit , fabricata in m oenia, dorsoVinea ; quassata resonant crebro ariete turres .

At subito exarsit per propugnacula clamor,Marcius obsessis ut sese ostenderit : exspes

Roma videt, visuque exterrita fugit in arcem .

0 11i torva tuens ocul us, pra sentiaque irisEm icat ignescens violata injuria famaUrget ; et huc illuc raptim se turbidus infert ,S igna Jovis Capitolini devell ere fanieSperans, sacral-atque manum , et nudaverat ensem .

Jamque ibant (ea sola salus) longo ordine matres

Qua situm Optatam , dederint modo num ina, pacem .

Pectora tunsa sonant palm ie, dejectaque collaCrebra t igat passos lacrym a interfusa capillos .Totum funereis nigrescit vestibus agmen,N a niaque auditur muliebri concita questu .

Moestitia insignis per castra inimica, per armaDucit iter conjux geminaque Veturia prole .

t ue suum agnovit m edia inter corpora natum ,

Procumbitqu e genu posito , indulgetque querelisS uppliciter tristis , m oveat si pectora, mater.

Si taceam , m oesta ha c vestis fusique capilli ,Qui tantus lan‘

guentem animum depascitur angor,Ostendent satis . Ah miseri ! queis irrita vota,

90 COR I O L A N US .

N ee sperare datur fractis solatia rebus .Pacem te petimus : terra sparsa ossa recentiFuneraque ante diem multa grassantia ea deVidimus has fletu satis est novisse ruinas .

Ast ego quid referam P— neque enim facundia linguaI llaque canities capitis non digna ferentisAversum movere animum . Me plurima jussitPer somnum apparens umbra exturbata parentum

Exire e tectis in castra ardentia ferro,Si mater possim nati exsuperare furores .Va mihi ! solabar falsa inter gaudia euras ,Quando omni studio cunabula amata fovebam .

Tune inopem , immitis potuisti linquere matrem ,

Tu vita spes sola ? ergo labor ille parentisEffusus, tristemqu e traham sine honore senectam .

N ee mihi natus crit, quum mors induxerit umbras ,Frigida qui placido componat membra sepulcro .

Has per te lacrym as oro , per jura parentis ,Respice res lapsas patria , atque hane exue mentem ,

Sa elaque composita earpant la ta otia pacis .S ic tibi saneta fides, m em orum sic corda nepotumPersolvent m eritos a vi venerantis honores .S in autem obtusas imm obili s obstruis aures ,Si tibi pulsus amor nostri, nee cura precantis,I , pete regna hostis, cape tela, incendia misce ,Et rabiem saturent di sjecta palatia Roma .

I psa operi aecingor ; mihi tu jam funeris auctor,Ante tuam m atrem aspicies abrumpere vitam ,

Quam patrios inter cineree spatiabere victor."

Hde fletu infracta vires dolor acrior ardetVoceque maternapariter lacrym isque movetur

Marcius , et rabidas jamdudum avertitur iras .Cedere jam eertus , qua cura exa stuat intus,


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W I L L IAM PENRI CE BOR R ETT . 1 821 .

M O R S .

AUD I RE suave est, u t fidium arbiterI ctu canoro sollieitat lyram ,

Et mente curis expeditaThreiciam m oderatur artem

Eheu ! sepulcrorum imm em or et rogi ;U t exeitata fervet imagine ,Qui destinatam nil val ebit

Voce piarevocare sortem .

Audire suave est : sed tremulo pedeR aptisque vita deliciis feror,

Qua luce pal lescunt earentiimMersa Erebi simulacra nocte .

Obliviosis cincta paludibus

Fati superhit vasta situ domus ,Taxisque funebres cupressi

Consociant nemorum tenebras .

R egnatur umbris Cimm eriis : sedet

Effultus Hades rupe adamantina:Et corpore informi laboratProdiga Tisiphone flagelli,

Horretque nodo vipereum caput.Circum Senectus, et Dolor, et Fam es ,

Et dira Ca des , Febrium queOmne genus posuit enhile .


96 M ORS .

Ergo , dies quum venerit ultima,Claustris solutus corporis exeat ,

Sedesque cognatas revisat

I mpatiens animus sepulcriL ethoque maj or. S ic Jovis armigerAles serenum surgit in a thera ,

Si forte tempestas ruinamD eeiduis m editetur iris ;

Obdueta terris nubila dim ovet ,

Solique pennas improbus eX plicat ,Et noctis intacta tenebrisAlta petens fruitur quiete .

W . P . BOR R ETT . 1 821 .

C O N S T A N T I N U S .

Pw eL aao s fines peragro , et bene cognita famaL ittora , prom eritaque eversas strage DeorumEfligies ; juvat ambigua nova moenia RomaDicere , et herois partas Christo auspice lauros .Jamdudum immissis velarat nubibus orhem

Ca ca Superstitio veterum , gentesqu e furoris

I nsani accensa stimulis, e t sa va moventesOrgia, solvebant falsis vota irrita Divis ,Pinguiaque humano foedabant templa cruore .S cilicet insontis, prim a vo in fiore juventa ,

Ductores inter patrios , an te ora parentis,I phianassai divolsi virginis artus .Sa pe etiam inclusa monstro, cui forma rudisque

Frons hominis, tenera morti occubuere puellaEt pueri simul , irritatis munera Divis .

S tant circum insani Druida , flammasque cruentasSubjiciunt ; ater vacuas it fumus ad auras ,Floridaqu e infandadispergitur herba favill a.

L a tior at rerum facies et blanda salutat

R elligio ; jam nunc terris exterrita fugitVana superstitio , jam pro m ortal ibus a grisTu

,suprema Dei soboles , spes optima patris ,

D ignatus superas sedes solium que paternumL inquere , et obductam terris dispellere noctem .

Salve ! sanete puer, magnum patris incrementum !r

98 CON STA NTI NUS .

Teque tuumque decus celebrent coelestia vatamAgmina, sidereique chori ; mihi carmine fas sitHum anum memorare dueem , qui sacra per orhemS igna crueis victor tulit, et simulacra D eorumS travit humi veterum , atque m adentia sanguine templa .

I lle triumphatas Susa expugnaverat arcesVictor, et Alpinos montes fluviosque nivalesT ransierat ; jam Verona sub m oenibus al tisDul ces propter aquas Athesis, densata ruentem

Per tela, et socios revocantem in bella trementes,M iserat ense gravi sub Tartara Pompeianum .

Posthae (ardet enim popul um renovare labantem ,

Et miseram sarcire urbem , invisique TyranniDiruere imperium) turmis vietrieibus arcesOppugnare parat turritaqu e maania Roma .

N equicquam abrupti nebul osa cacumina montesR upibu s oppositis tollunt , fiuviiqu e tum entes

Montanis nivibus pul sant spum antia saxa .

Rumpit iter tam en impavidus , per saxa, per hostes,I mpatiensque mora ; Eridani turbata flu entaTransit, e t aérii eelsum caput Appennini .Nub1bus en ! liquidis solitam medio a there sedemOceupat , ac secum deducens mille tenebrasOcciduus placidum circumdat Vesper OlympumJamque ille ante alios formaque insignis et armis

(Ardua enim frons et sublim ia lumina latumI mperium ostentant m ajestatemque verendam)I ngreditur, veterum volvens discrimina regumI ncertasque vices, cum scissis nubibus a therFulgenti erubuit flamma, coeloque mican s cruxVi sa novos superans radios lucem que Diei ,Primus ubi .E(

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100 CON STANT I NUS .

S e ponti dedi t invalido , qui pondere victusFrangitur : insolito comm otus turbine fluctusSustulit indignans ammi s, rapidoque tum escensVortice eorripuit regem m isitque sub undas .Quid la tos Roma cives gratumque Senatum

Prosequar ! et fractas gentes, quas effera belloTerra fovet , R henusque pater Ma oticaque unda !Usque adeo adversis gaudens Mars impius armisS a viit ; et tandem populi sua membra laboreFessa gravi recreant ; at Constantinus inertisOtia fastidit pacis partosqu e tn

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Quinetiam L icini vitia et longa va senectus

Exstimulant animum , et facilis spes certa triumphi.N equicquam ille senex crebras in bella cohortesDucit ovans , gaudetqu e novis accingier armis .Ceu quando bellator equus gravitate seniliConfectus , si forte sonet tuba rauca per agros ,Cal cat putre solum elata cervice superbus ,Exultans valida pugnas m em inisse juventa .

V olvit ubi volucres undas GZagrius Hebrus,Hebrus notus aquis aureis Orpheoque perempto ,

Constantinus agit trepidos dextrfi. horridus hostes ,L onga vum que ducem media inter funera et interFunestas ca de s ardens exposcit ; at illeS ternitur, et regnum infelix deplorat ademptum .

Has vero laudes inter tantosque triumphosAspera fata vocant Musam flos ille juventa ,

Cui decus egregium testantur mille carinaFracta , ubi se volvit L eandrius Hellespontus ,D eeidit infanda irretitus fraude noverca .

Qual is in umbrosa sylva, p inguisque virensque

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CONSTANT I NUS . 10 ]

Cum subito immissus violento turbine ventusS ternit humi jacet illa fera divolsa ruina.

Spretus amor tanti sceleris rupta que fideiGaussa fuit ; neque enim cohibet fera pectora virtu s ,Foem ineusve pudor ; scelerato cedi t amori ;Atque novereal i cadit insons victim a dextra.

S cilicet at tempus veniet , male perfida, cum tuI mpia prom erito solves perjuria letho .

Crudeles urbis luctus m oestasque sepul cri

Exsequias linquam , lam entaque Constan tiniN am plectrum maj ora vocant : nova regna per undasConstituit petere , atque novis dare nomina muris .Finibus Europa extremis , ubi littora ThracesAlluit angustus refiu enti Bosporus unda,Objicit in fiuctus latera, et proj ects. quietumTerra facit portum ; nu llis agitata procellisUnda tacet ; fessis statio tutissim a nantis .Hinc virides ripas nem oro saque littora circumCentum a des , centum votiva al taria cernasHine quoque Cyaneas rupes , qua per freta quondam ,

U t perhibent , nantis erudelia monstra, vagantesHorrifico tandem cum murmure coneurrebant .

Hie mortem insidiis tu, rex infide , repertisBebrycias inter sylvas , nem orumqu e recessus ,Ca sus Amye la i ca etu Pollucis Obibas .

I llic Tartarea , si vera est fama, volucresI da a scelus et sponsi delicta prementesFoedabant avido Phina a pal atia tactu .

Ha c aura perflant liquida ditissim a frugum

L ittora ; flava Ceres optatas pra bet aristasPurpurei gravidapendent de vite racemi .Fortunata nimis regio qua dona recusat

Ferre solum , pacata vehent per marmora classes .

102 CON STA NT I N US .

Thuris odoriferi lacrymas N abatha a remittentArva tibi, mellis fragrantis nectar Hymettus,Et Surrentinus mollissima vina Fal em us .

N on tibi frugiferas segetes foecunda negabit

E gyptos ; non aurifluus Pactolus arenasI ndia pra bebit gemmas solidumque elephantum .

Fortunata nimis regio tua littora sedesUrbis erunt : latos om abunt m oenia campos,Et septemgem inos excelsa pal atia colles .Quanta tibi (baud incerta cano) tecta alta domosque

Cernere erit ! quantatoll ent se mole superbaMoenia, et aeriis munita turribus arces !At tu, Roma ferox, multos dominata per anuos ,N equicquam am issum decus imperiumque dolebis,D esertasque domos, quando amula m oenia cernisAtque immortalem populi surgentis honorem .

JOHN GRI FFITH COL E . 1 822.


104 “HEN RY THE FOURTH .

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L E A R .

AN GU I BU S intorto N emesis succincta flagelloD esere Cimmerias fauces noctemque profundamVosque , O Eumenides , vestro si num ine poemasL a sa subit Pietas , spretique injuria patris ,Tartareas oro pestes , S tygiumque furoremI ncutite , ac natas odio exercete nefandas .

Heu , feror accensus , m entemque insania raptat

Ergone nil cura , vel am oris certa paterniPignora , nil valuere preces P l abor ille parentisI rritus , et nulli vota exaudi ta deorum .

S ed frustra indignis lam entor fietibus ; ite

Exagitate domo genitorem ; pellite tectoQui vitam , qui regna dedi ; canosque capill osN imborum Objectate minis , et fulminis ira .

At N atura parens , tuque O , cu i cura levam en

Ferre laboran ti, L ucina , et conscia Juno ,Has tandem auscultate preces , audite parentemI sta vana incant genialis foedera lecti,N ee dulces natos , Hym ena i pra m ia, norint ,

Aut qua m aternum pertentan t gaudia pectuS i vero partus istas perferre laboresFata Jovis poseunt ; sceleris pariatur Erinnys,

Optatam matri qua tollat nocte quietem,

Atque illi assiduis juvenilia fletibus oraD eform et , rugas illi qua in fronte seniles

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1 06 L E A R .

I mprimat ante diem , m entem que doloribu s angat .

Quin ipsa agnoseant , experta vul turis ungues,N on pejora sibi Philom elam inducere damna,Qua vigil immutata suis fovet aspidis ova,Quam miseri ingrata lacerati prole parentes .Tal ibus ante om nes plorandu s sorte senectaRex furiis raptus voces fundebat , at iraFoem ineas prohibet lacrym as ; questusque sub imoCorde prem ens, torvo paullisper lumine natasSpeetat : tum dem ens aulis excedi t avitis .

At non Caucasea siliees, non durior ilexPectore natarum ; ca li tonat aula, polusqueN escio qua pra ter solitum caligi ne m ersus

Obruitur tenebris tal i surgente procella,Vix quisquam ejiciat tecti p enetralibus bostem .

Has autem stimulat dom inandi faeda libidoTantum audere nefas nee la sa cura fidei,N ee pietas obstat, nee parti gratia regniN ee qua Olim blanda dederant prom issa parentiPlurima, cum in patria pendens cervice vicissimU traque perjuros fal lax iterabat amores .En vero infelix genitor, quem nul la furentemT empestas retinet, non nllus cursibus obstatDumus , at infirm os eonstrictis vepribus artusN udatasque comas lacerat ; qua sa vior urget

V entus et effusus descendi t plurimus imber,Fertur mops animi : non ca li fulgura sentit ,N on furias hyemis , neque agentes frigora nimbosS cil icet intestina suo sub corde dolorumAsperior versatur hyem s ; furor improbus urget ,Et rapit implacidavictos vertigine sensus .N on aliter quam cum muros exercitus urbisObsidione tenet, si tandem everterit arcem ,


108 L EA R .

L a tior arridere : ita vultu perfida rident

q uora , cum ea lo vehem entior ingruit imber .N am ruit interea varias pennata per urbesNuncia Fama volans , nata que adl abitur auresAttonita exaudit , spreta que Obl ita fidei,I njustique ira patris , volat ocyor auraL atura auxilium ; peragrat loca sola ; parentemQua rit , et ipsa animi pietas dat robora membris .Ergo ubi vestigans penetrat densissim a sylva ,

Rupe sub aeria miserum videt illa sedentem

At vidisse piget : Macies jejuna sub ore

Pal lida regna tenet, confeetosque atterit artus ;I s tam en arridet leviter : tam en oscula saxisFigit , et appellat natas : tum sa va resurgitI ra iterum , et poenas iterum deposcere eoepit

Horrendas ; auditque suas Cordelia laudesTum vero infracta vires , non amplius ipsaS e retinere potest : lacrym arum concitus imberErum pit , gem itumque edens vix talia fundit ,Adsum , chare pater, tua te Cordelia qua ro .

Dixit, et in collum sese projecit ; at ille

N escius heu ! natam fixis aspectat ocell is,

I mm otum velut a s , aut non spirabile marmor.

I lla flet infelix ; et sylvas questibus impletMulta gem ens , m iserum que vocans de nomine patremAt vocat incassum : surdas miser obstruit aures .I nde pio invigilans studio , per ta dia noctis

Sustinet amplexu venientis nescia fati

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em fovet , atque animo m eliores prOSpicit annos .

Felix ah ! felix virgo si reddere sensus

Ulciscique patrem tantum t ibi dura dedissentFata : sed heu ! primaperiere abrupta juventa

Stamina , florentesque cito abscidit Atropos annos .

L E A R . 109

Quis somat armorum sylvis fragor ? unde tenebrisI nsolitam m ittunt tela albescentia lucem ?

I psa etiam ca canoctis sub veste v ideturI re atrox Ca des , et furtim exquirere pra dam .

En quo virginei risus ludebat Am oris .

L umen hebet tacitum : fugiens rosa pallet in oreFlaccidaque in tenero labuntur lilia collo .

Heu Pietas heu rupta Fides ! solam ina possuntHa c extrema patris furi ata auferre sorores P

S ic spes immatura cadit : sic m unera verisI rrita langueseunt , et m arcent ruris honores .At pater excussu s somno mirantia circum

L um ina contorquet , natam que an te ora jacentemAspicit : extemplo effulgens rationis imagoDividit obstantes tenebras , atque em icat ardensL uce vaga, veluti perstringunt fulgura nimbos ,Aut penetrat nubes obtuso Cynthia cornu .

I lle quidem m oriens tristem rem iniscitur iram ,

Erroresque suos, et te Cordelia : nataTum super exanim is procumbens corpora , v ictusDecidi t , et placida compostus morte quiescit .

JOHN DESBOR OW WAL FORD . 1 823 .

R I C H A R D G (B U R D E L I O N .

BR I GHT bursts from Eastern clouds the morning light ,And sheds its golden hue on Carmel ’ s height ;The sun-beam gilds Juda a’

s spiry tow ’

rs,

Her palmy plains, and almond-shaded bow’rs ;But not, as wont, where from the castled steepL ooks the pal e watchman o ’

er the billowy deep ,Opes on his eye the scene ; where erst the rayPour

’

d its waste splendor o’

er the desert sea,Startled he views full many a trophied prowI n hostile pride Uptum the flood below ;High on the gale a thousand banners stream ,

The dark wave sparkles with the burnish ’

d gleamOf shield and quiv

’

ring spear : in dread arrayThe countless myriads hold their daring way ;With more than phrenzy fir

’

d , each heart beats high ,I n battle fray to conquer, or to dieWhile , in fond Fancy

’ s daz zling hues array’

d ,

Delusion bids unsheath the eager blade .But 10 ,

his tall plume waving o’

er the throng,What martial form maje stic tow ’

rs al ong ?The regal mien , the steel-clad limbs declareN o peasant-born, no feeble warri or thereRound his high crest bright lambent terrors play,His arms refulgent flash upon the day .

’Tis he, the L ion King : with kindling eyes

He views Juda a’

s flowery cliffs arise ;


1 12 R I CHA RD G(BUR D E L I ON .

Hush’

d is the war : Juda a’

s plains no moreSound to the martial shout, or battle

’ s roarAnd where is he , before whose victor bladeThe Paynim’ s vanquish

’

d squadrons fled dismay’d ?I s that his form , which scarce the gloomy lightOf his dim dungeon cell reveals to sight ?

Are those his limbs, whi ch ruthl ess fetters bind ,Bare on the rough and humid ground reelin ’

d ?

Yes ! his the pris’

ner’

s doom , the captive’ s fare ,

Condemn’

d proud Austria’ s gal ling chain to wear.

N ot such his hope , when late , in martial pride ,Albion’ s tall cliffs beheld hi s navy rideN ot such he seem ’

d , when fierce in wrath he pour’

d

On Cyp rus’ isle the vengeance of the sword

Or when he led, L imisso’

s tow’

rs among,The nuptial train in regal pomp along .

How chang’

d his fate ? in that drear solitude ,Where scarce a sunbeam cheers his dungeon rude ,’Tis his, am id the nightly tempest

’ s moan ,To tell his sorrows to his harp’ s soft tone ;And oft

, as other scenes his heart inspire,L oud swell the strings with all a warrior’ s fire .

Yet still does Hope ’mid dark Despair upraise

Her vivid form , and point to brighter daysL O ! Albion bursts the tyrant’s fetter

’

d chain ,And joyful hails her warrior lord again .

Ah ! vain her joy : still war’s loud tumul ts roll ,

And glows with fire unqu ench’

d her monarch ’s soul .

Y et stay thy fierce career : for not thy mightWith conquest plum

’

d , thine arm renown’

d in fight ,N ot mail , or sev

’

nfold shield, avai l to flyThe dread, unerring shaft of Destiny .

S ee ! from you moated tow’

re the vengeful foeDirects his aim , and bends the fatal bow

R I CHA RD CCEU R D E L I ON . 1 13

And see the shaft has flown ; in Death’s cold shade

Dark sets the Hero’ s pow’

r, his triumphs fade .As oft the meteor’ s momentary flightWith stream y train illumes the face of night,Then soon in ether lost, its splendor o

’er,The useless pageant sinks to shine no moreSO on the warrior’s course bright Glory’ s rayI ts influence sheds , and sudden di es away ;Yet Virtue still her fairer praise deniesN or drops the tear on his last obsequies .Far other he, who bids soft Peace expandHer hal cyon wing, and bless the sm il ing landTho ’ ne ’er the laurel grace his brow, nor FameSound from her brazen trump his echoing nameY et , sweet as summer skies their moisture shed ,A nation’ s blessing gathers round his headAnd when he sinks to rest, a nation

’s tearI n grateful m em ’

ry consecrates his bier.

EDWARD BL ENCOWE . 1 823 .

T RA N S L A T I O N .

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CHARL ES BANNATYNE . 1 823 .


1 16 CR tEsvs .

S cilicet ambrosios illi pra bebat OdoresTmolus, et unguentum graviter spirantis amomi ;Pactolusque auri sudans in margine guttas ,I lli floriferas valles, et amoena viretaI rrorabat aqua: nee bello clara priorumUllo se tantum jactarat L ydia rege .Eversas Asia dabat unus jura per urbes ,Hine, ubi Threicii prope flum ina Thermodontis,Fa m inea arm antur lunatis agm ina p eltis ;

I lline , Taurus ubi media inter nubila surgens,

Cau tibus Oppositis australes term inat orasN ee minus n a o tum primum in littore GranBarbarico norant vieti parere tyranno ,Et sua vix Epheson poterat Diana tenere .Ebrius ille ergo fortuna munere dulci ,N escius, heu ! N emesis quas ingerat invida sortes,Aurea secura earpebat gaudia vita .

Qual es, vere novo cum ridet da dal a tellus ,L udentes volgo pecudes errare videbis

Qua lubet :’

ast illas venientis damna procellaI mprovisa premunt ; de coslo fulmina m ittitJupiter, et terris violentior ingru it imber.

I nterea accurrit , qui natum cuspidi s ictu ,

Dum sectatur agens in Olympi saltibus aprum ,

Proeubuisse ferat : sed, ne quid cuspis obesset ,I re in ferratos non huic perm iserat hostesI nfelix pater, at studio la tatus inaniFoverat in thalamo tristi defleta feretroMembra jacent c ineree supremavoce cientur.

Tum vero ingentes surgunt in pectora luctu sI nfixique manent ; quasi jam stirps nulla supersit ,

Omnis in am isso miseri stat cura parentis .Most et, et , obscuras quoties nox induit umbras ,

CR (ESU S . 1 17

I psius ante oculos m onstrantem vulnera AdrastiCernere credi t Atyn : sic ploravere ParentesTro ilon , aut alto quem vidit ab aere lapsumDa dalus a quoreis natum subm ergier undis .N ee satis hoe N emesi . N am Cyrus surgit in arma

Victasque adnum erat gentes , partosque triumphos :Gyri pal lescun t andito nomine Reges .Tum Croesus Phoebo centena ingentia m aetat

Terga boum , totidem pingues cum m atribus agnos ;I nstauratque pyram : lectissim a munera DelphosMittit , et ex adytis qui Divi orécla reportent .Quid vero responsa val ent vocesve Deorum ?

Et monstra enixa vix tandem credita muli ?

Quid quod prodigiis actus coelestibus , ul troGram ina fugit equus , lethal i et vescitur angue ?S cilicet ignarus fati sortisque futuraI rru it in bellum : mediis rex ipse eatervisVertitur, et notis gaudet succingier armis .Adspice ! Acham enio strages bacchata tumultu

I ngruit , et magna visa concurrere turma ;

Jamneque per cam pos nitidis argenteus undisD ucit Hal ys solitos jueundo murmure rivosA t cruor infandus latices , et flum ina tetraMiscuit , et summo jactantur in a quore passimS emianim ique duces, spoliataqu e corpora vita.

Hie credas iterum X an thum , et Sim oenta videre

Ca dibus Hectoreis undantes volvere fluetus ;Viribus exul tans Croesus, certoque triumpho ,I nstat equo spumante , ardetque exquirere Cyrum ,

Si decus eripiat , spo liis m signis opimis ;

Spes heu ! vana nimis : sed enim formidine turpiAnguimanos fugiens informi mole elephantos

Ecce retro sonipes confusa per agmina fertur

1 18 CR I ESU S .

At contra Persis furor additur : inde , lupi ceu ,I mpavido cursu fusos sectantur in arcemN ec campos Borea pene trabile frigus adurens,

N ee j ejuna Fames , aut rerum turpis EgestasObjecere moram : scalis adscendere muros ,Et m anibus certant portarum evertere claustra .

Ha c erat, ha c Troja spe cies, ubi nocte supremaGrajugenum patuere doli, partuque nefandoArmatum fatalis equus subm iserat agmen .

Fors et , ceu Priamus Diva arm ipo tentis ad aram ,

Vitam exhal asset crudeli funere Croesus ,N i miserande puer, stirps quondam spreta parenti ,Cui neque donarat dulcem N atura loquelam ,

Tu tandem exiguam potuisses tollere vocem ,

Tu servare patrem medio in discrimine mortis .N equicquam insan o sed enim raptata furoreBarbara gens instat regi supponere flamm as,

Heu misero , et tandem post longa silentia, nomenCum gem itu et magna clam anti voce S OL ON I S .

Tum Medis cessit rabie s , solioque renidens

I pse trem it victor, memori dum in pectore secumHumanasque vices , arcanaque fata revo lvit

I nde adeo extrema servatus funeris horaVivis , Croese , Deum tandem tutela tuorum .

Vivis,quippe ardens evexit ad a thera virtus ,

N ee superis v isum a tem as te pendere poenas .

Ergo , ubi luxuriem et foedam execrata tyranniSa vitiam , insanum regnandi damnat amorem ,

Te,moresque tuos , m em orat pia Musa tuumque

Consecrat , e t tradit ventura in sa cula nom en,[Eterno spargens decoratum flore sepulchrum .

JOHN ATK I NSON FUL TON . 1 824 .


120 CA RTHAGE .

To mark the wand r mg Pleiads’ dewy car,

And trace the clouded beam of Saturn’ s star,Whilst hopeless Mercy trembled at thy sideTo view with human gore thine altars dy

’

d .

Then War exulting bar’d his eager sword,And distant nations own ’

d a Puni c lord ,T hen last fair Commerce woo’d the golden gal e ,

And weal th was bosom ’

d in the swelling sail .

N ow chang’

d the scene ; no more the sailor-bandHere moor the bark, and throng the busy strand ;And now no more , in martial pomp array

’

d,

Pours from the gates the warrior-cavalcade .Those lofty gates are level ’d with the ground,Those warrior-chiefs in death’ s cold chain are bound ;S till is the hum of life ; no music

’s strainShall rouse the dance within their hal ls again ;Fled is each form that flutter’d in the throng,And hu sh ’

d each voice that swell ’d the tide Of song .

The welt’ring wave , the wild wind’ s hollow sigh ,

The whisp’

ring reed , or night-bird’s boding cry ,

Alone disturb sad Desolation ’ s re ign,And wake the slumb ’

ring echo of the plain .

N ot such was Carthage , when in haughty prideHer fleet victorious rul ’d the stormy tideN ot such her hope , when Ocean

’ s bill ows boreHer hostile thunders to S icilia’ s shore ,N or when Hamilcar’ s mighty son unfurl ’dRed Conquest ’s banner o

’

er the western world .

N ot wilds where winter chills the sullen year,N or woods , nor rivers, check his fierce career ;Above , the Alps upraise the ir heads of snow,

And savage hordes infest the plains below ;Rocks , forests , floods, his path in vain oppose,He rides triumphant o

’ er unnumber’d foes .

CA RTHAGE . 1 2 1

Rome saw and trembled , when on Trebia’

s waveHe strew ’

d the corses Of her slaughter’

d brave ;Rome saw and trembled , when on Canna

’s fieldHe bade her Consul fall, her Eagles yieldAnd, l ike a star, which sheds its welcome rayTo gild some

’nighted pilgrim ’ s weary way,Whilst still that hero fought, his Spirit pour

’

d

The light of conquest on each Tyrian sword .

Ah, soon the gal e , that fann’

d his victor plume,

Moan’

d with sad murmur o ’er his unknown tombSoon sunk his crested pride beneath his pall ,And Fame with solemn trump proclaim

’

d her fav ri te’ sThen Cato’ s voice decree’d the distan t war,

And Rome led on her myriads from afar ;Yet Carthage quail

’

d not, shrunk not from the strife ,Tho ’ meagre Famine drain’

d the stream of lifeTho’ sleepless urg

’

d the sword its work of death,And foul est plague exhal ’d its fetid breath,Yet scorn’

d she still the vengeance of her foes ,S till rose her courage , as her perils rose .Ev

’

n hoary age and beardl ess youth essay’

d

The desp’

rate fight, and grasp’

d th’ unwonted blade

And locks, that lately deck’

d the maiden’ s brow,

Sped the fleet dart, and twang’

d the deadly bow .

Ah , vain the glory of each gen’

rous deedI n vain her warriors fall, her heroes bleed ;Truth, valor, honor, yield to coward gold,And treach

’

ry mocks the efforts of the boldThe blazing temple fires the lurid skies

,

Through the wide streets the flame extending flies ;By fury led, the Roman

’s ruthless trainHurl down the palace, and pollute the fane .Ah , vain the sculptur

’

d grace Of beauty’ s form,

The canvas ’ glow with mimic nature warm ;

122 CA RTHAGE .

Vain al l the varied excellence of artTO stay their course, and touch the spoiler

’8 heart

Where’er they turn, a desert Spreads beneathTheir with ’

ring steps, and marks their course with death .

S tern Fate sits brooding o ’

er the topmost tow’r,

And crumbles with a frown the shrines of pow’

r ;

Then flaps her cold wing o ’ er the mould’

ring wal l ,And, shrieking, bids the shatter

’

d fabric fall :Down, down it sinks, in cumbrous ruin hurl

’

d ,

And the deep crash appals the startled world.

’Tis done ’ tis done : and not one rack is seenOf all that was, to tell what once had been .

Spirit of Death, yet hold . Thine icy glanceMay chill the warrior in eternal trance ;Thine hand may blight young beauty

’s freshest bloom,

Too soon the faded tenant of a tomb .

Spirit, thou canst no more . Thou canst not waveOblivion’ s standard o’er the Brothers’ ” grave ;Thou canst not tear from fame’ s eternal scrollThe deathl ess record of the patri ot soul .

Yes, Carthage , still , tho’

all thy pride be fled,Thy glory faded, and thy warriors dead ;Tho ’ Ruin sits forlorn , where blo om

’

d thy bow’rs,And sighs dejected o ’er thy fallen tow’re,S till shall the Muse her simple wreath entwineAround the base of grandeur’s hoary shrineS till shall fond Memory linger round thy name ,And trace on Time’ s bright page thy blazon ’

d fame ;Dwell on thy praise , lament thy fate , and tellHow Freedom’ s sons in Freedom’s conflict fell .

JOSEPH SUMNER BROCKHUR ST . 1 824 .

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RURA CAN O R U R I SQUE D'

EOS .

ARBI TRA terrarum , victique Britannia pontiO , qua sceptra geris, solioque innixa refulges

E quoreo , circum smeiens ingentia regna,Marte Opibusque potens, et frugum uberrima nutrix,

Sit mihi fas orare tuum venerabile numen ,Fas valles , errare , tuas et prata canenti ;

Quasque ibi delicias gens fortunata fovereAdsuerit , ductosque suis celebrare per annosOrdinibus ritus . Britonum nam regna tenebatBarbara gens quondam ; neque adhuc educere turres,

Nee valido scibant m cliri vomere glebas ,Sed temere ex antt is latices haurire solebant

Munere solati jejunia D odona o ,Et latebras habitare rudes ; artusque levabat

I nter dura quies instrato saxa cubili.

Audiit interea nemorum increbrescere murmur,Audiit Oceani strepitum eoelosque tonantes

I ncola ; pra sentisque Dei vestigia noscensS emina concepit scelerata in pectore fraudis .

Fas autem versumque nefas ; tum pal lidus ibatCorpora natorum geni tor visurus, et arasSanguinis humani perfusa ca de madentes .

O alma salvete vices . En , gratia Divi :Emicat erroris lux interfusa tenebris,

Et valet inculta sensim succurrere genti ;Castaque Simplicitas dil ecto in rure moratur .

126 RURA CANO R U R I SOU E DEOS .

Ergo vieta gravi dudum N atura veternoExplicat occultas vires ; et prodiga floretUbertate soli ; venit indulgentia VerisSuavior adridens ; pratorum da dalus ordoFloribus. induitur, croceosque exhal at Odores .Hie et muscosi fontes, et dulcia rurisOtia non absunt ; gemmant in gramine rores,D um prodit Sol purpureus ; Zephyrique susurroSylva m ovet frondes, liquidumque per aera funditConcentus avium ; pendentia verbera pubesDat fluvio , visisque in aqua colludere plumisN aiadum ad ripas argentea pectora tractat .N ee proenl in pratis Maio dicuntur honoresR ite sui , plenis circum munuscula nymphaMatutina ferunt cal athis ; fontesque coronant,Quos propter, quoties accendit Cynthia cornu,I nstituit choreas , et gyro gramina signat

L a ta manus L emurum ; hie pugna simul ac ra cohort esExplicita volgo texunt , duce qualia I ul oDardana progenies S iculis ineessit arenis.

N ee, quamvis fEstas, nim iique potentia SolisI ncubet arenti scopul o , non ire juvabit ,G estit ubi stagno dul ci m ersare magister

Et timi dos tondere greges, dum vallibus agniI nsultant, et voce sonat nemus . O, ubi clivoPurior electro tacite delabitur amnis,Et vitreo ridens Speculo pellacia lymphaI n num erum suadet nervis amplectier undas ,O,ibi m irantem qui me per amoena vireta

Ducat, ubi mentem pascat prospectus inanem ,

Elysia niteant valles e t dulcia Tempe ,Dum resonare docet colles Amaryllida pastor .

36. The fly.

41 . Allusion is made to the custom of adorning fountains with flowers.


1 28 RURA CANO R U R I SQUE D Eo s.

Felix, si nusquam ferales noctua cantusI ntegret, aut tremula scintillans luce pal udemPervolitet vapor, ac m entitos induat ignes .Fel ix , si desolatas form idine turrisI nvitapra tergrediens impune ruinas,Agrestes tumulos inter, m oestasque cupressos ,

(Quippe ubi virgineos cineres nova serta coronant ,)Culmina villarum rursus fum antia cem at .

Suave rubescentem Phoebo spectare recessum ,

Aurea quum viridi sublucet sylva colore ,Suave etiam Autumn i dubio discrimine foetusR uraque messorum late ferventia curisProspieere ; et pingui Cerealia munera culmoBrachiaque ad terram nimiis pendentia pomis .

Unde frequens glomeratur avis , perque aéra nubesI ngruit alarum raptim ; jam sa pe dederuntVolnere foeta gravi sonitum tormenta ; neque illasFrigida luxuries foliorum , aut penna tuetur ;N ee celeres rursus furtim subrepta juvabit

Pabul a pra dari, gratasque invadere messes ;Quaflavas inter segetes, Cererisque coronam .

Exstructas prospectat opes, la tusque recenset ,Et cauit extremas efl

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oetus messor aristas .Fortunate senex, ubi ridet Copia, SolesCondere la taris festos, sociique per berhamVina coronantes dapibus pascuntur inemtis .

Hie motus incompositos, risuque solutoL udentes vidisse lubet ; rudibusque figurisHie levium campos ineunt spectacula rerum .

N ee vero fuit antiquo sub Thespide lususL a tior, I lissum juxta et Tritonidis arces,Unde Agamemnonios primum videre furores 1 20

9 1 . l gnis fatuus. 92. Haunted houses. 94. Churchyards.

RURA CA NO R U R I SQU E DEOS .

Cecropida ; necnon circum plaudente corona,Clara SOphocleO dignata est

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Musa eo thurno .

Esto ; hie non unquam bacchari insana Volup tasR egifico gestit luxu ; neque ta dia plaususL onga fovent Hyemis, vastique aula a theatri .

Namque L ares intra exiguos, cum vespere conjuxMunditiis simplex m ensam struit ; oscul a prolesPra ripit occurrens patri , teneraque laboratVoce loqui complexa genu : focus igne relucet ,L a titiamque addit tectis, ni funeris ultroEjiciat duri speciem ; dum sa pe cachinnusProdit ab arcanalatitantem sede puellam ;

Plurima vel falli t labentem fabula noctem .

Heu, mal e tum cem ent putres concrescere fungos ,Sideraque ignifero tractu signare meatus,Aut sub nocte canes implere ululatibus auras,Has, 0 , has scenas inter, vita que tenorem ,

Securasque domos, juvat auscul tare procellas ,Ventorum que rudes flatus, sylvasque fragorem ,

G audiaque agricola tacito sub pectore serpunt .N ee minus Aurora surgit redeuntis imagoDelicias mirata suas , quum frigidus humorDestillare casis coepit , tenuemque videturCandenti Tellus sufl

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undere veste ruborem .

N ee dubitat per la ve gelu concretaque regnaI re levis puer. En , subitavertig ine ferri ,Qua facili cursu tendebat navita cymbam ,

Fertque refertque pedes, et circa lubricus errat .

Qui s vocat interea strepitus ? nemus unde remugitlngenti clamore ? ruunt per prata, per undasE mul a venantumque cohors, et odora canurirxvis

Auritum leporem ac lacrymantem frangere eervum ;

1 30. Coffin. 1 35. Candle om ens.

129

130 RUR A CANO R U R I SQUE D Eos .

I lle fugit, refugitque vias, atque orbibus orbesI mplicat , et tandem post vulnera dura sequentum

Sum it opes animumque , et saueius hostibus instat .E '

ustra : nam fessos distendi t anhelitus artus :L abitur infelix ; perque ora nitentia sanguisFunditur ; ingem inant voces ; it sparsa cruorePurpureo Ca des, canibusque immittit habenas .

At tristes lenite sonos ; Discordia camposQua rat Hyperboreos dem ens, Seythia que pruinas ,Cimm eriaqu e caput foedum caligine condat .A spice , promisso la tantur ut omnia Divo ,Et sem iusta domos servat custodia ligni ,Candidaque intexta decorant magal ia laurus .Salve la ta dies, a vi m elioris origo ,Unde hom inum jam certa fovent solatia casus ;Spes almo ridet voltu ; Pax mi ssa per orasE thereas tendit pennas, potioraque vitaGaudia ventura , et felicia tempora m onstrat .

S cilicet et tandem nascetur purior a tasN escia mutari, durique Oblita laboris,I mpia delebit sceleris contagia nostri .Tum coeleste melos spirans, vocesque beatas,Omnibus assiduos Ver indulgebit honores,Aureaque a terno condentur sa cula regno .

JOHN BROME . 1 825 .

1 64. The yule~lag. 1 66. Christmas Day.


132 SA UL .

Bursts, and leaves all in ruin . I s it sunkI s

’

t gone, the glory Of thy’nointed brow,

Saul, king of I srael ? Thou art no moreSuch, as in Gilgal, before al l the tribes,Thou stood’

st th’ elect of Heav

’

n , or leddest OnT he troops, at Jabesh, to victorious fight,All arm’d, and kingly in commanding grace .

The L ord has left thee , and thou feel’

st no moreThe sacred whisper in thy secret soulThe peace Of innocence , the grace divm e,

The spirit, and the presence Of thy God .

The L ord has left thee , Fortune turu’d thy foe ,

Her red-lipp’

d hounds unmuzzled, bitter S corn ,

And, snaky-headed guard of Hell, RemorseWhile Mem

’

ry , pointing to thy former fame,Rises , and , like a spectre , haunts thine

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eye ;And, if bright dream s Of glory and high-deeds ,I n happier m om ents ,

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steal thee from thyself,Crosses thy path , and with a with

’

ring lookS trikes them to nothing ; while the nations roundMock I srael’s King, and with their armed bandsDefy her power, and thunder at her gates .Where is the King ? with confidence sublime ,And faith unshak en in the L ord Of hosts,S tands he the first ? N O voice from heav ’

n, or dream ,

Or inspiration of the holy presence ,Urge him , as wont : but Time , and Death , that stillFollow our flesh , and ever wheel more near,With darker shadow sto op their ominous wing.

Then broke his mighty soul : but there is hopeHope

,tho ’ far diff’rent I srael in her camp

I s silent, and the Philistines aroundAre silent, but the tempest howls without,

SA U L .

And sounding show’

rs, and melancholy wind,Presage the morrow . Saul amid the rackS talks , like the spirit of the terrible storm ,

Trampling the winds , and , breasting the blue flameOf Heav

’

n , shoots through the tremendous gloom ,

And hurls the re ins to Madness and Despair.0 look not now into this breast of mine,Thou sleepless eye of Heav

’

n : hide me, ye clouds ;Ye tempests cover me and thou, black N ight,Descending, shroud m e with thy swarthy wing,And save me from his anger. And, 0 ThouSpirit, who watchest in its secret cellEach embryo wish , quell these unhallow

’

d thoughts ;Keep me from evil ; and , if Saul must die ,I f Saul must die , and thi s the fatal day,L et me not perish like th ’ unth inking ox,L ed to the slaughter-house . This hand has borneThe incense in Thy presence, and this tongueHas glow’d, O L ord, with more than mortal fire !And canst Thou see me here , Thy chosen King,From Thy communion driv ’

n, expell’

d , outlaw’

d ,

S eeking Thy counsels from a second mouth ?Thy counsels — But it matters not . AvauntYe narrow bonds of bigots and of priests ,Away : This magic art , this pow

’

r of spell s ,Come it of heav ’

n or hell , or other power,Which , pitying mortals , deigns to visit earth ,I reek not . HE rejects me : scorns : disownsAnd want there Gods of pow

’

r superior stil l ?Rules he the boundless universe al one ?N O, ye bright legions Of supernal air,Prote ct me, lead me . N ow, ev

’n now, methinks,

Ye do contend for this debated breast,

133

134 SA UL .

And with your mighty war turmoil the air,Breathing the two-edg

’

d lightning from your lips ,And bellowing thunder. Then , to you, ye Gods,And ye will save me, of free will , I go .

”

Within the centre of an ancient wood,Where dark repose , and lonely horror deepOf endless silence dwells , there, haggard , old,And never visited by holy light,Behold the sorceress . T0 th ’

angry heav’

ns

Saul look’

d defiance , but, his spirit sunk ,And pale, and weak, and with a voice subdu ’

d ,

I n other garb his wishes to the witchWhispers , and wildly adds , “ I f spells can raise ,I f words and sounds can move the silent dead ,And call the soul , that never hovers far,Back to the body ; if the soul itselfBe some bright denizen of other worlds ,For punishment, condemn

’

d to serve on earth,And not a dream of the corporeal brain ,A finer moulding Of selected clay,N ow prove thy pow

’

r upon its shadowy form ,

Round Samuel’ s body strew thy lunar herbs,Bid Samuel’s spirit hither, not unseen .

The witch obey’d : yet half in spite began ,And, not unmindful of her sisters slain,And other days, and the forbidden art,Her hollow m agic mutter

’

d to the air.

Sudden the rain surceas’d ; the blust’ ring wind

Sunk ; and the shadowy lustre of the moon,S treaming forth suddenly, o

’ er th ’

aged tree sThrew her fantas tic light : the witch broke off,Hush

’

d her unholy words , and all was still .

I s’

t be ? what see’

st thou Airy phantoms slow,


1 36 SA UL .

I f e ’er his spirit influenc’d the darkAnd gloomy tides Of thy impetuous soul,Repent : for, surely as the day shall come,God bids me tell thee, Thou shal t Surely die .

The prophet said : but, horrible , and pal e ,S till hanging forward to the fatal words ,S till gazing on the empty-vaul ted night ,S tood Saul : till, slowly gath

’

ring in the East,The rosy promise of the dawn came forth ,And told, too

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surely, that the day was come .Thought he of death, as to the camp he tum

’dOr of past times, when all the din of warJarr’d not his eager heart, and breast of fireOr was al l thought of present, or of past ,Buried in apathy ? The trumpet sounds ,And in the agony of desperate fightEnded all thought : but, when the fight was done ,And mid the ruins of his broken hostHe stood al one, then sudden o

’er his soulFlash

’

d Conscience , like the lightning’ s glare, and shew

’

d

The mighty wreck of al l that once was great ,And thunder

’

d in his ear, and bade him die .

Thrice to his breast the faithful servant sadPointed the sword ; thrice in his trembling handThe weapon fail ’d ; he let it fal l, and fled .

Saul at the recreant, as he rush’

d away,Scowl

’

d a dark smile of melancholy scorn ,And seiz

’

d himself the sword, and sunk to death .

FRANCI S BEAUFORT EDGEWORTH . 1 825 .


SHAR SPEAR E’

S“RI CHARD THE SECOND .

— Act 1 . Scene 3 .

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EDMUND L AW L USH I NGTON . 1 825 .


1 40 A UTUMNU S .

Amais mestu leniter insident,Sylva que se pallor recedensI nduit in dubios colores .

N eque his Voluptas nulla redintegratPratis honores m essis : I o , sonantCantus puellarum , et JaventaRisus ovan s super ore ludit .

Signet Cometes sanguineo licetN octurna tractu nubila, nee facemDet L una consuetam : coloni,Quos foveant , hilarisque pubes ,

I n corde sensus , pocula L iberi ,Et nox avitis dedi ta fabulis,N ee parva m essorum corona, etMista choris joca feriatis

T estantur : O si rura TheocritusR ursus beato pectore viseret ,R erumque, quas Olim canebat,

Delicias iterare possetAmore raptus : seu loea vitiumS erpente nexu gratia vestiat,Et livido turgens racemoI talia decus amuletur ;

S eu digna regni s Alcinoi pyraOstendat hortus, m alaque roscida,Prematque decerptas puella

Dente unces, neque mella temnat .

Qual es recessus inter, et otiaN ee cervus acri prosiliat fuga,N ee prata venator sequendoCarpat equus , crepitetve plumbi

lmber per auras non ita PhyllidiMusaque visum : tollite barbaras

A UTUMNU S .

Ca des, et Autumni quietemFunereo prohibete ludo .

Fas in remoto sit potius jugo ,L apsasque frondes, nudaque visereArbusta, et humana doceriS igna vicis fragilemque Vitam

Ergo occidemus : qualis at arborumVernis redibit verticibus coma,Qualis coronabit rosarum

L uxuries rediviva ripas ,Quum se relicto Spiritus efferetN oster sepulcro, cinget amabilisSplendor renascentem , suique

Gratia subveniet decoris .

N ee vana fingo somnia : dum loquor,Pra sentioris nosco aditus DeiEt Spes triumphans immoraturPollicitis meliora regnis .

L enita Sensus pectora temperantSublimiores : porta recluditur

fEterna coelorum , et coruscantE theria sine fine sedes .

JOHN BR OME . 1 825 .

U R B S .

AL MA Jovis soboles , cui , tecta nitentia luxuTurrigerasque urbes pOpulosque invisere, cura ;

C uspide depositapaulisper et a gidis orbe,Diva, favens adsis conanti grandia, ut UrbisMores concelebrem, et digno tua munera cantu.Tuque, choros linquens Phrygios, Berecynthia MaterEt bacchata jugis Corybantfim Dindyma turba,O turrita juves ; et tu, qui primus in urbemJunxisti gentes R utul fim , populumque ferocem

L egibus infra nare tui s, justoqne laboreExercere , Pater, voluisti ; .ut quisque recentesPosset amare focos , et frm dam enta locareE dibus , atque al to turres educere coelo .

Adsit et ill e satus Maia, quo , rite , magistroOlim Amphionialapides testud ine ductiR upibus exsiluere suis , et in ordine justoUndique congesti steterunt , tua m oenia, Thebe .Mane novo surgens quum findit nubila Phe bus ,

Culmina quot videas totam fumare per urbem ,

Quot sonitus varios m iscerier undique lateAccipias , tractim que hom inum increbrescere murmur .Hie val idi properant opera ad Volcania fabriPassibus hie fessis clavam vigilem que lucernam

Custodes noctis referunt ; rubrisve lacertis

8. Saturn.— Vt

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rg . E n. viii. 321 .

1 4. Mercuri, nam te docilis m agistro

Movit Amphion lapides canendO.— Har. 0d. iii. 1 1 .


1 44 URB S .

N on ita jam pridem cecinere Hymena e per urbemL udentes pueri ; ineessit nova nupta tenellaVirginitate rubens , quam circum Gratia AmoresqueAgmine concordi volitantes, floribus ultroGaudebant vernis et Olenti spargere nimbo .Ast alia decurrunt oculis spectacul a ; moesto

S egnis procedunt passu , pompaque decentiFunera : sollenni turbantur m ocnia luetu ;Atro ornantur equi , nigrasque in vertice plumasVibrant, et flexa simulant cervice dolorem .

Haud scene in vitasubeunt dolor atque voluptas ,Et variant al tem a vices : vix risus ab orePurpureo, la tusque ocul is evanuit ardor,Cum dolor invisus lacrymis rorantibus oraI rrigat , et moesto voltus Obnubilat imbre .

I llic ad fluvium coeunt quaparte caterva ,

Ardua contexto tollit se robore navis ;Qua , simul atque moras obstantes rite magisterRupit, et . attentam cepere silentia turbam ,

Ecce , levi primum furtim delapsa m eatu ,

D einde capit vires sensim , et, violentior Euro ,Emicat al ta petens, spum fi. rorantia longeSaxa fremunt , lateri illisus circumtonat ingensOceanus, plausuque virum furit arduus a ther .Sic , ubi cognatas Argoo remige pinusPelion attonitum deseendere vidit in undas ,Ensibus insignes clypeisque ardentibus auro ,Arma” ter intrepidi fremuere heroes, at omnisTer sonitum referens immane remugiit aer,Ter mons piniferos capitis concussit honores .

Sed ferrugineo jam vestit cuneta colore,Et vocat in somnos vesper crescentibus umbris ;

6 1 . Funeral. 7 1 . Ship-launch.

R B S

Tempore quanquam il lo L uxus splendore'

coruscat

R egifico magis atque magis ; tum D ia VoluptasB isu purpureo turbas et fasc inat almisI llecebris anim os, et pell it corde dolorem .

Hie , ubi confertas cernis concurrere turbas ,Porticus exsurgit vasti laqueata theatri ;I licet irrumpit magno cum murmure vulgusD ensum humeris , impletque foros, novitate morandum ,

S eu levis induerit so ccum , seu Musa severaMajestate tum ens , incedat vineta cothurno ;

Doctave m agnificos fundat Germania cantus .Parte alia foribus splendens domus al ta superbis

I ngentem o stendit reseratis a dibus aulam .

S tant Parii lapides , juvenum spirantia Signa,Ardentesque faces tendunt , testudine pictiE lucent po stes , ful vi nitor I ndi cus auriS ub laqueare dom us m icat interioris ubi ingens

L umina p ertentat fulgor, pedibusque choreasMox la ti plaudent juvenes , graeilesque puelles .

Crebrescunt sonitus ; fam uli stant agm ine denso ,Et stipant aditum : en, rapidi longo ordine currusFulgent , et celeres rutilant per compita flamm a .

Nec proeni hinc , miseranda fame , nudosque laborans,Heu frus tra , lacerie defendere vestibus artus,Pall entem que prem ens genetrix ad pe ctora natum ,

Orat opem , patrio nuper qua in rure , modestaS implicitate placens , gratoque nitore juventaDelicia patris, et vicini gloria pagiFloruerat : culto veluti flOS vernus in hortoSpirat suave rubens duro m ox pollice m essus ,

D ivitis ut m ens am domini luxum que coronet,CollapSis calam is, et deficiente colore

92. Theatre. 99. Bal l.

1 4

1 46 URE S .

Marcet, et invalidos capitis dem ittit honoresI lla, gemens ignominiam patrem que relictum ,

Marcida crudeli languet deperdi ta fatoS cilicet horribili culpam succincta flagello

Ultrix pa na premit, stimulisque m inacibus urget .At vos, qui seros nocturna ad lampadis ignes

Gaudetis vino certatim immergere mentem ;Et vetito siquis ludo noctesque diesqueI ndulges , quem pra cipiti levis alea casuI nsatiabiliter turpi dul cedine captat ;

Es te viri ; vacuas accendat gloria mentesJam tandem , patria que salus . En , Curia vobis ,Conciliumque Patrum limen venerabil e pandit ;Candida marmoreis en fulgent templa columnis,

R elligioque vocat . Vos, o , sacra juesa verentes,

Discite virtutemqu e sequi , moresque nefandosTollere , et in veras exciti assurgite laudes .N on etenim virtute patrum v el m oenibus a neis

Ferrea Parcarum poterie deflectere jura,Eumenidumve feram pra dadepellere turmamHoe seiat, Euphraten tum idum , desertaque siquis

Regna adeat , qua sublim es Babylonia quondamExtul it urbs turres, triplici et circumdata muroMoenia, et hortorum pendentes pumice molesI rriguas , et amoena novaviridaria terra.

Quin . et R oma, caput regali exuta corona,Et tristi canos efl’undens vertice crines,Eversas interque domos , et fana mal ignis

Foeda rubis, manibus vacuam languentibus urnamSustinet , et studio ma rens suspirat inani .S ed gravior mersit Fortuna casus Athenas ,

1 26. Tavern . 1 27 . Gam bling-house .

1 32. Houses of Parliament. 1 33. Churches.


1 48

J A C O B .

THERE stands in L uz a solitary stone ,A lasting monument of ages gone :Firm , as when first its youthful founder shedThe consecrating Oil upon its head .

When that rude stone was rear’d , the matted palmDr0 0p

’

d its thick boughs in ev’

ning’

s sultry calmO

’

er the green turf that cloth ’

d the lovely vale ,The cedar’s broad leaf floated to the gale .That grove is now no more : the barren landDisplays one vast expanse of burning sand ;Y et , like some island planted in the main ,That stone stil l lifts its head above the plainS o stood the Patriarch’ s Faith , that bade him dareTo burst the iron bonds of stem Despair,And nerv ’

d his soul to that worst blow of Fate ,T he first , the deadliest curse , a brother

’s hate .

How throbb’

d his heart, when from his native home ,

A Mother’s caution sent him forth to roam ?But m id conflicting doubts and anxious fearThe Father’ s blessing check ’

d the rising tear,And lull ’d the tum ults of his soul to restMy son, I bless thee , and thou shalt be bless

’

d .

And he was bless’d . Descending from on highHe comes , in glory comes the Deity ;

J i‘COB 0

Angels on angels crowd the vision ’

d Spheres,Seraph on seraph, host on host appearsAnd o ’er those ranks in pure celestial raysThat dim the sapphire ’s hue , the diam ond

’ s blaz e,Far, far above JEHOVA H stands on highI n all unutterable majesty .

Hark , the dread voice in thund’

ring accents rollsThro’ the vast concave of the list ’ning poles .

Count the thick dust that strows the sandy plain ,Count the succeeding billows on the main ,Count all the stars that sparkle in the sea ;Unnumber

’

d still shall thy descendants be ;Where wide Chal da a’

s breezes parch thy brow,

Or seorch’

d Arabia’ s deserts ever glow :

S till Shall my care for ev’ry want provide,And lead thee on, thy Guardian , and thy Guide .The voice had ceas

’

d , and o’er that haunted dell

N ight’ s solemn noon with deeper silence fellBut under ev’ry sorrow, ev

’

ry ill ,Faith in the prom is

’

d blessing cheer’d him still ,

AS cheers the mariner the polar star,Tho ’ the winds whistle , and the billows war.

And other hopes were his , but they were vainThey fell and faded at the stroke of painFaded , as fades the rainbow

’ s varying form,

Fell , as the tal l oak fall s before the storm .

How keen the pang that smote the lover’ s heartReft of his hire , beguil

’

d by L aban’s art ?How keen the pang, when o

’er her sandy plain ,The far Ephrata heard a shriek Of pain ;And the chill breeze that swept along the heath ,Bore Jacob ’ s dirge for long-sought R achel ’ s death .

149

150 JA COB .

Yet was he not al one : a light arose,And still its radian ce shone above his woesI t shone in Penuel, when the calm of nightHeard heav ’

nly sounds and saw th’ unearthly fight

And, where his Angel conqueror had striv’

n ,

Great “ I srael stood a Prince belov’d of Heav ’

n

That radiance shone, tho’

, lost in life’ s first pride ,

His Joseph’ s vest with other blood was dy’

d ;

The heartfelt prayer declar’

d his trust on high,While the deep groan bespoke his agony .

N or vain that trust, for brighter days arose,To gild the Shadow of his lengthen

’

d woesAnd it was his to speak in happier strain ,To pour thanksgiving to his God again .

My Son , my Joseph draws the vital breath,And I Shall see him , ere I sink to death ;Behold once more that long-rem ember

’

d face ,Clasp that lov ’

d bosom in one close embrace ;And, when my Maker calls me to my rest,Breathe my last sigh , content , on Joseph

’ s breas t .Again the vision hover’d round his head,

Gilded his age , and sooth’

d his dying bed,And

,like the last tints of exp iring day,

Shed on that hour a momentary ray :AS oft ’ tis said, the eve of life has giv

’

n

A clearer insight to the paths of Heav’

n,

When the soul , clos’

d agains t the thoughts Of life,Forgets each earthly care , each earthly strife ;And future times , in mystic darkness scal

’d,Show to the passing soul events conceal

’

d

Yet not as substances, in vision clear,But such as on the margent brink appear


152 JA COB .

And as their course revolving ages wing,I see , I see the long-predestin

’

d K I N G :

He comes . The SH I L OH comes . Confide in HI M ,

Tho ’ other faith and other hope be dim :

And while each wish , each thought is fix’

d on high ,May H I S pure influence shed a hal o nighAnd still that H0pe , thro

’ mist of ages seen,Gleam o ’er the waste of woes that frowns between,Enhance each joy, and soothe each earthly gloom,

Cheer your last hours, and sanctify your tomb .

”

GEORGE STOV I N VENABL ES . 1 826.


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1 54 “A s YOU L I KE I T .

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EDMUND L AW L USH INGTON . 1 826 .


1 56 X E RX E S .

Qua barbarorum nunc memores patrum ,

Velut Serena crebra cohors aprum

E state, densata caterval liacis glom erantur oris .

N empe his in oris Dux Priam eius

Fortis superbam temnere Gra ciam

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ugit omnis gloria , Peleo

Quum natus in pugnas rediret ,j Ethereis decoratus armis,

Ultor Patrocli tumfugientiumMultis repletas corporibus stetitS camander ; et victis iniquaPriam idis vetuere lances

Tardare fatum : scilicet, heu, nefas ,Videre cives pulvere sordidum ,

Vidére raptari quadrigis

Exanimum Androm aches maritum .

Eheu, verendum nee pietas caput,N ee magna canum progenies patremServabat , antiquas in aulasVi patria simul irru ebat

Pyrrhus recenti sanguineus nece .Tum vieta flamm is concidi t I lios,Arcesque damnatumque tristi

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X E R X E S

O si liceret Dardanidis diemV I dere rursum , et litora Gra ciaAdversa devota petentesI nnum eras , duce me, cohortes

Quas non vel armis Mars adam antinis

Splendens, vel E gei a quoreus laborT errebit . At frustra profundoVota Citis rapienda ventis .

N am vos perenni mersa silentioJacetis heroum agm ina, me quoque

Quanquam refulgentes catervisPersigena innum eris sequuntur,

N on , Si juventanunc ni tida virent,Centesima unum bruma superstitem

Videb it, ast Orcus potentiI mperio premet a quus omnes .

1 7

GEORGE STOVI N VENABL ES . 1 826.

H E N R I C U S O C T A V U S,

ANGL L ZE R EX .

E MU L A quem fractis regnum explicuisse catenis

Roma dolet, quem ca ca prius, neque cons cia lucisAnglia doctrina et rerum , haud ingrata, novarumSuspicit auctorem , mem ori quem voce superstesFam a per extremum vexit sublim ior orbem ,

Fortem indefessos ignes poenasque m inatumSpernere Pontificem , terra que apet it e salutem,

Musa refert : O tu , patria modulator avena ,

Suavis ades , propriosque infunde'in pectora cantus ,

Qual es, dul ce loquenS ausa est imitarier EchoOlim, inter moros arbustaque lenis Avoni .Quid memorem, prima repetens ab origine rerum ,

Antiquas ira caussas, quo concita motu,Dira per Angliacas, torto Bellona flagello ,S anguineas accensa comas , incesserit urbes ?Quid, quo compositis m itescere sa cula belli s

Auspice coepere , atque iterum pax aurea terrasVisere , et ambrosium pennis dispergere rorem ?Foedera quid memorem , quid regal es Hym ena os,

Unde tibi nasci post tot, R ex magne, tumul tusContigit , a tem am solus qui reddere pacemCommixto gemina potuisti sanguine gentis ,

22. Th e houses of Y ork and L ancaster united by the marriage of

Henry VI I . with the Princess Elizabeth, heiress of th e house of York.


1 60 HE R I CU S OCTAV US .

Pinguis'

ubi extremis colitur Picardia campis,L egiaque in Scaldin placido devolvitur amne,Conreptus videor ; cerno rutilantia lateAgm ina ; purpureis cerno tentoria velis,Ferratasque acies , florentesque a re catervas .

Mille repercussos adverso sole coloresArda refert , fusoque super ditescit in auro .FIm trmas cerno -foedus componere gentes,Et geminum solem , et duplex se ostendere regnum ,

V ibrari gladios, gal eas nutare com antes ,

Fervere equos, croceo campos insternier ostro ,Gal licaque Angliacis celebrari litora ludis .

Martius exim io primas rex ipse catervasL ustrat equo, telum que immani mole coruscans,Hortatur socios, simul ataque suscitat arma .

Quis proenl ille autem , medium quem plurima cingit

Turba, coronatum civili tempora queren ?Quis procul EOO regum insignitus amictuI ncedit , gradiensque viros supereminet omnes,Arduna ? agnosco tonsos de more capill osPontificis ; nosco voltum incessumque superbuml llius , infidos recto qui lumine fluctusA spiciens, fortis tentare undantia rerumE quora : nunc tum idis victor subit ostia velis ,N escius , ah , quanta sera sub nocte procellaI mm inean t, quantas exspectet Vespera pra das .Major abhinc rerum series, et splendidus ordo

Exoritur ; dicat, quantas longo ordine pompas ,

6 1 . Those suns of glory , those two lights of m en. Wolsey — Shaka.

Henry VI I I .

77. Cf. Gray. Bard .

R egardless of the sweeping whirlwind ’s sway,That hush ’

d in grim repose expects its ev’

ning prey.

HEN R I CUS OCTA VUS . 16 1

Quantaque magnarum vidi t spectacula rerumAugusta : ipse pater vitreis Tham esinus ab undisExtulit OS placidum , et miro perculsus amore ,Suspiciens sanctos ignes , m agnumque Hym ena um ,

Fatidica egregios pra sumpsit mente triumphos.

E terna salvete faces, verumque D eorumConjugium , sal ve : Tuque o , Spes certa salutis,

Anna, quibus m eritam coelo te laudibus a quem ?O vere regina ; tuo nam munere regnis

R ell igio . densusque sacra caliginis horrorDiffugere . Tibi magno l icet ordine fataVolvantur graviora, orta lux alma dieiClarior effulget , propria et gens amula laudeTe decorat , tu sola rogi , tu funeris expers,Vivida perpetua la tabere flore juventa .

Tu vero ante alias felix clarissim a virgoConjugis in gremio, partus cu ixa viriles,Jussa mori, quam nee domini inclem entia mortiProdidit , aut ficta perjuria perfidalingua ,

Felix morte tua, neque in hos servata dolores .S ed subit interea tacito pede tarda senectus,

Turpiaque Henricus lantis terit otia tectis,L onga importuna ducens oblivia curaEt vino , aut cithara molli dulcedine captus ,Producit vetita in scram convivia lucem ,

I mm em or, heu quantus tumefacto in corpore languor,Qua voltu macies , quantum mutatus ab illo ,Qui , licet indomitas toties Germania classesCogeret , a quoreamque animaret Gallia pubem ,

Hine L atium , hine flavis instaret S cotia turmis ,I pse manu impavida poterat suspendere , fatisEuropa invigilans, a quato examine , lances .

96. Jane Seymour.

1 62 HEN R I CUS OCTAVUS .

Hie tamen extrema jam sub confinia vitaEfferus, atque animi violento in corde furentisI mpatiens, quantas strages dedit ipse snorum ?Funera quot ? quoties ill ustri sanguine tellusI mm aduit ? testor manes et conscia veriNumina, non illas meritum te expendere poenasHovarde , aut fal so damnatos crimine Polos .N ee tua te , Cromvelle , au t te tua plurima, More ,

Defendit virtus, et tot spectata periclisI ncorrupta fides ; urget violentia mentemMajor, et extremos Henrici obnubilat annos .

N on secus, insolitos pastor sub vespere nimbosI ngruere aspectat , coelum que involvier umbra,L uridaque obscurum diffundere lumina solem .

N on tam en ulla tuas carpent oblivia laudes ,Henrice , aut tantos poterunt abolere triumphos.

Candida dum Pietas terram lustrabit am oeno

L umine, dum studio assurget tibi Granta fideli,fEmulaque al tem as necte t R hedycina coronas ;Tu , pater Edvardi, tu , sanguinis auctor Elissa ,

Florebis, majora nova nova sa cul a famaDona ferent , sic crescet honos tibi firmior annis,Gloriaque ad seros veniet cumul ata nepotes .

JOSEPH ST . JOHN YATES . 1 827 .

1 1 7. Howard , Earl of Surrey, beheaded on an unfounded suspicion Of

aspiring to the crown.

1 1 8. Cardinal Pole and h is brother Henry executed on a suspicion of

a similar nature.


164 THE B U I L D I NG on THE SECOND

L ong had theymourn’

d ; till freedom’ s day-spring rose ,

And dawning hope illum ’

d their waste of woes :The scourge of God, avenging Cyrus cameFor I srael’ s liberty and Babel’s shame .I n h0pe and ecstasy the ransom ’

d raceL eft the loath ’

d scene of bondage and disgrace .How thrill ’d their bosoms how from m an to manThe gen

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ral j oy’s electric spirit ran ?Each voice was rais’d in gratitude , each eyeFlash

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d L iberty .

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nty years of toil and thral dom flown ,Judah ’

s lov’

d land once more was Judah ’

s own .

The Temple shall be built,” the Persian said,

And lis’

tning thousands the command obey’d .

With fervent vow, and venerable riteThey mark around the future fabric ’s siteThen lay with pious transports , long unknown ,On holy ground, the firm foundation-stone .L o , white-rob

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d priests in David’s songs rejoice,Chaunt the loud psalm , and raise th

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d trumpets sound,And cymbals wake responsive music round ,While tender youth and trembling age uni teTo swell the chorus at the joyful sight .Yet some are seen , amid the varied throng,Who bear no part in that triumphant song ;Whose deep-drawn sighs, and slowly-starting tears ,Tell the sad tale of unforgotten years ,When the first Temple rear’d its front on high ,I ts prouder , statelier front, in days gone by ;That holier Temple , where of old they sawThe kings of Judah knee] in prostrate awe ,Where Judah ’

s heart had kindled to beholdThe burnish

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d gates, the roof that flam’

d with gold

TEM PL E AT J E RUSA L EM . 165

The spire , which , tow ring from the mountain’s heightWith deep

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d ;

The shrine by God’s immediate presence blest .The stream , that flows al ong their furrow

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d cheeks ,Ofmore than grief too eloquently speaks ;While sad Remembrance paints each vanish ’

d scene ;The picture lovelier, than itself had been .

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s pageWhen fading from the retrospect of lifeAre fled the cares of manhood’s active strife ,Childhood’ s gay dreams their pow

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r to charm retainL ife ’ s dawning glories to its close remain .

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d with truths sublime ,Bursts into speech, an d rends the veil of timeWho , mid the rescu

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d flock of Sal em’ s fold,Beheld her temple , as it stood of old ?How see ye now her second fane arise ?Say , seems it not as nothing in your eyes ?Yet cheer your hearts , ye people ; yet be strong,Ye sacred priests , an d ye , assembled throng :For I am w ith you , sai th the L ord of hosts ;I promis

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’ Alm ighty handShall shake the sky, the ocean, and the land,Shall shake the world, and , from his heav

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nly home ,HE , the desire of al l mank ind , shal l comeThen brighter glory shall this house invest,Than aught of old that loftier fabric blest .For here the Sun of : Righteousness shall beam ,

And light celestial flow in tenfold stream ;

166 BU I L D I NG THE SE COND TEMPL E AT JE RUSA L EM .

Within these courts the Prince of Peace shall tread,And bow in pray

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r his meek maj estic head ;Here shall be Peace ; and hence shall Peace extendThro ’ earth , from age to age , from end to end 1”

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N or aught beyond his gifted foresight knew.

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’ s last agony ;He saw no pavement swim with Jewish blood,N or Roman corses welter in the flood,While mounting volumes of barbaric fireWide circling round the nation’ s fun’

ral pyre ,R ive stone from stone . Ye outcast tribe , declare ,Where is your worship now, your Temple where ?Want stal ks the ground, where S ion

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d ,

By Heathen hordes and Heathen crimes defil ’d .

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d guiltMES S I AH came . MEssran

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A Nation curst, a Tribe without a home .



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I NTER SE COMPA R AT I S, UTER UTR I S I T

ANTEFER ENDUS .

PE R M U L TA quamvis sint, qua tempore mutentur, in judicandis tamem hominum m oribus, non al ia adhibenda videturratio, quam qua apud antiquos valuit . Ex Homero saltemea ducimus morum et virtutis pra cepta, qua et nostri poetaconcelebrent , qua que proba et decora apud universos homines a stim entur. N eque de rebus incognitis, sed tritisadm odurn agitur et communibus, quum dua ex Hom eri personis inter se comparentur. U trumne igitur anteponendumducamus, Achil lem , an Hectora ?

I d vero Observare I iceat, de Achill e tantum agi, qual em

ex I liade compertum habemus . Poeta scilicet minores nonnulla de Achil le finxerunt , qua insolentem potius , acerbum ,

et crudelem , quam generosum , clem entem , vel mitem exhibent , inter qua notum illud Horatii,

I mpiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer,

Jura neget sibi nata ; nihil non arroget arm is.

S ed hi minus audiendi sunt, neque , in hac disputatione ,

alio duce , quam Homero , utimur, qui Achillem suum , quum

vulneri obnoxium , 0 6m 8’

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ca teris hom inibus non dissimilem depinxit , nisi qui eximiavirtute pra niteat . N em o sane est, qui omni illum culpfi

l iberet ; sed , qua hodie rudiora et incul tiora videntur, consuetudinis erant et temporis vitia, neque ab hom inum moribus aliena, quum nondum ad com itatem illam et urbanitatem


1 72 Ex D UOBU S, I I E CTO R E ET A CH I L L E .

quidem et amicitia singulari potins tribuendum videtur.Solenne enim apud antiquiores erat, amissos in pugnfi am i

cos quanti haberent, quam maximahostium ca de dcclnrare .

Quod sane hodie apud I ndos Americanos obtinet , qui, nonin repugnantes solum , s t in ipso discrimine cadentes , sed incaptive s etiam gravissimam crudelitatcm quum exercea nt .

lionestari se credunt , et perfecta virtutis Oflicio pcrfungi .I lle autem , dc quo loquimur, Achilles , quali sane virtute ,qual i mentis facultate ct corporis ca teri Argivi vigebant ,tuli et ipse insignis , e latiore qufidam anim i m agnitudine , e tspiritu quasi diviniore , omnibus antecell it . Nam unus illeOmnium sortem suam vita et BI XHaNm m

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rigcm m exhibe t ? Deos in pra lium abiturus quis so lcnnioriprece invocavit ? Erga senem Plimnicem quis mnnbilior ?ln Priumum quis modestior ? Priamum scilicet, quem licuitve l occidere , vel captum non sine magno prctiO reddere .

tanquam pntrem quum exccpisse t, ineo lum cm e t voti com

potcm e castris rem isit .

8 0 d , ut R d Hectora veniamus , id qua rem lnm videtur.u trum aliqufi virtute . qua illO tempore hnbcrctur, cnru issevideatur ille , quem jum lauduvimus. Ecqu id in Hectorc

pra clnrum e lucct , qum l non ct in Achil le puri splendorenitent ? Sit fortis Hec tor. sit mugnnnimus . S ed sibi purumconstare videtur, quum . l

’nridis injuriam gravissimc ineul

pans, pro injusto Puridc strcnue dccerte t, et injustum bellum

Ex D UOB U S , HE LT O R E ET A cn I L L E . 173

finire quum poss it , Helenam Menelao non remittat . Benevo

lum sane illum et amabilem commendat ipsa Helena, mortuum appellans vocibus ill is da épwv arch } difhra re m iw wv ,

e t ab uno ex Trojanis Heetore mal e se nunquam audivisse

aflirmans . N eque deest singularis in parentes pietas , i nfratres benevolentia, in uxorem amor. Sed his omnibus et

pra claris virtutibus talis al iquando immanitas aecedit , ut

vix credere possimus eundem illum esse , quem nuper admiratisumus : ista nonnunquam apparet timiditas , ut , qui modosumma laude dignus visus est, eundem nunc tantum non

ignobilem judicemus . Pra cipue vero in Hectore notandurnest , pra stantiam ejus non tam sustentari, nee tam cont inuam esse virtutem , quam in Achille , cujus in omni vitarerum inter se bene et apte convenientium series exhibetur,quem non poteris non admi rari , m sx si mm ius forte dolor,ant si nimia forte virtus exarsisse videatur .Meo igitur qualicumque judicio Aehilli omnino danda est

palma , quem credo Hectori nee virtute , Dec pietate, nequeamicitiaeedere ; qui na turaad clementiam longe procliviorvidetur, ad quam sane Hecto r minime : quinetiam insolentiaista om ni , qua so let Hec tor tumescere , omnino vacat ; et ,

quum minora professus sit, majora tam en perficit . Hectori

porro non lieebat , quanquam ipse cuperet, e pugnatuto discedere , quod quidem paulo rerum vel gestarum gloriamm inuisse videatur, pra sertim , ubi cum Achille comparatioinstituta est . Sed et ipsam comparationem vel Poeta judicio tantum non diremtam crederem . N am Hectora Ho

merus dignum e sse voluit , qui cum Achill e certaret , non

illum esse , qui Achillem posset vincere : Achillem vo luit

Deo minorem esse ; Hectora inter bereas , non nisi exceptoFé lidé , y er

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dpdfwvu HnMiwva , pra stantissimum .

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QUO, mente capti, qu ?) m itis ? quibusT errarum in oris ponitis imperiFines ? ” Athenarum superbas,

Ha c , Pericles m iseratus arces ,Ha c , dum vigebat consilio potens,Ha c , morte in ipsa, verba dabat suis .Sed dira regnandi libidoSolicitat , neque currus audit

Pra eeps habenas , quum semel excidit ,Qui temperatos flectere ad exitusAuriga , noratque insolentesJusto anim os cohibere fra no .

Ergb rubentes plus vice simplici

Cruore fluctu s Cecropio tuos,Anape , vidi sti ; sub undisScuta virum galeasqu e inanes

T orquere gaudens corporaque hostium .

Quippe omnis illo spes cecidit die ,Et Attica Fortuna landi s ,Quo L acedam onia T arenti

S te tére puppes littore ; nam L aco ,L ecto per urbes milite barbaras ,Ceu sa pe per coelum nival esAgglomerant nebul a procellas ,

E tna que tandem in culmina corruunt ,

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178 SY RACUSE . A B ATHEN I E NS I BU S OBSE SSA-Z.

Olim impotentes egit ad impetusJunetas cohortes ; proqu e sal vis

Dona Syraeosia m aritis

Tul ére nympha . Sed neque foeminaVano paventes pallueran t metu

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Cum staret inspectans in urbemDesuper, exitium fam em que

Minatus ingens Cecropidum laborEt , classe portus et maria undique

Tenente , paull isper fugataDensa iterum ingru erent tenebras.

0 pa ne victor, nominis AtticiSpes altera, O cui vivida pra liisTum corda, tum spectata virtus,Vim revocans anim osque fessis,

Onum L una tantas haud miserans vicesVictis negaret deficiens facem ,

Et quum laborantes catervaAssinari Obru erentur al veo .

Ornate , Musa Sicelides, locum ,

Ornate sert is busta ducum piis,

Quos sorte conjunetos acerbaPerdidit ambitio snorum .

N am quis sil ebit te , male providisQui semper obstans consil iis sagax ,

Tandem ferebaris procella,Digne senex m eliore fato .

Morboque curisque , heu, quoties dolensVultu gerebas la titiam , tuisSolam en , uni tristis ipsi,O patria nimium fidelis ?

Sed , te relicto , Socraticus puerSacra abnegarat se comi tem rati


NAV I G I UM V I VAPOR I S I MPUL SUM

MAN E novo, veluti dubium Sol debilis orbemVix efl

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ert ; coelum ingressus, rapit , inde , nitoresUsque novos, donec terras et coerula pontiMatura pleno irradiet ful gore diei :I gnea sic penitus divini elem enta vigMens humana fovet ; sic , vires tempore sum ens,

I ntima tardatis accendit lumina flamm is,Dum nova paulatim labens miracula pandatSa clorum series , Sapientiaqu e au eta recentesUsque sibi res Subjectet , tenebrisqu e rem otis,

S erviat artifici cedens N atura labori .Primus nauta rudem instruxit de cortice cymbam ,

N otaque sollicito legit vix l ittora cursu ;Vertice m ontano dereptam hinc al ter apertis

I ntrep idus spatiis pinum commi sit , et aurisFortia vela dedit ; turnVis Magnetica ca camEdoeuit sub nocte viam , longa que rep ertis

Artibu s e t sacro vigu erunt lumine terrae.

N on tam en hic cessat tanto satiata triumphoVis anim i ; tentanda via est, qua temnere ventosObstantisque unda motus, velisque carentes,Detur, et invito nave s propellere coslo .

N ec mora ; miranti jam nunc ratis , aspice , portuPro silit ; a tergo spum ant sulcata carina

q uora, sulphureoque exactus vertice , fumi

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A PO R I S I MPU L SU M . 18 1

Volvitur ater odor ; gemino tum verbere raptim

Exsuperant spatium luctantis bina profundiRemigia, humana nequaquam Obnoxia dextra .

I ndignata vadis vexati gurgitisFrendet , et eversa vis subdita fervet aqua

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Tantum opus inspicere , et rerum recludere causasMens avet , et la tum pavitat molita laborem .

S cilicet, insinuans sese , corpuscul a fervorL axat aqua , solitoqu e vetans coalescere motuPerpetua in calidos expandit lege vapores ,Qui spatia ampla p etant , prorumpantqu e omnia cursu ,Aut vacuum imm isso densati frigore linquant .Ha e N atura dedit sollerti provida curaPrincipia . Hinc arctis infra fom acibu s ardorI gneus, et vasto circum data flamm a lebetiExagitat vivos per devia claustra cal ores .Huic superimposito fervens ex a re vaporemUnda ciet , pressaque furens exa stuat ira.

I nde, errore vago complens arcana tuborum ,

Spiritus effra nis ruit, impul suque secundo ,I mplet uti sano venas in corpore sangu is ,Percurrit varias partes, totamque gubernatL ege sua, invisus, navem ; tum denique , victusFrigoribus, redit in sese , justosque liquoresExhausto tandem immittit revolutus aheno .

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Frigore densanti spatium : spirabilis indeI nfu sus contra vapor, atque elata vicissim

39 Furnace . 40 Boiler. 5 1 Cylinder. 53 Piston.

182 NAV I G I UM V I VA PO R I S I MPU L SUM.

Massa redit ; prem itur rursus, celerique reeursu

Summa petit ; sim ul adjunctam conam ine vastoSumm ovet ipsa trabem , paribus tollensque premensqueI ctibus ; hinc axis pendet ; tum circulus , infraAdditus, incerto sua per vestigia jactuPassibus haud a quis properat ; circumdata motusCui regi t , et magno velox rota volvitur orbe .Quid plura ? An mem orem ferrum , innexasque catenas ,R em igiumque rota aflixum , gem inosque retortaOrbes perpetuis qui Obstent anfractibus unda ?Vix tam en adstantis poscit tam vasta ministriMoles auxilium ; ipsa suos sibi suflicit ignes,I psa suos magno latices infundit ah eno ,

Et celerem justo cohibet moderamine cursum .

Pra terea, nimio si Olim liquor excitus a stuPlus a quo exsultet , durataque claustra furentemVix capiant ; faeilem ipse vapor sibi pandit ad aurasI nde viam, tutisque erumpit ad a thera val vis .

Ni faciat , triplieis circum munimina ferriI mpatiens rumpat , m agnoque avulsa fragoreArma ratis, tabulasque ferens, ambustaque membra,Evomat ingentem vada per trem efacta ruinam .

Onum tsmen ars tantos pells t secura timores,Suave , ubi sopita ponto siluere procella ,

Carbasaqu e in male languent , remusve laboransVix m ovet invito lento s conamine fluctus,Conspicere , u t validis ratis acta vaporibus, intusVi trem efacta sua, velocique impete vibrams,Badit iter liquidum , celeris nihil indiga venti .N ee minus , adversis horrent ubi concita flabrisE quora , et incerto vada per stridentia navis

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184 NAV I G I UM V I VA PO R I S I MPU L SUM .

Arte timet penetrare undas , qua plurima circumDives Atlantei gremium notat insula ponti .Hic tam en , ignara gentis terrore fatigans

R elligio indoctas vexabat nautica mentes ;N empe ubi visa nigris jactare imm ista tenebrisL umina , sangu ineoqu e undam tinxisse raboreN octurnam , ventosque ratis sprevisse morantes ;Fatalem timuere trabem , qua , sola, furoreI n m edic coeli atque maris, contraria ventoSolvere vela potest, seeumque , exosa, procellasPerniciem que vehit , certa pra saga ruina .

At quibus edoctas melior Sapientia mentesArmavit , magno comm oti pectora amoreExim ium speetamus Opus, sanctosqu e m agistros,

Qui tales bomini Vitam excoluere per artes ,Prosequim ur studio ; nec, quem genuisse ColumbiExsultat tellus, quo tanta au ctore potestasProdiit oceani victo dominata furori ,D isplieet Angliaca m odulis celebrare Cama na .

At tibi prom eritam maj ori voce , Britanne ,Fama feret laudem , ipsius qui magna VaporisPrimus ad humanos flexisti sedul us ususMunera : te grati cives, te patria lauroPerpetual decorat , clarisque beata repertis

Unanim o tellus bustam cumulavit amore .Quin , Si fe lices anima , queis Vita recessit,

Despectare queant tellurem hom inum que labores ;Credo equ idem auctarum te jam lustrare tropa a

Artiurn , et egregios , quorum pars ipse fuisti

Maxim s , conatus , solatiaque addita vita .

Credo equ idem s aneto pectus fervore triumphos

Pra cipere instantes , sa eli quum coep ta prioris

1 29 Phantom-sh ip . 1 37 Fulton. 1 41 Watt.

NAV I G I UM V I VAPOR I S 1MPU L SUM . 185

JEmula magnorum explebunt inventa nepotum .

N am veniet , nec longa mora est, felicior a tas ,Quum tanta hum anum m inuent benefacta laborem ,

Profusasque , velut contracto tramite , mercesUnda feret ; marium temnent spatia invida junctaFa dere concordi gentes, auroque reductoSomnia priseorum cedent clarissima vatum .

HENRY L USH I NGTON . 1 828.

THE I SRAEL I TES I N THE W I L DERNESS .

HA RK , from thy depths , thou Erythrean main,Unpeopled Memphis asks her sons in vain ,Asks back those hosts , her pride and strength before ,Who ne’er Shal l tread her widow ’

d mansions more .At eve, that Red S ea baSk

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d in sunset’ s glow,

And gently heav ’

d with wonted ebb and flowYet there, when morning broke , the Man Of God

High o ’er the waters wav ’

d his mystic rod,And bade the floods congeal , the surge divideI n crystal ramparts o ’

er the fetter’

d tide,As if some icy spell had lull ’d to sleepThe restless spirit Of the rolling deep .

R eleas’

d at last from Pharaoh’s tort ’ring chain ,

The sons Of I srael reach ’

d that barrier main ;There, wond

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ring, saw the pathway wide and free ,And trod in safety thro’ the parted sea.

With steel-clad myriads and with iron car,Press

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d on the ir flying trace th ’

Egyptian war,Till , from on high, those sever

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d hosts between ,Th

’ Almighty flung the pill ar’s cloudy screen ;And breath

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d his blast, and bade an ocean flowWith unchain ’

d bill ow o ’er the heathen foe .Rider and S teed, the Monarch and the Slave ,Sunk ’neath the fury Of the refluent wave ,O

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erwhelm’

d , engulf’

d ; save those , the surges boreI n heaps to moulder on the desert shore .


1 88 THE I SRAE L I TE S I N THE W I L DE RNE SS .

Spread thro ’ the dark’

ning skies its golden glow,

And shone reflected in the sands below .

Then too , beheld with many a wond’

rous Sign,I n full efl’ulgence beam

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d the light div ineWhen S inai rock’

d , and from its smoking wombShooting red volumes thro

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th’ encircling gloom

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Told that himself, the God of I srael, came,G irt with Omnipotence, enshrin

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d in flame .The lightnings flash ’

d ; the thunder’ s pealing sound

I ncessant roll ’d its wond’rous courses round ;And, breath

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d by viewless hosts , the trumpet’ s note

Th’ astonish ’

d car with awful loudn ess smoteThick clouds and darkness wrapt the mountain ’ s head,And, at its base, the People shook with dread .

Yet one there was, whom Judah’

s L ord allow’

d

T o pierce the gloom Of that maj estic cloud .

The Chief drew near, whose strengthen’

d orbs might seeThe blaze of light, th

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all-glorious De ity .

Unscath’

d , unharm’

d , the hallow’d mount he trod,

And held mysterious converse with his God .

Hail , Holy One , for whom th’

avenging L ordStay

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d the red bolt, and drOpp’

d the fiery sword,And gave th ’ eternal statutes , that shall bind,Thro’ roll ing years , the myriads Of mankind ,The words divine , that shall not pass away,Tho’ worlds dissolve , and heav

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n and earth decay .

While such bright proofs of heav ’

nl y love combine ,Coul d cold distrust, and thankless pride repineCould Judah ’

s hosts to lifeless idols bow,

And breathe at heathen shri nes th ’

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d vow 90

Witness, great Chief, how oft their crim es demandThe Slumb ’

ring vengeance Of th’ Almighty hand .

L O, thrice a thousand by the sword expire ,And myriads feel the all-devouring fire .

THE I SRAE L I TE S I N THE W I L DE RNE SS . 189

Wide-wasting plague th’

apostate sweeps away,And the deep earth yawns rav’ning for her preyAnd vipers , springing from the pregnant ground,With venom ’

d fang inflict the mortal wound .

Vile ingrate race yet, fra il ourselves, and weak ,E

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en mid our censure , Pity’s voice should speak .

Have we allow ’

d no bitter murm ’

rings birth ,With life, our pilgrimage, our desert, earth ?I ndulg

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d no rebel thought, no weak complaint,N e’er felt our courage ebb , our faith wax faint ?N e’er o ’

er imagin’

d evils loy ’d to brood,Mid countless blessings from the Source Of good ?What woes , what ills , was Judah doom

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d to bear,While Hope deferr’d fast Sicken ’

d to despair ?Twice twenty winters m ark

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d their ceaseless toil,Twice twenty summers fir’d the travers’d soil .Yet still , by Heav

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n imperishable made ,N or chang

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d the sandal , nor the vest decay’

d

Yet still the six-branch lustre ’ s hall ow’d lightBroke in pure radiance on the heathen sight ;S till o ’er the golden Cherubim’ s abodeThe God Of Gods in hov ’

ring splendor rode ;S till Jadah’ s L ion shone the L ord Of war,And in full blaz e rose Conquest’ s crimson starYes, brightly rose , when he , th

’ entreated God ,

TO dust the heathen in Rephidim trodWith pale dismay on guilty Canaan prest,And crush

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d on Jabez S ihon ’s tow ’

ring crestWhen the fierce vengean ce of his conqu

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ring swordOn Edrei’ s giant King the Hebrew pour

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d

And beam ’

d still brighter, when in Moab’ s fight,

Midian’

s five Monarchs quail’

d to Judah ’

s might .Such were the glories Ecot ’s son foretold ,When Fate and Heav’

n his darker thoughts controll ’d .

190 THE I SRA E L I TE S I N T HE W I L DE R N E SS .

He strove to curse , but felt the hallow’d fire

,

Kindling within , th’ unwilling words inspire

The words Of God , that would not be supprest ,I srael , 1 bless thee , and thou shalt be blest ;A royal sceptre shall adorn thy line ,And the bright Star from Jacob ’ s issue shine .The triumph ’

S won ; but where the soul of fireTo wake the rapture Of the Sleeping lyreMiri am lies dead on S in ’ s deserted shore ;Her voice shall sing, her timbrel sound no more .On Tor’ s bleak summit lowly kneeling downThe Pontiff yields the sacerdotal crown ;The glitt

’

ring gems , that deck’

d his breast, are gone ,

And all the Father’s honors grace the Son .

But he, the Chief, on whose irradiate browBeam

’

d the full Deity’ s imparted glow,

Who bade the brazen serpent’ s blest controulFrom tort ’ring pangs relieve th

’ expiring soul ,He surely lives to lead the rescu ’

d hostTO prom is

’

d bliss, and Canaan’ s happier coas t .

Alas , that heart the fruits Of sin coul d bear ,For human frailty mix ’

d its leaven thereAnd pride , which death , too early, must atone ,Dar’d madl y call the heav ’

n-lent pow’

r its ownTherefore he die s ; and Joshua’ s voice shall guideThe wand ’

ring tribes thro’ Jordan’ s sever’d tide ,

Shall bid the Sun his fiery wheel delay,And the pale Moon her mazy courses stay.

Therefore he dies ; but, wond’

rous e ’en in death,Angelic hosts receive th ’ expiring breath ;And

,buried deep in Pisgah

’

s hallow’d gloom ,

Angelic hands prepare the viewless tomb .

His dirge is chaunted by a nation ’ s tongueHis fun’

ral hymn by myriad voices sung .



SHA KSPEAR E’

S“TAM I NG OF THE SHR Ew .

— ActV Scene 2 .

CATHER I NE .

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193

HENR Y L USH I NGTON . 18 28.

NESTOR CUM UL Y SSE COMPAR ATUR .

QUE summa Poetiees laus est , mores hom inum exprim ere ,

cam unus ex omnibus Hom erus omnium sa culorum suf

fragiis tulit, quippe qui carminum suorum quum singulas

m ira quadam varietate personas distinxerit , tum propriisu namquam que aptisqu e verbis pariter et factis om arit .

Atque in belli caquidem re satis co nstat, qual is cuique per

sona attributa sit ; Si verb am bigitur de consiliis N estoris

e t U lyssis , si qua ritur uter eorum Achivis plus profuerit ,I iceat , pauca de benefi ciis utriusque , eloquentia, atque ingenio , eolligentibus , sententiam nostram qual em cunque

proferre .

U t autem de benefiens primum dicamus , jam ab initioI liadis quantum inter studia amborum intersit , exemplacollata docent . Agam emnona enim et Achillem superbiae t ira graviter comm otos , N estor ad pacem et am icitiam re

vocare conatur, atque id sal tem eflicit , u t coetus dissolvatur,neque in apertam vim discordia exardeat . N eque in hoetantum loco , sed per to tam I liada, saluti Gra corum et commodo N estor consu lit : tim oris enim inscius alios , form idinem omnem u t abjiciant , quam diligentissim e comm one t .

Omnium rixas componere cupit, viresque adversus comm u

nem hostem conjungere . Rei militaris optime peritu s multautilia suadet , qualia sunt, castra muro circumdare , custode sad portas ponere , qua summam benevolentiam testari nonminus quam experientiam a quissim us quisque agnoscet .


196 N E STO R CUM U L YS SE COM PA R AT U R .

pra cipue m em inerimus qualem utrique serm onem Poetaattribuerit . L enitate orationis omnibus pra stat N estor,

roi) xa i a'

rrd yha'

maq s yhvm'

wv y e’

AI ros peev a ddrj

qui quum alns rationibus optima suadet , turn in eo maximealet, qudd priorum revocare facta, e t unus omnium potest

audientes ad eorum virtutem im itandam excitare . Hoe ,

Hectori u t occurrant , Achivos comm ovet ; hoe , Patroclum

in bellum reducit ; Antilochoque suo , stadium ineunti , prudentis sim i consilii est auctor .S ed nihil eloquentia Ulysses N estori cedit, Si quid enim

illi experientia propter annos minor sit, hoe ingenii vis satissuperque comp ensat . N em o Graiorum aut Trojan orumpra ter ipsum U lyssem illa laude dignus est , in qua conspectat e videmur summ i oratoris dignitatem , gravitatemque

omni actione po tentiorem .

cih lire (if) p 67m re y eyo’

zknv a: o ri fices 76 1 ,

rea l é'

rrea v upa’

zdeao cv éoucdra xezy epipcn v ,

0 131: (i v é‘rrezr’ '

Odva‘

fit y’

epie o e i e fipords dhkos.

U lyssi autem dicendi genus tribuendum est , quale in laudibus AntoniiM . Tullius * descripsit . Honesté enim cedendi ,

acriter insequendi, variique serm onis , clarissim a exempla inilla apud Achillem habita oratione inveniemus .

N cc jam aliorum carmina respicere oportet , nee , si quism endax et fraudul entum Ulyssi ingenium , aut N estori garrul itatem senilem tribuerit , illa jam curemus . Per to tamenim I liada nihil tale videmus . Ubicunque , in summo pericu lo , summo opus sit ingenio , Ulysses auxilium libenter

affert . N on tantum aliorum rixas componere , (quod inlegations ad Achillem missa, et in re Thersita videre licet)

De Or. iii. Forte , vehem ens, comm o tum in agendo , ex om ni parte

septum , acre , acu tum , cnucleatum , in unfiquaque re comm orans, honeste

cedens, acriter insequens, terreus, supplicans, summa orationis varie tate ,

nulla nostrarum aurium satieta te .

N E STO R CUM UL Y SSE COMPA R AT U R . 197

sed etiam , quo minus rixiS impediatur, ipse se retinere cupit .N eque enim Agam emnoni graviter et temere objurganti

irasci tur ; sed brevi e t pra clara oratione suam conservat

dignitatem , et , factis non verbis respondere se velle , ostendit ,N estori autem minime dedecori sit, qui sa pe existat “ L au

dator temporis acti, Se puero .

”N am tum temporis neque

annales scripti fuerant, neque carmina decantaban tur, quam ajorum virtutem revocarent Vita m ortuorum in memoriavivorum .

”

L eniores sane qua vocantur Virtutes, in belli laboribusadeundis minime versantur, neque in I liade exqu irendum

e st qualem se in fam il ia sua atque intra dom estico s parietesquisque pra stiterit . S ed et illud anim advertendum est paterni am oris indicia qaum in al tero apparere , qui suos secum ad bellum profeetos hortetur atque adm oneat , turn inaltero , qui absentis fil ii sa pins testetur se non Oblivisci, cumdicat

Mud’

é'

r l. Tnhey éxow wa rrjp xexhny évos einv’

et illa(i ii/ ea t , fiv CGéXnUGa , xa i , a i rev roz rd y éynke,

Tnkey cixow (151o 7ra re'

pa wpoy dxow t n ev ra .

Borum vero , qui , pari virtute , pari benevolentia insignes ,ambo suis maxima beneficia con tulerint , quam vis N estora

egregiis ante alios Agamem non laudibus exto llat , alterumalteri pra ponere ne velimus ; sed, quum neque Ulysse s sineN estore , nee N estor sine Ulysse Trojam eX pugnarit , suamatt ique laudem adjudicantes, N estora sane propter expe

rientiam saluti omnium prospexisse , U lyss em vero solertiaSufi , eloquentia, m anuque , ut , qua recte consulerentur, rataforent et perfecta, id egisse et curasse censeamus .

GEORGE STOV I N VENABL ES . 1 828 .

I’

H P A E .

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P E N E L O P E .

ERGO insolenti turba licentiaI mpune dem ens sa viet ; e t meroSparget pavim entum proq O

Post epulas ? I thacensis aula0 pax adempta . O clamor, et imp I IRisus, procorum , O jurgia non sua,

Qui tecta vesano tam altu

Concntiunt , gravibusque rixis .

Dum fida conjux , nee prece nee minisAbacta, curas in thalamo fovetAbsentis a ternas mariti

Sola sedens , iteratque questus,

Cu i ma ror addit verba Quid impiumI gnara feci ? quid scelus u t JovisI ram ingravescentem supremiContinuas patiar per horas ?

Ausa est recepti ca dem Agam emnonis

Adultero sub pectore TyndarisVersare ; sed Divos U lixemPenelope reduc

’

em poposci .

Quin et remo tis Telemachus quoqueAbest in oris . Hei mihi ; prosequorN atumque lam entis virum que ,

Orba parens . viduata conjux .

PE N E L OPE .

Ergo recurrunt tempora : v er redit,E stasque solis prodiga , ct invicem

Au tumnus ; at totos per annos

Bruma meum prem it una pectus .Forma caducus flos periit m ihi ,E gram e t senectus pra cipita t diem ;

E t spernet am plexus Ulixes ,Si redeat , rediens aniles .

S ed te , vagantem , quid mare conjugem ,

Qua terra , Ulixes , distinet ? An tua,Furente dem ersi procella,Ossa premunt inhum ata littus

An , absit omen , v ivis adhuc , m e i

Oblitus ? At te non ego , te tuaN on po ssum et antiquos amores ,Jussa, nov is abolere flamm is .

Quid, quod procorum vota rapacium ,

Aut ipse mentem sollicite t pater,Medonqu e , vel Pisander audax ,

Se juvenem potiore vultu

Jacte t m aritum : N ox m ihi, L unaque ,T estantur iram , quamemot Obst

'

gi ,

T ela que secretum retexta

Fraude pid in tenebris laborem .

S ed m ox pro corum sanguine dat suoCaterva posnas . Sc ilicet advenitEreptu s ex sa vis UlixesAgminibus, tumidoque fluctu ;

Trojana cui non m oenia , non via ,

N on mille casus , nee fuga temporis,N ee longa promittens CalypsoSa cula, Penelopa L arisque

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"20 1

PE NE L O PE .

Ex mente dulcem em ovit im aginem .

S ed Musa talem ne redi tum vel isFletusque felice s , m etum que

Post dubium memorare blandosCordis tumultus ; casta silentiumO tanti am oris gaudia contegat ;

Ceu velat exortara pudicoL a titiam nova nupta peplo .

JOHN EDWARD BR I GHT . 1 828 .


204 TEMPUS .

N atalisque anni Signato limite constatHora novi hinc tempestatis Sp ectaela futura ,

Qua que sua serie , curd di sposta fideli,N ovim us hinc raptis quando m aria alta tum escant

Objicibus, quando rursum in sese ipsa residant,L unaque decrescat , plenosve recolligat ig nes .Felices , eoeli harm oniam qui mente biberunt ,Quam motus a quo fecit moderamine Tempus ,N on secus ae juste diviso Tempore nobisDulce oritur Melos , e t concordi a certa sonorum ,

Musicaque hinc p endet , neen on divina Poesis .Felix ante alios quo primum auctore patebat

Anni iter rEneadis , et victor Julius armis,Vel qui Rom anus magna ha c incepta SacerdosPro tulit in m elius, statuens per sa cula fastos .His dedit a thereo s mensuram T empori s orbesN atura . At proprios m ox Ars ad eomm oda vitaAptat gnava modos , tum pla t es elicit u sus ,L ongaqu e maturo parit experientia nisu .

L am ina principio insculptis S ignata figurisFingitur, aspectamue polum ; rite indicat umbraS olis iter, solidum que diem part itur in horas .S ed sua non operi desunt incommoda tanto ,N am , quum S ol piceas sufl

'

udcrit o re tenebras ,

T emporis allapsus Si quis scru tatur, inaniOtia frustratus m oaret consumpta labore .

Ho c m etuens cu ras hom inum sollertia versat

Continuo irrequ I eta novas , Si machina pra stetfEmu la semper opem , incerti nihil indiga Phoebi .Vas ergo effingunt patulum , cui tenue foram en

Elicit a qaali effusas m oderamine lymphas .

S cilice t , li t p erh ibent , gens ingeniosa CanopiHoc dedit, hinc horas Graios num erare juvabat ,

TEM PUS .

Chalda osque , Olim coeli astrorum que peritos .N ec ratione alia crystallo inclusa gemella

I nferiora petens, per rim arn agitatur arenaOmnis , u t in justaguttatim elabitur hora,Et varia instabil is notat intervalla diei .Post varios , tandem , nisus , post mil le laboresMajus Surgit Opus , nihiloque obstante , capessitT emporis imperium , semper certissimus index .

Circulus in plano bis sex d istinguitur atrisMarmoreo num eris infixi hand passibus a qu isCircum versantur digiti duo tardior horasD irigit , at citior cursu fugientia ducitMom ents , et levis urget iter, celerique relapso s ,Jam stadio em enso , pra vertitur impete fratrem .

I ntus volvuntur rotula , dentesque vicissim

D entibus obsistunt ipsis primordia motusSufficit a rato revoluta catena eylindro ,

Cui paret ro tu larum ordo ; Si Sisteret , omneTorpor Opus prem eret pariter requiesque laboram .

Protinus exacto ne machina langueat orbe{Erea clav is adest : resolutam ea rite catenam

Comprensa torquet pinna : m ox parva novatoI mpete membra prem ens , coepit deseendere pondusN on secus ac Saxum , quod toto corpore sudans

o lides urget , montis simul ardua vicit ,

I n pra ceps rapitur subito , renovatque labores .Pendula dein moles in partern u tramque vibratur,

Tinnitusque ciens , sim ilem servare tenoremI nteriora jubet, pas suque impell ier a quo .

Malleus accedit , repetitis ictubus horas

Qui rite annum erans imponere ligna camino

Conjugem , et expectare virum , puerum ve laboresL inquere difficiles, et in otia solvier arget .

206 TE M PUS .

N ee satis hoe operis tanti mensura cosetaS cilicet, et nata est imitatrix machina, forma,S ed non arte , minor, quam secum , in veste repostam ,

Portat eques , neque sentit onus , gemmi sve decoramExhibet exercens facili pede N ympha choreas .N il facit idcirco , natas qui ex ordine , ClaraHoras voce docet , qu ive a ris murmure raueo ,

N iligena quo m ore oli In , S eresque solebant ,

Et quam jactabat tellus (E notria gentemN il , qui sublimis venerando a culmine TempliOthm anidas Alla sollennia vota ferentesConvocat , exoriente die , quum que igneus orhemSol haurit medium , et quum temperat aé ra Vesper.

Ha c

'

tam en , indicio qua m onstrant tempora certo ,Heu quotie s animi motus inventa refellunt ,

Pra cip itare horas soliti , tardéve morari ?N am , velut , ante oculos placidi per marmora ponti ,Tranqu illive lacfis, spatium deperditur unaUndarum facie , contractaque cune ta videntur ;

At, contra, si mista loco exoriantur eodem ,

Arva domus , sylva , convalles, flum ina, colles ,L ongiu s ha c, ita visa simul , se extendere censet

D iversarum animus deceptus imagine rerum

S ic , ubi carpam us requiem , vel munera somni ,N oxque diesque volant. properantes fallim us horas ,Blandaqu e confusam m inuunt oblivia Vitam .

S ed , simul ac luctu s , e t dira caterva m al orum,

L ongique excrucient pectus tormenta doloris ,S ingula m ens patitur renovato verbera sensu ,T emporaque assidu is num erans rationibus auget .

Credo equ idem , hinc validanos omnia fingere dext i a

Tempus agens Tempus mentem solatur, et angit

S cilicet, attenuat sensim , vi concu tit , aufert ,

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208 T FM PU S .

I pse Deus diflinget opus sed im agine nobisQualicunque animi revo cat v ivata facultas .Quo magis hoc fiat , satis et transacta notentur,

Sum ere sa clorum , u t m etas , Eventa necesse estPra cipua, antiquas paces , et pra lia, et artes,Magnaque m agnarum speculari exordia rerum .

Hinc et Olympiacas num eravit Gra cia palmas ,Conditaque annorum Urbs seriem dedit ipsa Quiriti,Turcis Hegiram MeccaMahum eda relicta.

S ed nostri annales divina incepta fatentur,D ivinosque ortus, cam em quo tempore ChristusI nduit hum anam , magnum Patris I ncrem entum .

Usque adeo stadiis m etari tempora certisVult mortale genus, casusqu e evolvere priscos,S cilicet, ut possint a vum penetrare futurum ,

Atque antiqua novi s scitari oracula rebus,Alteraque accedat semper sapientior a tas .S ed quod adest , illo cura sit gnaviter utiTempore , et exiguam factis extendere Vitam ;

N am signa, et m onitus quo temporis ala volatu

Pra tereat , nostro de corpore discimus omnesMutato sensim : primo sine viribus infansEditur in lucem m ox instat la ta juventas ,Et Spes inconstans . hom inumque inscitia fingit

Gaudia venturos , heu non carpenda per anuosFortior inde subest a tas , hanc horrida bella,Atque fori strepitus , et amor sceleratus habendiEffra nem rap iunt : dein ingruit a gra senectus ,

Morborum que cohors , e t mors , avidumque sepulcrum .

N os ergo Tem pus , nos , et qu icunque sequ entur,

Vincet e t eripiet ; Tempus T erram qu e rotundum ,

Et circum innum eros interrupto orbe PlanetasObruet ; as t nostri melior pars , nescia fati ,

TEMPUS . 209

N aturam oriente , extincto Tempore , vivet .N am , veluti in prim e m agnorum mane polorumS idera viderunt ori entia T emporis ot tum ,

S ic ubi materia moles decesserit , ardensSol ubi supremas , et n6rit L una, tenebras ,I psum , cum mundo , Tempus , pereunte , peribit .

Ast Animus , fracta rerurn compage , vigebit ,Qoum se a terma , quasi imm ensus sine littore pontus ,T ende t ubique dies ; neque temporis amplius ullumPrincipium , vel Finis erit ; sed Vita perennis ,Omniaque in coelis unum per sa cula Fra sens .

JOHN EDWARD BRI GHT . 1 829 .

E L I J A H .

AS the L ORD liveth , before whom I stand,These years , nor rain nor dew shal l glad the land,Bu t at my word .

” Thus spak e the holy Man ,

D oom’

d the dread curse , and , lo , the pest beganGaunt famine came . These years , nor dew nor rainDropp

’

d , as of Old, to glad the thirsty plain :While from those scenes of anguish and dismayThe heav ’

n-led Prophet took his lonely way .

Ev’

n now , methinks, by Cherith’

s wave appearsElijah rising through the mist of years .His the pale brow unm ark

’

d by passion ’ s trace , .

The holy aspect’ s grave and simple grace ;The high rapt glance with sacred fervor fraught,The lines and hues that abstinence has wrought ;While , like the desert S eer Of after tim e ,I n want maj estic , and in grief sublim e ,

The camel ’ s hair is o ’

er his Shoulders flung ,And round his loins the leathern girdle strung .

Uns een the Tishbite feeds his spirit’ s fires ,Far from life ’ s petty to ils and low desires ;There dwells w ith solem n thought and secret pray

’

r,

R etir’

d from Man , but Heav’

n’

s peculiar care

For him , forgetful of their craving bre ed ,The fearless ravens bear unfailing food ;And , when the brook no more its draught supplies .Sarepta gives , what I srael

’ s land denies ;


2 12 E L I J A H .

The time , when hymns , loud swell ing thro’ the skies

,

Proc laim’

d the hour of ev ’

ning sacrifice .

How chang’

d the scene ? S ince morning’s early rayRose on the wonders of the coming day ,The se baffled Vot ’ries quake with Sham e and fear .There kneels the spurn

’

d , the solitary S eerY et in that prostrate form and humbled mien ,A more than hum an energy is seenThe suppliant look , the hand uprais

’

d in pray’

r,

The voice of heav ’

nly eloquence is there .

And God has heard, and, for his mighty Sign ,Hurls the swift flame , and stamps him self divine .L O ; round the shrine , th

’

approving lightnings play,L ick up the water, melt the stones away .

’Twas then the holy fai th , too long supprest ,Sprang up tumultuous in each glowing breast ;Th en , like swoll

’

n waters , when they break the mound ,Gush

’

d I srael ’s rapture with a mighty sound ,While shook the floor, where wond

’

ring thousands trodThe L ORD is God . The L ORD , he is the God .

”

Then fall ’n are Baal ’ s Priests , and Baiil’

s fane ,Then thousands bend to I srael ’s God again .

And then ascends on Carm el’ s top preferr’

d

The pray’

r for rain , nor is that pray’

r unheard .

S ee ,in the heav ’

n a little cloud , in form

L ike a Man ’ s hand , forebodes the coming storm ,

Till,big w ith gath

’

ring clouds and w inds on high ,I t bursts in ru shing torrents from the Sky .

Yes . Heav’

n reopens all her pregnant stores ,And on the earth her dewy influence pours :L O ,valleys , plains , and barren rocks rejoice ,

And nature gladdens at Elijah’ s voice

L o ,plenty laughs upon the conscious soil ,

That scarce requires the L ab’

rers’ wonted toil,

E L I JA H . 2

Wak es the dead herbage on the sultry plain ,And wafts fresh fragrance on the winds again .

Yet must he flee , who for his country’s weal

Had borne each ill , and dar'd th ’

Oppressor’s steelAnd o ’er the wide and blist ’ring desert roam ,

Threaten’

d , despis’

d , an al ien from his home .

S low to il ’d the S eer the desert region o’

er,

Torments behind , and only death before,L onely and sad : Despair for once began ,For once he sank , and felt for once as man .

He saw no more the hand of heav ’

nly care ,N o raven’ s food, no Widow

’ s welcome thereHis vision dimm ’

d no future scenes descri ed ,

By Horeb'

s hallow’d m ount, or Jordan’s tide

He hop’

d not then on Taber’s secret heightTo hold dread converse with the Son Of L ight,I n after tim e , when Shiloh should appear,And earth rejoicing hail her happiest year.But ’neath the tree his fainting limbs he threw,

Whil e fear, wan t, anguish , hover’

d in his view ;

TO heav ’

n he turn’

d the sad imploring cry ,

I t is enoug and ask’

d of God to die .

Awake , arise ; the angel hastes to spreadThe cake , the cruse of water, at thy head ;Then roam twice twenty days from hunger free ,Portentous Type of wonders yet to be ;For He , who bade thee dare the Despot

’ s rod ,I s still thy Guide , thy Guardian , and thy God .

But say , what unknown Pow’

r, what dreadful Name ,What King the troubled elements proclaim’Tis He , who made the new-born earth to rise’Tis He , who spread on high the boundless skies’Tis He , who comes . Proud harbingers appear.

Stupendous thought. The God of Gods is near

13

2 14 E L I J A H .

Rent are the rocks , and quail the mountains high ,And bend beneath th ’ incumbent Deity .

Then thro’ the hills the mighty tempest past,But the L ord God , He was not in the blast ;Then yawn

’

d the trembling earth, and shook around,But the L ord God , He was not in the sound ;Then the bright fire s along the desert came ,But the L ord God , he was not in the flam e .L ast came the still smal l voice tho ’ small and still ,I t breath

’

d in hall ow ’d strains th ’ Almighty wil l ,And N ature paus

’

d , and hung in dread suspenseMan stood in commune with Omnipotence .

Then knelt the Prophet on the holy ground ,And wrapt the folded garb his face around ;And felt thro ’ every limb with sacred fearThe awful presence of Jehovah near .What more on earth the holy S eer befell ,What woes, what trials , it were long to tell ;To tell how prostrate , like the broken reed ,S tern Ekron shudd

’

ring saw her fifties bleedHow Ahab perish

’

d on his native shore ,And thirsting dogs lick ’

d up his streaming goreHow his fierce Queen , unpitied and abhorr

’

d ,

With awful fate ful fill ’d the Prophet’ s word ;A Minion ’ s vengeance taught at length to feel ,Trampled and crush

’

d by Jehu ’

s chariot wheel ,Her country’ s scorn : while , conscious of her doom ,

Earth gave her mangled corse a living tombHow at Elijah’ s mandate Jordan fled ,And bar’d the secrets of his oozy bed ,While backward driv ’

n th’

afl'

righted waves retreat ,And Op

’

d a passage , blest by holy feetHow pray

’

d Elisha, faithful to the last,Father, on me the kindred spirit cast ;



SHAKSPEA R E’

S“ ROM EO A N D JU L I ET .

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EDWARD EL DER . 1 829 .

QU I D POT I SSUMUM PR /ECI PI AT

ODY SSEfE AUCTOR ?

HOM ERU S , quum ea teros omnes poetas ingenio atque aptarerum descriptione antecellere videtur, tum nihilo pra stantior elucet , quam eO, quod sapientiam et virtutem miraquddam dulcedine carmina sua legentibus comm endat . Sed

in Odyssea, nullum fere rei ethica locum non tetigit , nullumnon ornavit .

N am quod ad Deos attinet , non impuram rei theologicarationem tradit , neque enim illos hum anis vitiis inquinato s

exhibet , sed optum o cuique hom inum maxime invigilantes ,e t bona omnia largientes, neque u llius mali auctores , nisisiq i mortales mpfio

'

cv d ra aflah igm v m eritam in se poenamareessunt . I nsignem ergo optum o cuique hominum pietatem

poeta tribuit : hac virtute D eorum tutelam m eritus ad feliCem laborum exitum pervenit Ulysses ; hac Penelope fretaredi turi mariti spem fovet ; Telemachus reprim it petulantiam

procorum . His igitur personis nihil in communi vita consuetudine nisi auspicato suscipitur ; spula non carent libatione , neque honore suo Jovis hospitis ara : m iserrimus veroiste Cyclops , superbique e t injuriosi proci, neglectis sacris ,

graviore poena commissa luunt .

Quod vero ad homines e t humana oflicia attinet , nihilomnino deesse videtur, quod antiquis illis temporibus pra cipiposse aliqu is arbitretur . N am quanti a stim anda est in parente s pietas ? Ulysses ergo L aérten summa veneratione

p’rosequitur : U lyssem Telemachus : Telemachum autemmirari licet, Euryclean discessum suum Penelopen u t celet

adm onentem ,

(be d v y r) xha iovoa xa rc‘

z xpéa xahdv icirrrp.


220 QU I D POT I SSUM U M P R JECI P I A T OD Y SSE I E A U C I‘

O R

vinitus deducit . N eque ulli fere , nisi Phemio poeta ,procis

interem tis, parcitur .

Poeta autem vitio datum est, qudd vita apud inferosm iserrima dep ingitur, quum dicat Achilles apud superos

servire se mall e , quam inferis imperare . Quid vero m irumest , si Achillis anim us imperii et gloria appetens, rebusqueterrestribus quasi devinctus , inertem pigramqu e quietas interumbras Vitam vix

.

tolerat ? Qudd Si credamu s ea, qua

A chill i tribuuntur, latius patere , atque ex rerum ignorantiaortum ducere , iniquissimum v idetur, hom ini sa culi vitiumObjicere , atque Hom erum Ob id ipsum reprehendere , qa dd

qua longaannorum serie vix elaborarint sapientissimi , mult1nunquam crediderint , ea ipse non solus divinarit .

U lyssis vero persona quid monet , nisi qudd nihil estv irtuti , si adsit prudentia, desperandum ? N am ill e prudent iam , ne dicam , audaciam , exhibet , cum sociis se ex Cyclopisantro expediens . Circen Sirenasqu e eludens , vitii illecebris

obsisti posse confirm at , non aliter, quam u t ne nos voluptatie t nequitia dedamus , mutati in porcos viri , e t sparsa circi1m

scopul o s ossa, vehementer comm onent .

I n eodem verb homine m al orum patientiam reperimus

nulla laude a qu andam . Melanthii enim verbera et insol entiam , procorum contum elias , omnia denique qua hominemopprobria possint ad ulciscendum stim ulare , tacitus quam diuo ccasio postul et , perpe titur. N eque in rebus solum diffi

c illim is , ubi om nis res quasi de filo pendere videtur, stomaChum reprim it ; nam et apud A lcinoum summ a erga juvenem in ludos insolenter provocantem elueet benignitas, et

mite pectus , ut qui nem inem vel verbis la dere velit et

lacessere .

Sunt sane qui lacrym as ob canem efl'

usas Ulyssem moll issim i cordis argu ere opinantur, et anim i parum virili s . I llavero lacrym a fortem non dedecorant . Qudd nisi fortissimo

Q U I D POT I SSU M UM P R E CI P I A T O D Y SSE A; A UCTO R ? 22 1

ille pectore summaque anim i magnitudine fu isset , imm orta

l itate apud Calypso perfrui , quam per tot tantosque casusI thacam sciens revehi, m aluisset . Ulysses autem unusomnes procos virtute sua subigit ; tum vere nim ia eninsa vitia potins accuses , quOd , quam istum gregem penita sdiru it , tum et famul as m orte mul tat ; quam effeem inari in

simules et tim ore deterreri, que minus officie virili perfungatur. Exstiterunt sane , qui U lyssem avaritia insimulant ,qui tanta Pha acum dona acceperit . Qued vere in paupereI thacaspl endidum videatur et m agnificum , idfacill im e divites

possunt Pha aces donare . Ha c sane perdita classis et re ifamiliaris remuneratio , multo ante a Dis fuerat prom issaN eque unquam in astutiam , quod a nonnullis fi ctum est ,

U lyssis sapientia degenerat . Qaum enim veteres honestissim um existimarint , de lis omnim odis in hostes uti, none st ille incusandus, qui neque vetitos, et exim ie laudatos, inrebus val de arda is dole s exerceat . Quanta vere in eodemhomine fortitude adrniscetur sapientia , quippe qui om ne sanimi affectus ita rationi subjecerit , u t vultu m inirne mutate

querelas , Penelopes , et sollicite s de seipso tim ores audiat .

Ex Odyssea igitur discere licet , quantum prosit patientia ,

quid D is , quid generi humane Offi eii debeatur, quid pe ssitvirtus , quid amor patria , denique , qu e sit amere parens ,

que frater amandus, et he spes .

’

S iquis ergo perfecta sa

p ientia perfecto m unere fungi velit , hic Odysseam perlegatquod Si plurimum inde fboni percipi posse idem neget , ad

haram Circeam abigatur protinus ; neque enim , non m odointer philosophe s , sed ne inter homines quidem rationis par

ticipes habendus esse v ide atur .

W I L L I AM MACPHERSON . 1 829 .

E 1 2 M N A M O E I N A N .

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M O R S S I S E R IZE.

UN U S perem tis S isera m illibusL eete superstes sterneris ? At magisV ictore tu debes BaracoI n medio cecidisse campe

Super tuorum funera . Tu m agisPressusque debes hostibus, et SitiL anguens , fatigatusqu e longé.Militia, per inhospital em

Errasse noctem . O , surge , tu i memer,O ,surge , miles, dum licet . At minusExterna venterum perieliVis habet, et tenebra viarum ,

Quam grata lactis munera , quam torus ,S trata que vestes , quam manus hospitisI nfida fallaci salutemPollicita requ iemqu e lingua.

N am sola lasso cum duce , mall eumJaé la torquens , concipit , intim oS ecreta sub tecto , dolosaEgregiam pietate fraudem

L enemque mentem , plena Dei , sue sS entire motus dedocet : e t novfi.

Afliata ceelestique flamma

Fosmina fa m ineum paverem

MORS S I SE R JE . 225

D eponit audax . N ec mora : dexterfi

Plusquam virili , sed priiI S et lyraL ana qu e consueta labori ,Haud dubium m editatur ictum .

Tangente terram vix pede , S iseramN on suscitat , sed tempora perforansJacentis in somno trabalemN on Opifex inhonora clavum

D efigit . Hine insigne ciet m elosDebora I nibant pra lia principes ,Pontusqu e et immensi trem ebant

Arva poli , solidique m entes ;Bellum gereban t C 'P llCOlw, suisBellum gerebant sidera cursubus

Adversa ; et exsurgens , u t agmenObrueret male destinatum

I nsanienti gurgite S isera ,

R ex flum inum , rex nobilis, et pater.

Kishenus , antiquum per agrosSanguineos agitabat am nem .

Jaela vicit . Te populus frequens ,

Jaela, laudet : cum juvenum choreFesta puellarum catervaT e celebrent , et ubique ovantes

Tutaparentes prole . Caput tuumL aurus sacratis cingat honoribus ,Carum que in a ternum corenet

Fam a recens , stabil isqu e , nomen .

S tans in fenestra turris , et anxia’

Mater ve cabat , pre spiciens , ducem ,

Quid pompa ? quid currus moratur ?

Quid m inus appreperat ro tarumS trider ruentum Mex famula dabant

L 5

M O RS S I SE R JE .

Saga que , m ex , ha c , ipsa dabat sibiResponsa : N onne ergo triumphusExim ius, spoliumque lantum

Aecessit ? I psi qua bene serviatCaptiva virgo , et purpura textilis,Acuqu e picturata vestisDigna meum decorare natum .

’

S ic , omnium , O , sic intereat, precer,Spes impierum : sed vigeant pii,Et , qual is em ittens potentesSol radios per aperta , regnent .

W I L L I AM GEORGE ROSE . 1 829 .


228 L A L U R L A S D I R I S A G I TA T U S .

I pse necis tibi causa fui, spe s una senecta ,

N ec te iterum aspiciam? Nunc al te vulnus adactum .

S ic ai t , e t nata agno scens in gurgite vestem ,

I nsilit ; ante pedes flu ctus frem it , im a recurrensI n vada cum gem itu , penitusqu e relinquit arenas .At pater erep tum fluvio m iserabile corpusU t fovet amplectens , audit-avoce parentisI lla levat collum, cub ito subnixa ; sal utis

Spes inopina a gris infundi t robora membris .I nfelix , furiisne , Oblitum fanera nati,

Parcere , vel speras e dia exsaturasse Keham am ?

Sed fuge , funestum litus fuge , linque tyranniI nvisas sedes , dum pra cip itare potestas .N ee mora : sed ducit m editantem fata L adurlan

N ata tenens dextra; flabris nemus ill e m overi,

I mpatiensque audi t sali entis murmura rI VI .

I rridet N atura malis N atura levam en

N on oriente die , non decedente , m inistrat ;N on , m edic quum sole pater Gange ticus undas

I mm etus S ilet, e t tranquillo dorrnit in al veo .

A st , ubi roriferis nox coelum amplectitur al i

I lle , sub intexta procumbens tegmine palm a ,

Corde premit gem itum ; superans patientia sa ve sDissimulare potest luctus . O quanta patem e

Vis in amore viget ? Fraudis sedet inscia , patriI mm isisse Deos somni lenim ina credens ,Filia . Tum lacrym is ocul os pia complet obortis ,

Pectoraque inviso tradit devicta sepori .Quam pater, u t solus fate se opponere possit ,D eserit ; audende stat vincere , quicquid acerbi est ;D eserit ; at fugisse parans , ter amore patem e

Tardatur, nata que diu t ime t . Omnia versan s ,

Vix tandem auxiliis audet confidere Divfim

L A D U R L A S D 1 R I S A G I TA T U S .

Evolat , obductaqu e usus cal igine noctis ,N ec fie tu stetit , au t p ietatis im agine vic tus ,N ee dedit amplexus , au t verba nov issima dixit .R itibu s interea infandiS coeleste Keham a

Afiectare aude t solium : trem it I ndra , supremiI ndra po tens ceeli , neque vindex fulmina jactatD um licet . I nsue tu s spum antia mandere fra na ,

L iber adh uc , cervice jubas effundit in aurasI nvie latus equus , m unus ca lestibus aptum .

S ed jam tempus adest , horret N atura , genusqu e

I nfernum exultat ; cul trum tenet, ecce , Keham a ,

Vo tivum quc focis ardet libare cru orem ;

Quum sub ito nova forma viri procurrit , equumqueCorripuit . Telis licet obrutus , ille periclumSperni t , adh uc instans ; velu t ex adamante repulsis ,

Ferrca tempestas super intonat irri ta telis .Adsum ego , qui feci ; me , me dabit ira Keham a

Morti ,”ait : accenditque oculo s spes horrida mortis .

Artibu s ipse suis victus , turpisque repulsaConscius Omnipo tens gem it , agnoscitque L adurlan .

Tum graviter frendens , vultu subride t am aro .

N il pejus V indicta pote st : i , protrahe fatumVive , ait , atque e dia exhauri insaturata Kehama .

Tu tem en O felix , inter torm enta beatus ,Cura D efim , salve : t ibi quam vis ordine fataVolvantur graviora ; tué virtute , L adurla ,

Macte . Tibi pra sens succurrit Ereenia dextraErgo ubi disjecte squ e L ares , avu lsaque S

Saxa , elem enterum furiis obnoxiu s , atriFu lm inis afliatus ventis , et turbine moeres ,En divina ratis ceelesti animata vigore ,Advo lat , et v ivo quasi numine navigat auras ,Teque onus ad sacrum a therii caput erip it amnis .

229

230 L AD U R L A S D I R I S A G I TA T U S .

Ergo beaterum sedes ubi flerea , VerisHerarumque pedes subter, summi ttit honores,Fe cula fas haurire tibi coelestia vita ,

Fas tibi colloquium Divum , luctfisque levam en

Excipere ; h ie , luce s inter nem orum que vireta

Filia labe carens habitat ; datur ora tueriConjugis erepta , dulces quoque reddere voces .Tristier hinc series , rerumque expandi tur ordo

Audiit innixus solio pater I ndra, per arces ,Audiit arm orum sonitum , coelum qu e Keham a

V ietoris memori cem ens violarier irfi,

R egnis exul abit : fugiunt pia nata, paterque ,Et tangunt terrestre solum ; tum flamm ea pestisVe lvitur in venas iterum rediviva L adurla .

Haud secus arentis L ibya spatiatus arenis ,

Constitit ad pu tee s , et adhu c iteranda viator

q uera m etitur, sed amat restinguere la tusFente sitim , priscosque parat renovare labores .Quis tam en , infelix virgo , tua fata secu tu s,

T emperet a lacrym is, possitve a quare de lendo?

Pra eipue , ineeste s rabies quum ardebat amoresSollicitans , tuque in flamm as peritura ru ebas ,

Te pater eripiens numen confessa Keham aAnte pedes ignis resilire ve lumina vidit .

Sed graviora vocant ; video discedere lateOceani ridentis aquas , terraque refusasMurmure composite ignavos languere sub a stus .

Quis tam en ille proenl , motu imperterritus, a quor

S ic v iolare potest ? frontem incessum que L adurla

Agne sco : jam divini monumenta laboris ,fEtem asque dome s , e t vive pum ice miransSpeluncas , subiit deserta Pal atia regis .Ecce immane , oculos exardens sanguine , monstrum


232 L A D U R L A S D I R I S A e I TA T U S .

Pra m ia contemplans sede t exop tata laboris .

M ex tam en exsurgens Am ree tica pocula pe scit ,

N esciu s ille am ensque bibit . Turn S eeva per umbrasEm icat , imm ittens iram : sero ille trem iscit ,Jam ventura horrens . S ero imm ortal ia vitaDena piget petiisse , D efim qu e hau s1 sse liquorem .

I mm ortalis crit z pariter jam vita dolerque ,Nulle fine manent : bacchan tia flum ina terquent ,Exustisque ruunt venis ; e t corpus , ut a risMassa liqu escentis , sub v ive exa stuat igne .

I llum ergo m eritis tandem per sa cula poenisFaterum Vindicta prem it, soliumque Vam eenus

Harens habet proprium , et Padali dom inatur Averno .

S ed Deus arridens obductd nocte L adurlaL um inibu s requiem i nfundit m ortisque soporem ,

Qualis ubi Violas et verna papavera fessusT exende , ad fontes , ubi somno m ollior hal atHerba ,

puer recubat cervicem fultus acantho .

S ic felix jacet ; at surget felicior ; illum

Excipiet ca leste jubar, dulcesque propinqui ,E t vigor a therii num quam extingu endus am oris .

CHARL ES JAMES SCR ATCHL EY . 1 830 .

T H E C R U S A D E S .

COU N T L ES S , as billows on the rocky strand ,On Clermont’ s plain assembled nations stand .

But whose that form , in manhood’ s fullest prime ,

Yet bent, and grey, with travel more than timeNot with earth ’s glow that thin pal e cheek is bright ,The se dark eyes glitter with no worldly light ;The feet still bleeding, and the palmer

’s shell ,And tatter’

d garb , the hermit’s office tell

Of zeal ot Peter, as with accents loud ,And hand uprais

’

d , he thrill s the circling crowd .

To arms . By breezes borne m idst ocean’ s roarL et Echo waft the sound from shore to shore .To arm s . T o arms . L et the false Pagan feelThe Heav

’

n-sent vengeance of the Christian steel .Heav

’

n calls us on . Has that base bosom liteWhich burns not eager for the glorious strifeWhere is the pride of Judah ? prostrate lowJudah new weeps beneath the inve t ’rate foe ,Whil e heathen feet Christ’s sepul cre deface ,While heathens spoil Jehovah ’s dwelling-place .

And mis erable Salem makes her moan ;Mourns all her glory sunk , her fanes o

’

erthrown ,

Her sun and moon in deepest darkness set .

Ye hear her cry , and , oh , ye linger yet .

”

N O no they linger no t ; each warrior handClasps the bright Spear , and half unsheathes the brand

234 THE CRUSADE S .

Each heart, responsive to the hermit’ s cry

,

I mpatient throbs to conquer or to die ;And bursts o ’ er that wide plain by myriads trod ,

From ev ’ry tongue , I t is the w ill of God .

Oh ,

’ twas a noble Spirit , that could bindI n one firm league the soul s Of half mankind ;Could bid to battle rush, with eager joy ,Th’ unwarhke burgher, and the stripling boy ;Could make ev ’

n gentler woman cease to feelHer weak heart beating ’neath the corslet ’ s steel ;And strike with fearless hand th ’ unerring blew ,

That drank the life-blood of the Pagan fe e .

The proud may spurn, the cold of heart m ay blameThat zeal, which puts their selfish souls to shameBut call it madness , call it, what ye will,Fanatic , foolish , it was noble still .Yet some there were Of spirit cold and bas e ,Their land’ s dishonor, and their name

’ s disgrace ,Whom bloodiest crimes appall

’

d not , and who boreRedemption’s symbol stain’

d with guiltless gore .

Rest thou on them, Oblivion . Who would speak

Of that wild crew ,the ruthless and the weak ,

Who pass’

d and p erish’

d , hurrying but to die ,Heralds unfit for Christian chival ry ?Disewn

’

d they fell . Unjust it were to shameBy such vile comrades noble Godfrey’ s fameUnjust to ve il ,

’neath such a cloud , the lightOf Tancred

’

s val or, and of Raymond’ s might ;

Or dim the fame , in after time , that shedHer brightest ray o

’ er royal Bal dwin’ s headN ames dear to glory , Chieftains hallow

’d longI n Europe ’ s annals , and in Tasso

’ s song .

Far from such tales of sorrow and of crimeThe Muse will glad ly turn to deeds sublime


236 T HE CRUSA D E S .

Soon shal l they conquer, many a helm and ShieldAre brightly spreadingo

’er the varied field :Then re ars the din of war : with glittering lanceAnd threat ’ning mien the hostile lines advanceAnd hark, from out the battle comes a cry ,

The shout of victory . The heathen fly .

Therefore rej oice , proud Sal em ; for on theeGlory has dawn ’d‘, and thou art once more free .Therefore rejoice but , hark, what piteous wai lFloats with the sound of triumph on the gale ?I S mercy banish ’

d ? Though the battle ’

S wen ,

Unsated yet, foul slaughter rages on ;And quiv

’

ring still , the ir ble ed-stain’

d corses ShowTh ’ insatiate fury of the Christian foe .Christian ? ah no ; their nature could not feelThe holier impulse of a Christian ’s zeal .

Vengeful and fierce they joy in human gore ,And at each draught, like vampires , thirst for moreTheir blood-stain ’

d hands in pray’

r to Heav’

n they raise ,And slay God ’ s image , while they Sing God ’s prai se .

Forthwith through Sal em’s rescu ’

d courts there ring 1 1Those joyful sounds , that hail great Godfrey king ;And yet no Chaplet decks the Monarch ’ s headRefusing triumph , where his Saviour bled :His is a heav ’

nly crown , whose smallest gemSurpasses far earth’ s brightest diadem .

And thus he reigns , and after him a lineOf Salem ’ s kings on Sal em’ s throne shall shine .

But years roll on : again must Sal em mournHer children vanqu ish

’

d , and her le t forlorn .

Thine was the work , proud Sal adin . Thy handDealt desolation forth throughout the land .

Y e t Salem ’ s S inking star , now dark , new bright ,Beams forth at times , ere all is lost in night .

T H E CRUSADE S . 23

I see assembled Europe ’ s princes pourTheir conqu

’

ring legions o’

er her gladden’

d shoreThe crushing war-axe and the pond

’

rous brandS trike the light sabre from the Moslem’ s hand ;And Europe ’ s war-steeds , and her steel-clad men ,O

’

erwhelm the coursers of the Saracen .

L o , midst that noble band , one warrior formShines forth , like l ightning , in the battle

’ s stormOne giant arm points out the glorious wayOne bleed-stain’

d sword waves foremost in the fray ;N ow in the breach al one I see him stand ,And thousands quail beneath his S ingle handFar o

’

er the rest his mightier banners fly,His war-cry loudest swells upon the sky.

Ge , trace his course where thickest lie the Slain ,And bloodiest is the turf on Jaffa’

s plainGo , seek where Acre

’ s shatter’

d walls declare ,That he , the L ion-hearted, has been there .

And must that might, which dar’d war’ s fiercest blast,

’

N eath envy ’ s dark designings fall at las t ?

Sedit ion com es ; not’neath the heathen fe e ,

But Engl ish Richard sinks by Philip ’ s blow .

Thus se ars the eagle heedless of the dart,That se en shall quiver in his bounding heart .How sank the monarch’ s spirit, as he threw

One glance on Salem for a last adieu,Then veil ’d that brow in agony, nor deign

’

d

To View the tomb , that heathen steps profan’

d

When his proud soul for once gave way to m an ,

And traitors finish ’

d what disease beganY et Judah still is captive though the gore

Of slaughter’

d nations dyes the desert ShoreThough with fre sh waves from age to age suppliedW ar rolls on Syria’ s beach his western tide

238 T HE CRUSADE S .

S till al l is vain ; still Sal em w eeps her de em ,

And heathens trample on a Saviour’ s tomb .

But coming ages brighten as they roll,And lovelier v isions Open on the soul .Methinks I see a long returning train ,And Salem rising from the dust again;Methinks , with lustre Spreading fast and far,O

’

er Eastern plains ascends the Chris tian star ;Pale I slam trembles , and, with shatter

’

d pow’

r,

Crumbles ev’n now before the vengeful Giaour.

And , what ? though long, by later Chieftains led ,Fresh hosts of steel-sheath ’

d zeal ots fought and bled ;Though Europe , peur

’

d on Asia, threng’

d the coastWith bafll ed val e r’ s unsuccessful host ;Ge , learn th e moral truth , ye sternly proud ,Ge , hear the voice divine , that cries aloudN o t thus , not thus, the Cross Of Christ must sp readBegirt with banners an d with carnage red ,Or angels woul d rush on in bright arrayCountless as stars that pave the heav ’

nly way

Far other arms the saving Sign demandsThan proudly blazon’

d shields, and reeking brandsFar other bands it claim s , as Glory

’ s heirs,Salvation’ s helm , and Mercy

’ s breastplate theirs ;Theirs the blest onset bidding discord cease ,And theirs the sacred panoply of peace .”

0 com e , secure of favor from the skies ,S oldiers of Christ, Religion

’ s warriors , rise .Prepare , prepare , but not with flame or sword ,The tranquil triumphs of God’s hallow ’d word .

Speed 0 11 , ye years ; be swift, thou rolling sun ;L et the last, behest Crusade be begun .

I t is begun : the sainted ranks appear,With bloodless laurels bought w ithout a tear .



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REGUM R OMANOR UM QU I D QU I SQUE

OPTI MUM PR E ST I TER I T , QU I S R EI PUB

L I C/E OPT I ME CONSU L UER I T .

QU UM magno ex omni parte usui sit rerum'

antiquitfi s gestarum monumenta ab historia scriptoribus tradi ta scrutari,

tum non minima inde cemm eda pereipere peterit , siquis

diversas m agnerum virorum virtutes diligenter c emparans,

qufim mentis sua vires exerceat , tum , ex iis qua ad rempoliticam spectent , Optima regenda reipublica pra cepta

colligat . Quod Si ad Remani populi prim ordia resp icirnus,

R egesque septem ille s inter se collate s , ea quam laté patean t ,quis non videt ? U t tsmen id certé diffi cillim um videtur,regnare , ita varias regnantium virtu tes exam inare nee facileemnind est neque prem tum . Sed quoniam de hoe non

parva oritur qua stie , quis scilicet regum R om anorum civitati optimé censuluerit, omnes enim , ne Superbe quidemexcepto, quodammodo consuluerunt , m ea de cujusque meritis qual iscunque sententia pre ferenda est , emnibusque , qua

ad rem tan tam spectare videantur, graviter diligenterque

perpensis, judicandum .

Ac de Rom ulo , qui primus regnabat , ita primum dicatur.

Cui quidem , eam in prim is laudem tribuamus, qua omnibusjure debetur, quicunque nulli prihs Obnoxie s societati ho

mines unum in populum congregarint , nevisque legibusnevam multitudinem devinxerint . N eque R omulum non

veneramur ; quippe que auctore , que auspice , illa R oma


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244 REGUM R OMA NO R UM QU I D QU I SQUE .

saltem Romanum finitimis gentibus magis venerabile reddidit . Qua quiim imm ortal ia opera edidisset , quid m irum ,

si (quaa tate tales non rard obtinu erunt Opiniones)Patruminvidia amotus divinis honoribus atque imm ortalitate per

virtutem partfi non indignus visus est Quiritibus Quirinus ?S in autem R omulum cum N uma comparare volum us, id

in primis videndum est, pacisne an belli studia populo magis

prodesse soleant . Quade re rectihs forsitan judicare poterimus , Si M . Tullium audiam us res urbanas maj oressa pihs clarioresque exstitisse quam belli cas adfirm antem .

Plura igitur inter exempla idem Them istocli S e lena an tepenit, cujus , constitutis Areopagitis, consilium Atheniensiumcivitati dicit semper prefuturum Themistocles autem semeltantfim Sal am iniaprefuit Victoria. Qua quidem legentes ,facilé nobis persuadere possumus, ut ill ud collaudemus

Cedant arm a toga , cencedat laurea laudi.

Qua vere inter Them istoclem exstat e t Se lena, eadem interPompilium R omulum qu e ratio exstare videtur. N ec tam en

id non anim advertendum est, herum u trum qu e regum illudfecis se quod tem poribus reipublica m axim é prefu turum

esset : Romulo enim regnante , pacificas artes neve populom inii s aptas fuisse quis neget ? N um éi autem sufl

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ecto , pax

bello civitati u tilior visa est . Sed ne he c quidem R omulum

Pompilio parem reddere potest ; neque in his conferendis

nimia tem porum rerum que ratio habenda videtur . I psafacta cum factis comparanda sunt, judicandum que an Numainstituta civitati pe tiI

‘

I s , quam pra clara Romuli v irtus reverfi prodessent . N ec si R omulum gentis tam inclyta cen

dite rem laudamus , id sal tem Pompil io non tribuendum est,u t alter Roma fundator appelletur, qui , ut L ivii verbisutamur,

“urbem nevam , conditam vi et armis , jure eam

De Oflicns, lib. i. cap . 22.

REGUM R OMANOR UM QU I D QU I SQUE . 245

legibusque ac m oribus de integro condiderit . Qualiaigitur instituta Dea m enitis edita iis temporibus facilé viderentur, talibus, seu ad civiles re s , sive ad rell igiosas respicimus, prime alterum cenditerem credam us pra stitisse, hisSc ili cet in rebus Alfredo illi nostro , qua non minima lauSest , haud dissimilem . N am cum creatis Flam inibu s Saliis

que et Pontifice , ordinatisqu e sacerde tiis et cerem oniis, qua

Quirini facta comparem u s Vel quis bellicas Romuli fortitudines cum pietate Pompilii et justitia eenferat ? Amboquidem vicinis nationibus urbem R om anam venerandam ,

alias tam en alia via, fecerunt : metu Romulus , Numa in

j ectd per tot tantasqu e virtu tes verecundi é .

Ex que fac tum est , u t finitim i ill um tim erent . u t quipacem sollicitare et vellet et posset hune quas i m ortalibus

superie rem ce lerent , qual em in cultum D eorum om nind

versum violare nefas duxissent . Quid , qudd Quiritum

conditio, regnante N uma, meliorm agisque hom inibus ratione

pra ditis digna fuisse videtur, quippe qui violentia priii slengaque militiaefferati nevi regis exemplo ita m itigarentur,animosque ea D eorum cura, ea pietate imbutes haberen t ,u t fides ac jusjurandum , prexim o legum ac peenarum me tu ,civitatem regerent S i quis igitur Romuli bellicis factis

qu ietum Pompili regnum”anteponere volet, id facere vi

debitur, reetam emnind seeutus rationem ; 11 am R omu lum

qu idem non possumus non adm irari N um am , quiim admiramur, tum amamus .

N ee m inii s eundem, cum Hostilie coll atum , em inere

credamus : quod ad confirm andum subtilieribus quidemargum entis nihil Opus esse satis apparet . Quantd enimNum a Romulo , tantd Tulle Romul us videtur pra stare .

Certa tamem stent sua cu ique merita ; neve eam laudem

inviti Hostilie adsignemus, qudd urbem R om anam gloriaarm isque auxerit . Sit idem fortis, sit Ob bellicas virtutes

24 RE GUM R OM A N O R UM QU I D OU I SOU E .

venerandus . Eum autem anim advertendum est bella videri

suscepisse potiil s u t sua gratificaretur ferocitati, qudm u t

reipublica predesset . N eque negandum est earn , qua huicregi procu l dubio inerat fortitude , tali imm istam e sse immanitate , qual is ipse Pelida, vel

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Feliden imitan te non indigna fuisset qued quidem deRom ulo dicere nequaquam licet, qui trium phe s sues clementia quddam regia ferd videtur ornavisse . Quamvis igitur

pra sentem Tulli anim um in ille cum Fidenatibus pra lio ad

m iramur, quippe qui ipsam sociorum defectienem in suamutilitatem hostium que t errorem 1

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delitatem detestamur, qua turpem Metti Fufl'

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peené adeb ab hum anitate abhorrenit afl'

ecit I . I psius quidem Alba ruinam flagitasse videatur. necessitas , et prior

Albanerum fraus sed quem non miseret civium larem, ac

Penates, tectaqu e , in quibus natus quisque educatu sque

erat tam m eesté relinquentium ? N um ullarn he rum misericordiam regi cetera tam feroci inesse credim us D eorum

autem templis Tu llum , Alba diru td, pepercisse probabileest , universa pe tihs consuetudini Obsequ entem , quam dignénum inum veneratione imbutum . N am , qua fere ciorem

istum animum potuisset mitigare, relligionis curam per

totum regnum omnind defu isse accepimus cujus in locum

(qued quidem in talibus sa pe fit)menti tandem successit

prava qua dam et tetrica superstitio , e t spiritus ille s feroces

jam sim ul cum corpore fracte s hum illimus stravit pavor.

N eque idem culpandus est Ob id tantum qubd sibi suoqueanim e , sed qudd toti jam immutata civitati neglecta nocuit

A lluding particu larly to the crue l punishm ent inflicted on Ba tis,

governor o f Gaza, whom A lexander fastened to his chario t , and d raggedround the wal ls o f the city, in th e m anner in wh ich Achil les is repreSented by Hom er as having dragged Hector round the wal ls of Troy .

1 L iv. l ib . 1. cap. 27 . I L iv. l ib. 1. cap. 28 .


248 RE GUM R OMA N OR UM OU I D QU I SOUE .

studii s auctam maturé moriens reliquerit . 1d quidem huicregi a quibusdam vitie Objectum est, qued his verbis ex

pressit Virgi lia sjactantier Ancus

Nunc quoque jam nim ium gaudens popularibus auris

Sunt etiam qui eundem vel pejoribus Obnoxium culpis

finxerunt ; adflrm antes scilicet illum a grd ferentem Tullumsibi é stirpe regia erte pra latum , statui sse Hestilium cumtota familia occidere . S ed nihil tale a L ivie , cujus maxim a

est auctoritas, cemm em eratur, neque igitur Ance aliud tribuamus, quam que d ille gratum populi am erem rebus bend

gestis et Virtute m erebatur.

R ectifis quidem tal i crimini ebnoxius est huic injuriésufl

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ectus Tarquinius Priscus ; qui, Anci fil iis per fraudemam e tis, regnum peregrinus amb itu adfectarit , et popularem

captérit favorem spectaculis in Circe Maximo tum prim iimexhibitis . Ergo viri cetera egregii pra claras actiones istaambitio , atque injustitia quasi denigrare videtur . S it tamen

Tarquinio sua laus ; id sal tem illi tribuatur qudd regnum ,

utcunque partum, non male adm inistraverit : qued quidemad munus superioribus ingenii viribus instructus accessit .Rebus enim militaribus vix ull o priorum inferior, SabinisL atinisque superatis, pacis opera majore animo inehoavit .

Quem reipublica censuluisse non negandum est, urbe scilicetmuro lapideo muni ta, cle acisqu e , qued inter alia m axim é

eminet , in Tiberim dedu ctis . Sed quem ob has arte s venerandum non exte llere non possumus, eundem , prioris adhuc

injustitia memores , apastoribus ab Anci sobole missis quasinon omnind injuria occisum vix lugem us eaque peenfi

regem nimis amb itiosum non sine iradivinaafl'

ectum libenter

credimus . Atque ha c quidem hactenus .

Omnibus igitur, que s memoravi , superierem fuisse Pemdilium nemo non confitebitur. S i autem Numa cum Servio

JEn. l ib. vi. ver. 8 1 6.

RE GUM R OM ANO R UM QU I D QU I SQUE . 249

comparetur, paull d diflicil ier oritur qua stie , uter utri sit

anteferendus . U terque sue genere summus , uterque pacificarum culte r art ium , u terque Pater Patria dignus est quiappell etur. S ervii quidem ea fuisse videtur indoles , qua ,

bellica li ce t virtute imbuta , ad pacis opera et rempublicam

legibus inform andam multd aptior esset . I n talibus maximeenituisse gloriam constat e t sapientiam . N eque ab ulloRomana urbis rege , ne Numa quidem excepto , ullum Opusexhibitum accepimu s , qued cum censu a S erv io institu teconferendum Sit . N am , qued ubique in m axim is ducendum

est , in ter cives aliquid discrim inis exstare , id Roma servus ,ille d. servanatus (Si medd hec verum Sit)primus fecisselaudatur, primus idem varia variis ordinibus priv ilegia benéadsigndsse . I ta onera pa ne om nia apauperibus ad divitesinclinata ; ita max ima vis suffragii penes primores civitatisposita est . Ex que factum est u t qua cuique essent utiliora ,

iis quisque , auctore S ervio , frueretur.

I n hac autem comparatione non ad singulas actiones , sedad totum totius regni tenorem respiciendum est, videndumque an Numa an S ervii adm inistratie omnind civitatimagis

profuerit . R elligiosis m axim é Pom pilius institu tis , Tulliuscivil ibu s reipublica consul ere conatus est . Judicandumigitur est, an relligio rebus civilibus populo Sit u tilior. Quedquis negare audeat ? Constat certé , u t supra dictum est, Side Singul is factis agatur, ne unum quidem interNum a Opera

c um institutis ordinibus claSSibusque posse certare . Sed

a trius regnum populo R om ano re verautil ius fuisse credimus ? Utrum m eliores beatioresqu e reliquisse Quirites ?

Urbis m oenia Servius , Numa ipsas civium mentes auxisse

v idetur . Servium quidem irrelligiosum dicere non audem us ;

id tanthm adfirm amus, hujuS nusquam in regne eam rell i

gionis curam , qua Numa inerat , enituisse . I dem autem

L iv. l ib . 1. cap . 39.

M 5

250 RE GUM R OMA N 0 R U M QU I D e U I SOUE .

Diana fanum v idetur cum L atinis Roma condidisse , non u tcul tum D eorum augeret , sed potiii s ut ea esset confessiocaput rerum Remam esse , de que toties armis certatumerat . Qua quilm ita sint, quantd divina hum anis , quantb

relligi osa civilibus , tantd Pompilium S ervio pra stare credamus . Num am omnind, qui inter tot tantosqu e egregius

em ineat , S ervium , qui unu S ferd videatur cum Numa cem

parandu s,veneramur.

N am qued ad ultimum istum regem pertinet , nulla benerum cum malis potest esse cemparatie ; nemo Pompiliumconferre audebit Tarquinio . De que tam en possumus dubitare , an egregias ingenii vires magis adm irem ur, an tantamsa vitiem detestemur et sup erbiam . Odim uS quidem Tar

quinium ,quippe qui parricida et tyrannus , regnum vi ac

ca de partum metu firm averit et crudelitate . Eundem autembellicis egregium v irtu tibus , ducem que Rom ano nominehaud indignum non possum us non laudare quamvis de

generatum in al iis huic quoque decori videtur obficere .

Que d ad al ia spectat , sive ad a dem Jovis in monte Tarpeioerectam , Sive ad foros in Circe factos , seu denique ,

ad

cloacam m axim am , receptacul um om nium purgam entorum

urbis ,” sub terram actam , respicitur, quis herum eperum

et u tilitatem et m agnificentiam non confitetur ? S ed Tar

quinium istum , quamvis excell enti pra ditus ingenio rem

publicam bend administrat e potuerit ; tanta tam en superbifi

tantaque ferocitate pollutum nee regnantem am am us, nee

jure tandem eX pulsum m iseramur.

Qued restat , rege s sex priores ita se gessisse judicem us ,

u t Singuli conditeres vel partiam urbis vel gentis gloriarecté num erentur. E quibus unum N umam adeb em inere

censendum est, u t inter pra stantes non imm eritd videatur

pra stan tissimus .

EDWARD EL DER . 1 830 .


52 PUE L L A A URE L I A N EN S I S .

Sed Gal lia jam gratior it dies .R em e sque belli prim itia beantEn , sum it optatos honoresArbitrio Carolus pu ella .

0 , la ta virgo , Si patrias evesFusi foveres nescia sanguinis0 la ta, Si nullos triumphe s ,N ec misera decora alta fama

Sperare velles . Desine bellicesTentare casus ; desine , dum licet .S ed pra liantes in catervasI ll a rui t moritura . Tristi

Vineta catena. quid manet illins ,Qua sola ceeli pra sidio ferox ,Vires redenabat labantiSpem que bonam patria , tim endum

Fulmen Britannis , lux oriens suis ?

Heu , tetra obum brant pectus imagines ,L anguorqu e caligeque mentisJam dubia , et gelidi tim ores .

Ergo maligna turpe veneficaConfessa crimen , traditur, et suaPuella detestata genti,V indicibus peritura flamm is .

Sed , Musa, blandis talia ne velisAptare eberdis . Quin potius juvatS ilere , nee mandare sacrisDedecus Angliacum Cam oenis .

JOHN W I L L I AM W I NG . 1 830 .

C A N I S .

QUE natura Canum , varias quot sparsa per e rasS int genera, et catulis qua detur cura colendis ,

Expediam . Vos o , quibus est vis strenua cordi ,Firma fides, animusque sagax , audite canentem .

Prim a Canis , nemorum , fama Si credere dignum est ,

Expetiit latebras , densa qu e umbracula sylva .

Vivas dura feras agitans , defunctaque vitaMembra vorans hominum , rabieque Sitique crueris

Usque furens , qual is nunc effera sa vit hya na,Vel lyncum genus ac re : ab eadem stirpe luperumI t j ejuna cohors , et nocturne ululatu

Compellat plenam deserta per avia lunam .

Ergo Ma onides heroum corpora vate sPrejecit canibus ; regina et v iscera jussiS idonia absum scre canes . S ed longa tul eruntS ecula m ollitiem , e t multas diversa creavit

T emperies coeli formas , hem inesque sedalemElegere canem , et mentem induxere benignam .

Hine catul us , jam non ca cus . namque incubat atraN ox o culis , none dum mane refulserit ortu ,Tractatur m an ibus ; dom ino m ex auspice di scitPrima rudimenta ; aut rapide s se m ittit in amnesPra cipitem , baculumqu e refert , ant jussa capessit ,

Atque suum agnoscit nomen, vel lumine la teBlanditur, caudéque , et amoena murmure lingua ,

254 CA N I S .

Perque locos sequitur solos , et strata viarum .

Ast age , jam canibus versas edicere formasMens avet et quantos hom inum form entur ad usus .Hine ovrum proli pOSSiS succurrere , e t omnem

Am oveaS pecori noxam nec barbara raptor

Pra lia dat , tute au t lupus insidiatur ovili .Tum canis in pecora exercet pal antia curas ,Et vaga latratu turbat : simul agm ina totaCe lligit , et junetes cogit convertere gressus .

Acrius est al iis studium : sunt lumine certoQui ca cas spectant volu cres , vel nare sagaciI ndagant , pedibusve hosti velocibuS instant .Agminis , en , princeps, infectas imbibit aurasEn , cita turba ruit : reboat clam oribus aér :

N on fluvii, vallesque cava , non claustra retardantI nvia, quin vulpem sectetur odora canum vis ,

Et frustra as tu ta satiet se sanguine pra da .

S ieut ubi (Ebalium crebris latratibu s implent

T aygetum , et magh is circum dant ve cibus agrosN on secus ac vas tum inform is circumgem it antrumS cylla , vel Oceani resonantes perfurit undas ,Ceerulee sque canes lax is dat in a quor habenis .

N e tam en incertus , Si quis venabere cervos ,Avia qua sieris , monet Au tonoe

'

ius here sConspexisse dolens sacras sub marmore nymphas .At venandi ocul is heu tetra occurrit imago .

N aribus hic diram , e t m embre rum robore , pro lemMexica m oesta dolet, pascitque cruore suorum .

I llic oppresse s , vela ti leporemve vel aprum ,

Afri ca deplorat natos . Tum victus , et exlexI pse Cal edonia mutus terrore tyrannusAuscu ltat : vocemque , homines quam fal lere possit ,T erribilem nigre certi caniS horret in antro .


256 CAN I S .

Exiguumve trabant duro conam ine plaustrum .

Est et deliciis catulus, quem femina secumAut vehit in rheda, vel amicis excipit ulnis .

T um Canis , ins trato sub ne ctem saxa cubili

Dura prem ens, furesque fugat , servatqu e PenatesTartaream veluti fidus circumfurit anlam

Cerberus, ac frustra exeptant S tygis a que ra Manes .Qued superest , catulis qua detur cura decebe .

Tu forma insignem , tu cursibus, elige gentem ,

Querurn sa pe patres vineti rediere corona.

Proderit et sedem ventis Zephyroque salubriObjicere , et crebro latices inferre recentesNcc minus et stipulapra stat lignisque recisis

S ternere subter humum : vel, ubi fit m ollior a stas ,Suflicitur thal amus sparsis instratus arenis .

Quin propera gelido catule s imm ittere fentiProvidu s, immundum ne feedent ulcera corpus ,Et febris , et scabies im is infesta m edul lis .

N am canibus (sed causa latet) teterrima mortiAdditur, heu , rabies , quanon vie lentius ullumVirus edit venas ; au t pe st is dirior, iraPlena Dei, S tygiis unquam sese extulit undis .

Pra sertim medie Siquande inferbu it a stu

Annus, et in tepidum decrescunt flum ina lim um

Tum subitus furor est animis ; stant lumina flamma;Et gravia era tument , e t spum ant labra veneneI pse ruit rabidus ; qui Si quid la serit , idemAnge r adest m iseris , atque ingruit horror aquarum .

O animi tandem maj ori luce beatusExeriare aliquis , qui tantam evincere pestem

POSSis, aut m agnam morbi depellere partem .

Pectore tu saltem grate , studieque fidel i,

Quisquis es, 0 , catule s foveas : ne verbere vexes ,

CAN I S . 257

N e pede , ne lingua immiti , terteve flagelle .

Nam quid et util ius natura , aut carius unquamPra buit human e generi ? quo in corde vigescitTantus amor, tanta in dubiis constan tia rebus ?Tuque adeo , ratione tuaingenieque superbus,Cerne Canem : ignotum quem spectant turba procerum ,

I gnotum famuli , ignotum fidissim a conjux ,

Pre cidit ante pedes agnoscens Argus Ulixen .

I , quocunque velis , terrarum curre per orhem ;

Curre , ubi longinquis Atlantica cingitur undisI nsula, e t hirsu tam magno fert corpore prolemMellie r, i , tepide qua stirps sub sole cal escit

Fertilis I tal ia , au t hyem is vis horrida sa vitUsque bomini custe s , socius, solam en , amicus,I t Canis : impavide quoniam jam dente tuetur,Jam ve ci ebsequitur, vu ltum jam su spicit ipsumI nterpres, nescitqu e sue superesse m agi stro .

Sa pe etenim alterius spernens et dona minasque ,OcciSi lambit dom ini deforme cadaver ;Au t manet, invigilans ipsajam in morte , sepulcre .

Ergo I ndus sperat vita pe st ta dia coelumCum cane, dilecte sque una renovare labores .S ic etiam I siacis m ater foecunda DeorumL atran tem adjunxit templia ZEgyp tus Anubim .

N ee Canis imm erite superis admi ttitur astrisFlammeus , et seeie Procyon furit igne minister .

JOHN WEL L I NGTON FREESE . 1 83 1 .

S H A K S P E A R E .

L ORD of the thousand spells , that hold in thrallTh’ obedient heart, rouse , melt, absorb , appall ;Hail , Shak speare , mightiest to evoke or bindThe potent spirits that possess the mind .

R ais’

d by thy very nam e , what groups we ViewHow long familiar, yet for ever new ?L o , where one young, and lovely, bows her head,A . living corse amid the loathsome dead .

N e falt’

ring pause , no woman’ s fear is there ,

N or yet the cold, calm stem ness of despairBut passion , fondl y firm , bids Juliet kn ewN o thought on earth , but onl y RomeoOne all-engrossing dream , so wholly dear,I t makes ev ’

n death seem sweet, the lov’

d one near .Or, hark, the m add

’

ning t empest raves on high ,Sweeps o ’ er the earth , and rends the troubled Sky ;And, in this hour of dread , an aged formTreads the wil d waste , and battles with the storm ;

Tears his white locks , that catch the whirlwind’s ire ,

The crownless king , the worse than childl ess sire .

Who would not bid the rushing lightnings stayThe vengeful gleaming of the ir swift-wing

’

d way

Who would not cry Yon tim e-worn bosom Spare ;A fiercer dart than yours is rankling thereN ext, the blood curdles, while the master

’ s art ,With breathless terror, stills the beating heart ;


260 SHA K SPEA R E .

Till sad mishaps and pealing laughter prove ,How woman’ s vengeance waits on venal love .Or see , where heroes tread with stately mien,

The past’ s long glories crowd th ’ hi storic scene .Here Rome survives ; there , Englan d

’ s gallant throng , 65

Plantagenets and Tudors sweep al ong ;The rival roses bloom and stri ve again,And murd

’

rous R ichard sinks on Bosworth plain .

Yet soon the themes , to earthly bounds confin’

d ,

S eem all too narrow for his mighty mindSwift at his cal l Creation’ s pow

’

rs expand ,And worlds im agin

’

d rise at his comm and .

L o , sits dark Prosper in his mag ic bow’r,

S tills the loud winds, and chains the flying hour ;Bright Ariel sails upon the bat’ s swift wingWild music trembles on unearthly string ;And countless forms , in heav

’

n’

s bright vesture gay,Float on the cloud , and pour the m elting lay :

While , scarce a beast , yet far beneath a m an ,

Toils the misshapen form of Caliban . 80

But chang’

d the scene : by Shak speare’

s pencil drawn ,See , Cynthia lights the silver-mantled lawnThere slight Titania , rob

’

d in mantle green,Sports on the bank , or treads the mead unseenAround, in pastime gay , her elfin trainSkim on light wing al ong the dewy plain ;Or to the wanton breez e , in j oy , unfoldTheir azure pinions , streak

’

d w ith beam ing gold .

But who can count such marvels ? who descryEach sep

’

rate star in that bright galaxy ?

And,oh , if truth be in that dreamy thought ,

Which in old tim e the sage of Sam os taught ,That minds , depart ing burst the carnal chain ,But to return to bonds of flesh again

SHA KSPEA R E . 26 1

Many , might Fancy deem , in Shakspeare’

s frameConcentring kindled their ethereal flame :N ature for him , from each most glorious soulSnatch

’

d the best gift , to form one mighty whole ,Of all past Genius cull ’d the choicest part ,And breath ’

d its essence o ’

er his favour’d heart .For he , the myriad-minded, with his pow

’

rs

Cal ls forth , at once , the sunshine and the show ’

rs ;

Blends ev’ry charm , that classic scenes diffuse ,With bolder outline , and more varied huesPregnant with fire divine , and bearing nowI nvention’ s palm from sacred Homer’ s brow ;

Now thrilling bosoms for the royal Dane ,L ike him who sang of Agam em non slain ;N ow nobly chaste , oh Sophocles , like thee ,L ear’ s pious child a new AntigoneN ow , as thy rival, tender, while we hailR estor

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d of wilder wit than he , who madeTh’ Athenian Cleon but a former CadeGraceful as Terence in the comic v ein ,And breathing fresh Menander

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n , on glory’ s throne ;

While Alfieri, Corneille , Gothe , S cott,Revolve in radiance , but approach him not .Then what though , eagle-like , he dar

’d to soarHigh o ’er each track , that bard had pass

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d before PWhat though the boundl ess visions of his mind ,Free as the waves , unshackled as the wind ,Rush’d on , regardless of the rul es that throwAn icy coldness o

’er poetic glow ;

Unl ike the strains close shap’

d to pedant’ s law ,

Correct, precise , without or fire or flaw ?

262 SHA K SPEA R E .

Tell the wild bird, too lofty is its flight ;Tell the red sun, too brilliant is his light ;S tay the swift lightning, as it darts al ong ;But spare , oh , spare the thrilling voice of song .

And o ’er his fortunes , whose Promethean fireThus breath ’

d new sweetness on the Muse’ s lyre ,Ask ye , what grandeur beam

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d ? what lofty fate ?

How high his lot, how noble , or how great ?Few aids were hi s proud L earning

’ s heights toscanHis guide was nature , and his book was m an

Untaught he rose , uncultur’

d , unconfin’

d ;

He spurn’

d the laws , that should unite mankindYet

, ashe wander

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d ,’neath the midnight shade ,

I ntent on spoil , o’ er some deep forest glade ,

Ev’

n at that hour, in his young soul would spring

S ome dawning thought of w ild imagining,

Some glorious thrill , that made th e poacher boy

Feel the bright presage of a nobler joy .

And yet , when Honor’ s beaming ray had spread

With brigh est glory circling Shakspeare’

s head ,

Calm he retir’

d ,nor dream

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d of laurels won ,

S carce conscious , what his careless strength had done .

And where in youth he held his joyous way ,

Haply his spirit still delights to stray .

Forbe

autiful that val e of calm repose ,

Where Shakspeare saw life’ s op

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ning , and its close

S till graceful willows weep above th e stream

Where first he mus’d in in spiration

’

s dream ;

And N ature decks the scene with choicest care ,

As if to honor him who slumbers there .

Wild flow’

rs around the ir sweetest fragrance breathe ;

Hands

,not of earth , their brighter garlands wreathe ;

While , undisturb’

d ,within his native glade

His dust reposes , as in death he pray’

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I N I L I ADE QU I D PROPR I UM , QU I D PRIE

STANT I SS I MUM EM I NEAT ; I N SI NGU L I S

EJU S R HAPSOD I I S QU I D S I T PUL CHER

R I MUM , QU I D PRE CEPTUM AD MORES

CONF I R MANDOS OPT I ME CONDUCAT .

HOMERU S omnium consensu principatum inter poetas tenet,atque omnes in om ni genere eloqu entiae post se reliquisse ,

atque in dispositione totius operis humani ingenii modumexcessisse *

”dicitur. Cujus sane carmina veterrim e post

Sacras L iteras scripta , simplices ac rudes antiquorum mo

res, m otusque anim orum nondum politiorii

societate refranatos exhibent .

I n I liade autem quum em inean t maxime ardor et simplicitas , corum utrum magis sit proprium , id si scrutari velim us,

nemo non videt quam magna occurrat quae stio . S ed con

templan tibus ipsam operis naturam , et bella quae sola fere

tractantur, ac barbarorum keroum personas , videtur res ipsaacrem atque excitatam orationem fiagitare . S it m agma laus

simplicitatis : sed , I liada qui condidit , illi vivis opus erat

verbis, qui recitando audientium anim os commovere , junio

resque ad patrum virtu tes imitandas impellere vellet . N ec

sane legentibus non iidem nobis , quibus poeta ipse videturcalu isse , motus excitantur : nos vero in alienis rebus toties

dolere aut gaudere , toties sperare aut m etuere , illud vim

Quinctilian.


268 I N I L I ADE QU I D PROPR I UM .

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quae in antiqua fabula Homerus , cum Hesiodo contendens,

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év dé re Papyein xepakfi dew oi’

o a ekofipov

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I n I liade igitur ardorem orationis proprium eminere censemus .Quod si, quid sit praestantissimum , scru tari velimus,

maj or oritur quaestio : tot enim ex omni parte o ccurrunt

praestantia, ut , quid maxime excellat , non facile judicetur.

N am inventionis summ a laus ab omnibus Hom ero data est,rerum , orationum , personarum hum anarum ac divinarum

miram varietatem exhibenti . Qui , quum vim omnem artiume t naturae, ex quibus sententias hauriret , m otu sque animorum , quibus personas form aret , externasque imagines , quasdescriberet , comprendisset , tum , inventa fabula, quam Ari

stoteles poé ticas animum appellat , rebusque in obscuri

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. 233 .

I n the Old work, entitled the ‘ Contest of Hom er and Hesiod ,’

the story is, that the two poe ts were ordered , as a finish ing trial of m erit,

to recite the m ost beau tiful passage that each had , in his own opinion ,

com posed ; and thatHom e r se lected the lines found in book N '

1 26-1 33 ,

and 339-344 : wh ich run toge ther very we ll .”— Co leridge .

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. 738. According to Eustathius, the critics m arked these verses

with an asterisk, to deno te their transcendent sublim ity.

I N I L I ADE QU I D PROPR I UM . 269

tatem quamdam delapsis vera cum falsis comm iscendi liceut iam tribuentibus, imm ensum ingenio suo campum expandit .

N ec m inus judicium ejus adm iramur, qui, quum fabulae

argumentum elegisset , quo nullum majus esse po tuit aut

melius , tam en non omne bellum voluit comprendere , sed , a

principum contentione exorsus, ea quae inde oriantur gra

vissima explicavit . Quare variae partes inter se arctius

cohaerent , et unus omnino prae aliis Pelides superem inetTum fabula summ o art ificio adm inistratur, e t gradatimassurgit . Quod vero Achill es in inertiam recedit , quum

injuria afl'

ectus benevolentiam a nobis conciliaverit , id nonminim e consilium exhibet ; quia singuli heroes vicissim pro

feruntur, quod quam vis fiat , fluctus tam en , diu per Pelidendepu lsi, confestim redundant, quod ad evehendam ejus

gloriam , id quod voluit poeta, optime conducit .

Praestantissim a autem videtur ipsa personarum descriptio u

Sed hum ani tatis adm irabilis illa exhibitio magna ex partevariis orationibus effi citur, ex quibus fam iliariter heroibu suti videmur, cum il lis vivere ac colloqui , atque eorum anim os

penitus perspicere . Tum quamvis nemo plures personasinduxerit , tam en unicuiqu e qu idquam ita proprium Homeru stribuit , u t si quando ab oculis recedant , reversi, iisdemcoloribus cognoscantur. I racundus et ferox Achilles , modestus et constans Diomedes, atrox et tem erarius Ajax , comiset affabilis Ulysses , jueo

'

a uro'

kcos jL I domeneus , Phoenix a

N estore , al ter ab altero quam subtilibus lineam entis differunt ? S ed nihil praestabilius , quam qui furio sum Peliden ,

eundem teneram atque elegantemHelenam depinxisse , atqueil lam nunquam non generosam , sermone et gestu decoram ,

sententiis excellentem , admirandam senibus . Siquis autem ,

xa i ra é rp Gem re'

m os [iv (pa r/ eh) Opnpos wapd roi'

s c’

ikkow, n ;ynde rov rrékep ov xa irrep exovra dpxfiv xa i r ékos, ém xecpfio a r

arousi v bkov. Arist. de Poet. sr'

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, 361 ,

270 I N I L I ADE QU I D PROPR I UM .

quod nonnulli arbitrantur, I liads all egoriam esse credat , concedat necesse est personas eas esse , quae, si vera essetfabul a , partes ascriptas agere possent . Personis vero semperaliquid praecipitur, quod au t ad mores confirmandos conducat, au t ad rem politicam sp ectet . N eque , si L onginumaudiamus, aliquid est sententiis ipsis praestantiu s, quas

personis suis tribuens Homerus exemplis potius quam prasceptis docere vide tur. Atque haec quidem hactenus .

Quid vero sit in singulis rhapsodiis pulcherrim um , et

illud quaerendum est . T ot vero in I liade v enusta o ccurrunt ,

u t nemo fere om nia comprendat . Quis autem Hectora cumAndrom acha colloquentem quis Helenam ’

r ct Androm a

chen cassum heroa lngentes , non adm iratur ? I n Achillistentorio cum Priam

'o nocte quae fu erint acta quis satis magnaprosequitur laude I ? Quid venustius dep ingitur quam N a

turae ipsius opera qual e illud est,di s 5

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Jam vero praecep ta quae admores confirm andos conducant ,

quum ex singu lis personis colligenda sunt, tum ex ipsofabulae argumento , quod , quae mal a ex di ssensione oriantur,aperte m onet . N estor“, magna omnia gerens consilio ,auctoritate , et sententia, illud docet , quantum corpori s v mbus prudentia atque experientia sit anteferenda .

Achilles veras voces comm endat , illa enuncians

ep os yap pm xe’

i vos (was'

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da o wfihycw

89 X e repo v p e r xeéOp év i gbpea iv , cikho dé ei'

rrp 1T.

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M A H U M E D A .

MEGGE relictis m oenibus exulat

Propheta magni nom inis . O diesPraeclara , venturos in annosPerpetuis renovanda fastis .

Quid , quod snorum praesidio Deum ,

Spreto Propheta, Mecca superbiat?

En , ultor, en , qual is columbaeRex avium m editans ruinam ,

I njuriarum haud imm em or, imm inet ,

Qui nuper, antri sub latebris, tremens,Debebat intextis ArachnesI pse dolis Mahum eda Vitam .

Ergo redibit victor, ubi puerFovebat altas mentis imaginesS ecreta s , et magnos honoresPraecipiens venientis aevi.

Fall or ? sed has tas agm inis horridi

Cerno m icantes fulgere , dum sacraVexilla dat ventis , morantesVoce ciens Mah um eda turmas ,

Et verba mittens ignea, Vicimus ,

Ducente vero N um ine , vicim us ;

At rursus instaurate bellum , et

Magnificas iterate palmas .

MA HUME DA .

Beatus , O quem funeris auferatFurvus satelles , val libus ElysiChorisque Nympharum , et sub umbra

Muneribus fru iturus uvae .

Quod si quis nltro fugerit , ignibusI stum aestuosi gurgitis opprim entTorm enta , nec linguae furentisUlla sitim recreabit unda .

S ed mortis horam sors dedit omnibusI mmota . Tandem exsurgite . Jam manusDivina in obstantem catervam

Fulm ineas jaculatur iras .”

Ergo arma miles corripit impetuA rdentiori, quem neque torridusD eterret aestus , nec procellaL ethiferis violenta pennis .

Mox e t virorum volvitur exteras

Torrens in oras , qua tum et aureis

Undis Erythraeum profundum ,

Quarapidus secat arva Tigris .Esto ; at nefastas fraena libidiniI ncontinens das , pocul aqu e ebrius

Am oris exsiccas , triumphos

Usque novos referensque laudes,Propheta , fati nescius heu tui .Quid nomen ergo insignia quid valentTropaea ? quid raptum per aurasE therias penetrasse sedes ,

Dum caeca venas implicat ignibusPestis v eneni ? S cilicet, occidi t ,Qui nuper, immiti propagansEnse Fidem , in medios tumultus

73

274 M AHUM ED A .

Audax ruebat ; credul a quo colitAuctore vanos gens Arabum libros ,Ac templa M edinae frequentans ,

Turba hominum veneratur Allam .

Adhuc sed olim discu tiet gravemL ux vera noctem , et coelitus ultimasDemissa tranquillabeabitR elligio ditione terras .

CHARL ES JAMES SCR ATCHL EY . 1 831 .


276 A QUA .

His anim adversis, genera hinc diversa doceboContinuasqu e vices : nam que at tenuatus in aurasAeraqu e hum or abit, cal idoqu e expanditur sestu .

Hinc imbris , prim os ubi S ol induxerit ortus,S emina consurgunt ; nube s tum mittere certantDupliciter pluviam : ventus contrudit , et ipsaCopia nimborum premit exinde agmen aquarumN ascitur, et largam difi’undit Aquarius urnam .

Verum ubi temperies atque inclem entia coeliDura riget , solidam assum it sibi lympha figuram ,

Contrahiturque gelu : glaciss , canaeque pruinas;N ixque solum velant ; subito refraenat euntesVis undas , Berecyna, tuas , te, Volga , soporat ,

L ongaque duratos constringit inertia fluctus .

Tempore non alio concretis ful ta columnis

Regi a surrexit glaucis domus apta catervis,

Et nova regnatrix subter laquearia am avit

Exercere choros , vitreasqu e errare per aulas .Tempore non al io navis miseranda sub ArctoR estat , ubi haud dubiis spatiantur passubus ursae,Aut validis saxorum instar coll idi tur undis .Tunc homines siccapercurrunt flum ina planta,Sustentantqu e pigres stridentia plau stra lacunae .

Quinetiam hum ori varios dat terra vigores .Hic ,si quaeris , aquae minima sine labe fluentes

I nvenies haustus ; illic , velut horrida L ethe ,Fons nigras profundi t aquas su ccosque v eneni ;

Quinetiam insinuat sese per v iscera terrae,Omnia corradens om ni ex regione , novasque

Educit vires , nova semina materiai ,Sulphure comm ixtus p ertentatusve metal lo ;Et medicas aegris praebet m ortal ibus artes .Quid memorem Baias , jactasque in marmora moles ,

A QUA .

Fluminaque (E taeam subterlabentia terram ?

L onge al iter L ernaea pal us , nam dirior illioI ncubat , heu, tabes , S tygius ceu donat AvernusAl itibus, spiratve necem torus Asphaltitae .

Continuus , causis non apparentibus , implet

Sal mare , quem tempus seriesque imm ensa laborumPercolare nequit . Digno quis carmine pontumI nnum erosqu e canat risus ? fert terra virorum

S cil icet imperium ; humanas m ox vortice clas sesProluit Oceanus : circum genus omne natantumCaerul a percurrit , m ul taque aspergine rorans

V ert itur huc illuc inform is more gigantis,Et mare conceptum delphinus naribus efliat .

Tempus caerul earugas in fronte senilesI nscripsisse negat : juvenili robore praestan sVolvitur Oceanus , renovatqu e in saecla vigorem ,

Flum inaque assiduo referunt stipendia cursu .

Quid m irum ? sub aquaveteres finxere poetasRegna habitare Deos, regemque errare sub aulisN eptunum , effusum crine s liquentibu s undisAtque inter conchas caeciqu e arcana profundi ,Coral iiqu e toros, consueta cubilia secumDucere N ereidas ; spumahinc exorta sonantiI psa Venus surgit, pulcrum maris increm entum .

N ec me animi fallit, qual es ab origine mundiFecerit unda vices , quanto se robore fundat :N am mutare docet terras Sapi

l

entia lym pham ,

Saxaque inexhausto tandem decrescere pul su .

I tal iam Zancle quasrit divisa sororem

Et Pelusiaci Delta obstupuere coloni .Quinetiam , quum m ovit aquam Deus ipse sequentem ,

Heu , vires rabiem qu e docent imm ania apertiPost scelera Oceani fontes , coelique fenestrae,

277

278 A QUA .

Totaque gens hom inum immensa submersa ruina.

Esto at securam veluti spes morte sub ipsaNuncia prom ittit requiem m ortalibus I risErgo quid referam , mersa tellure , laboresD eucal ioneos ? ergo maria al ta tum escunt ,

Et placide redeunt , L una dom inante , vicissim .

Saepius at contra subito dem issa columnaI n mare de scendit, vel tempestate coorta

S eevit aqua, et defraenato quatit impete classes .0 ubi nunc mitis species gratissim a lymphes,Quae nitidum certareddebat imagine coelum ?Jam certum m ovet exitium , horrisonoqu e tumul tu

Colligit ex alto socios ; nox atra vocantem

Consequ itur, parentqu e Eurus Boreasque tyranno .

Tota procella ruit ; proj ecta cadavera circumI nsanos inter fluctus et gurgitis iras ,Quassataequ e rates testantur momina ponti .Saepius et Phlegethontaeo cataracta sonoreCrescit , et Helvetieis praeceps devolvitur agrisI nsatiabiliter, stragem qu e agit ante m etumque .

N on al iter quam quum , visu mirabile , marmorSparsit Erythraeum resolutis m oenibus hos tes ,Et Pharia horribili perierunt agmina leto .

Has tam en undarum vires caecosque furoresMens humana suos sollers deduxit ad usus .O si possem anim os , qui prim um haec comm oda nobisI nvenere , hum ili sal tem decorare Cam oena,

Grascia quos genuit , quos artis Gallia nu trix,

Quique tuum lauro cinxerunt , Anglia , nomenN on mihi tantus bonos : propria sed laude vigetis,Virque Syracosius nullo dam nabitur aevo .

S cili cet ignavo quondam exanim ata veterno

Gens hom inum vixit , fragilem nunc robore cymbam


280 A QUA .

N on alio in speculo decerpens lilia dextraFoem ina gaudebat passos ornare capillos .Flumina, dum L ibyas p eragrat deserta , v iatorMente videt, m inim oque sitim restinguere potuSperat , et optatos moriens rem iniscitur haustus .

Sic multi pereunt : quanto felicior ille ,Quisquis aqua longos poterit recreare labores,E t relevare febrim secum fert lympha soporis

Munera, fert val ido tranqu ill am in corpore mentem ,

Dum m ale purpureos profert vindemia fructus,Morborumque comes venit ista licentia Bacchi .At lymphaN atura viget , dum Copia plenoL arga rubet cornu , ridentque rosaria circum ,

Daedal aque immensafloret dulcedine tellus .Ergo vox Arabis , rapiens ad bella cohortes ,Pingit in Elysio labentes undique rivosErgo perpetuum instaurat Mahum eda pificlum ,

Placanturque dato errantes l ibam ine Manes .S cilicet indicium nobis et janua verse

R eligionis aqua est, ex quo mysteria viditPura sacer praesenti expletus Numine rivus .

GORDON WH I TBREAD . 1 832.

MOSES ON MOUNT NEBO .

Eas cr , unbroken by the shock of years ,A lordly form on Pisgah

’

s brow appearsI n quick succession heav ’

nly visions rollO

’

er his lit features , and display his soul ;While beaming rapture fires his undimm ’

d eye ,

Swells in his veins , and bears him to the sky .

Age has bu t gently m ark’

d him it has shedSo soft a hal o on his unchang

’

d head ,That one might deem , for him , some Wizard

’ s wandHad stay

’

d the force of Time’ s de stroying hand ,Or a kind Angel ’s tutelary arm

Had robb’

d e’

en Death of all his pow’

r to harm .

On Pisgah’

s brow he stands for, from on high ,

His God has call ’d him to the m ount to die .What , tho

’ his ever-comprehensive viewThe past, the present , and the future knewWhat , tho

’ he heard , amid the bush of flame ,Unscath

’

d , the mandates of the dread I Am ;Though, lov

’

d of Heav’

n , in conscious pride he trodS inai ’ s veil ’d steep in converse with his God ,When awestruck I srael trembled at the glowOf God’ s own glory on his dazzl ing brow ;Tho ’ , at his pray

’

r, Jeshurun saw the wreckOf haughty S ihon , Og , and Amal ek ;Tho ’ at his word, despite each magi c Spell ,Destruction’ s tenfold weight on Egypt fell

282 MOSE S ON MOUNT N E BO .

Tho ’ at his word , the waves their course delay’

d,

And palsied Nature heard him and obey’dS till must he yield his consecrated life,For rocky Meribah

’

s unhal low’

d strife ,When he , presumptuous , struck the pregnant stone ,And cal l ’d the heav ’

n-sent m iracle his own .

Yet,. ere he di es, he takes a long farewellOf the lov ’

d tents of cherish ’

d I srael ;While all his hope s could fancy, picture , dream ,

I n Canaan’ s long-sought land concentred seem ,

Which, like a rainbow , cheers his soul at last ,L ife ’ s boist ’rous sea and stormy billows pastEntranc

’

d he views , am id the northern skies .The cedar crests of L ebanon arise ;And turns exulting, where the sunbeams playO

’

er the bright waves that tremble in the ir ray ;Where vine-clad Carm el glitters in the west

,

I n all the spring-tide ’ s verdant glories drest ;Where swift Ardeni winds his silver rills

,

And S iloe leaps near Salem ’ s echoing hillsWhere murm

’

ring Kedron’

s pearly currents flowBy the fresh plains of palm-girt JerichoWhere sparkl ing dews on homey’d pinions ride ,And milky waves in snow-white stream lets glideWhere Alm otana , with polluting waves,The noiseless shore in stilly silence laves ,And fill s w ith venom ’

d death each breezy gale ,That slowly swe eps o ’

er S iddim’

s tainted vale ,L ike the al l-with ’

ring , all-destroying snake ,That, nestling, coil

’

d in Eden ’s loveliest brake .S till , as he gazes, on his bursting soulHe feels the stream of inspiration roll ,While his glad sight with thrilling joy surveysThe deeds of future tim es and future days


284 MOSE S ON MOUNT NE BO .

God, who , enshrin’

d in radiance and in flame,With cherub hosts from trembling S inai came ,Shal l crown with might majestic Judah ’

s race,And pour on L evi ’ s head his mystic graceShal l bless thee , Reuben ; and shall keep from sinThy cherish ’

d tribe , 0 much-lov’

d Benjamin ;And upon thee , triumphant Joseph , allThe goods of earth , the gifts of Heav

’

n shall fallFor thee, the sun shall brightly shine by dayFor thee , the moon shall shed her softest rayThen , fill

’

d with gold from m any a di stant strand,The ships of Zebulon shall seek the land ;Then in hi s tents shall I ssachar be glad,And on the hills shal l roam the wolf of GadThen on his prey shall Dan ’ s young lion leap ,With Asher’ s warrior sons from Basham’ s steepAnd crown ’

d with plenty and w ith wealth shall beThe fruitful coasts of goodly N aphtali .Then with the L ord in safety shal t thou dwell,Belov

’

d of Heav’

n , thrice-favor’

d I srael :Then, wearied Jacob , thou at length shal t rest,I n everlasting peace and glory blestBlest by that mighty God , who rides on high ,His steeds the whirlwinds , and his car the sky .

The glad song ceas ’d , when , 10 , an ebon cloudHid the rapt prophet in its sable shroudAnd y eil ’d , for ever veil

’

d , from mortal eye ,

The coming pangs of life ’ s last agony .

Yet must that form of grandeur and of mightUnburied whiten on the mountain ’s height ?

Shall the bold eagle , from his rock-built nest ,Exulting dart upon that holy breastShal l the hill-fox and greedy ravens there ,With howling wolves, their midnight revel share ?

MOSE S ON MOUNT NE BO . 285

Shall the bright sun , on his unwearied way ,Behold that form in ruin and decay ?N o , God forbids from heav

’

n’

s empyreal dome,

S eraphic hosts and cherub myriads comeAngelic accents soothe the pangs of death ,Angelic hands rece ive his latest breath ,Angelic trains ,

’mid Pisgah’

s shadowy gloom, 1 35

Smooth the death-stifi'

en’

d limbs, and lay them in the tomb .

Y e trembling spheres, ye hallow’d moun tains

, say,

Where went his spiri t on that awful day,WhenHeav

’

n’

s bright pow’

rs with hell ’s dark legions strove,

N ear the steep confines of the cedar grove , 1 40

That casts , in solemn peace , its gloomy shade ,Where he , the Prophet chief, the m an of God , is laid .

Perchance on high he found eternal peace ,Where care s al arm not , and where sorrows ceasePerchance in Pal estine his guardian shade ,From age to age , with ling

’

ring love , delay’

d .

He view ’

d , with prescient ardor, from afar,The first bless’d ray of Bethl

’

hem’

s morning star ;He hail

’

d the coming of Messiah nearHe saw the day

-spring burst, the Christ appearHe heard the choir of landing angels singA peaceful w elcome to the prom is

’

d King,And in sweet commune Tabor’ s summit trodWith him , th

’

I mmortal Man , th’

I ncarnate God ,When he , the Virgin-born , Jehovah

’

s Son ,

I n all his own unshrouded radiance shone .E

’

en now perchance the v enerable seerO

’

er w idow'

d Salem pours the sil ent tear,And grieves to hear the Moslem’ s vaunting cry’Mid th e fall ’n scenes of I srae l ’s majesty .

Y e t weep no more : for soon , before thine eyesThe L amb shall come , a second Salem rise ;

286 M OSE S ON MOUNT N E BO .

Soon shalt thou see the em ’

ral d rainbow throne,

Begirt w ith jasper and w ith sardine stoneShalt view the red waves of the sea of fire ,Shal t hear the harpings of the saintly quire ,Shalt join the chorus of the white-rob ’

d train ,That sing for aye the same unvaried strainHonor and Glory to the Holy Three ,Who were , who are, who shall for ever be .

JOHN RUSSEL L , 1 832 .


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