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Pepulitque noctis umbras vegetis sonipedibus.

Everything is seen in those sharply-defined forms, which imprint

imagination to produce the original which Catullus is supposed to

Sed postquam tellus scelerest imbuta nefando, etc.,

O nimis optato saeclorum tempore nati

Heroes, saluete, deum genus.

(Illa rudem cursu prima imbuit Amphitriten),

and when the Gods and Goddesses of Olympus, the mysterious Powers

Emersere feri candenti e gurgite vultus

Aequoreae monstrum Nereides admirantes,--

Quam tum saepe magis fulgore expalluit auri,--

and again, looking on the distant fleet--

Saxea ut effigies bacchantis,--

of the advent of Bacchus--

Cum thiaso Satyrorum et Nysigenis Silenis,--

Extenuata gerens veleris vestigia poenae,--

of the aged Parcae--

infirmo quatientes corpora motu--

Idomeneosne petam montes? a gurgite lato

Discernens ponti truculentum ubi dividit aequor?

Nam quoscumque ferunt campi, quos Thessala magnis

Montibus ora creat, quos propter fluminis undas

Aura parit flores tepidi fecunda Favoni,

Hos indistinctis plexos tulit ipse corollis,

Quo permulsa domus iucundo risit odore;

Tempe quae silvae cingunt super inpendentes,--

planted before the vestibule of the palace.

Lucretius, yet they do appear, as in the lines--

Peliaco quondam prognatae vertice pinus,--

Aut tereti tenues tinnitus aere ciebant,--

Putridaque infirmis variabant pectora palmis,--etc., etc.

As in the Attis we find such word-formations as _sonipedibus_,

Frigidulos udo singultus ore cientem,

Languidulosque paret tecum coniungere somnos.

familiar to the Greek idyl, of the recurring chime of the same or

Vos ego saepe meo vos carmine compellabo;--

Cui Iupiter ipse

Ipse suos divom genitor concessit amores;--

Sicine me patriis avectam, perfide, ab oris,

Perfide, deserto liquisti in litore Theseu?

Sicine discedens neglecto numine divom;--

Nulla fugae ratio, nulla spes; omnia muta

Omnia sunt deserta, ostentant omnia mortem, etc.

The phrases are to a much greater extent cast in a Greek mould.

The words follow one another in a less natural order. Ornamental

The four longer elegiac pieces which follow add little to our

Quo tibi tum casu pulcherrima Laudamia,

Ereptum est vita dulcius atque anima

There is an exquisite picture of his own stolen meetings with his

Et longe ante omnes mihi quae me carior ipso'st

Lux mea qua viva vivere dulce mihi'st.

In this poem too, although the application of the image is an

incongruous adaptation of an old Homeric simile, we meet with a

Qualis in aerii perlucens vertice montis

Rivos muscoso prosilit e lapide

Qui cum de prona praeceps est valle volutus

Per medium sensim transit iter populi,

Dulce viatori lasso in sudore levamen,

Cum gravis exustos aestus hiulcat agros.

the keenness of their satire, and their shrewd observation of the

'Ceu pulsae ventorum flamine nubes,

Aerium nivei montis liquere cacumen.'

'Qualis in aerii perlucens vertice montis

Rivos muscoso, prosilit e lapide,' etc.

'Flos Veronensum. .. iuvenum.'

'Quod mihi fortuna casuque oppressus acerbo'--

retractes munera neniae') with the lighter poetry of love.]

'Nunc te cognovi: quare etsi impensius uror,

Multo mi tamen es vilior et levior.

Qui potis est? inquis. Quia amantem iniuria talis

Cogit amare magis, set bene velle minus.'

'Calvus, if those now silent in the tomb

Can feel the touch of pleasure in our tears

For those we loved, who perished in their bloom,

And the departed friends of former years:

Oh then, full surely thy Quintilia's woe.

For the untimely fate that bade ye part,

Will fade before the bliss she feels to know

How very dear she is unto thy heart.'--Martin.

'Dii magni, salaputium disertum.'

'Neu me odisse putes hospitis officium.'

'Quintilio si quid recitares, Corrige, sodes,

Hoc aiebat et hoc'--

'Litus ul longe resonante Eoa

Tunditur unda.'

'Quam mater prope Deliam

Deposivit olivam,

Montium domina ut fores

Silvarumque virentium

Saltuumque reconditorum

Amniumque sonantum.'

'Soon my eyes shall see, mayhap,

Of his mother, as he stands

Stretching out his tiny hands,

And his little lips the while

Half-open on his father's smile.

'And oh! may he in all be like

Manlius his sire, and strike

Strangers when the boy they meet

As his father's counterfeit,