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Godfrey of Bulloigne, Or, the Recovery of Jerusalem (v. 2); Done Into English Heroical Verse, From the Italian of Tasso
Godfrey of Bulloigne Or the Recovery of Jerusalem Done Into English Heroical Verse From the Italian of Tasso - v. 2 Author:Torquato Tasso Volume: v. 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1851 Original Publisher: Putnam Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where yo... more »u can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: THE GENIUS OF GODFREY- PRINCE CHARLES,0 Ntmphes of Caledon, happy are your bowres, Platted with wood-bine, gcssemine, and bayes, By which a silver streame so gently plaies, And decks the bancke on either side with flowers: But far more happy were you in those dayea, When as you waited in the stately towres, Where Charles was borne; and in his younger howreg, Bid give him suck and lull'd him with your layes. You shepheards on the downes your flocks that keepe, Happy you were, while your Elisa daign'd To dwell amongst you ; who so wisely raign'd That never wolfe into your foulde durst peepe : But now a better fortune have you gain'd, For Pan himself is earefull of your sheepe, And Charles amidst your cottages doth sleepe, As Phcebus did when he a shepeard faign'd. You nymphs Hesperides, you happy were, While ill your power you had the trees of gold; For none but Hercules that victor bold Could put your fruit in danger, you in feare : But you Hesperian nymphs (could you have told) Were far more happie, while your shore did beare Our noble Charles, his like was never there; Who found your climate hot, your love but cold These dedicatory verses to Prince Charles are found in some few copies of the edition of 1624 ; it appears probable that they are written by Fairfax, as they have much of the peculiar manner which pervades the preceding address to Elizabeth : their merit well entitles them to preservation in this place. For a very accurate transcript of them from the late Mr. Malone's copy, I am indebted to the kiudoess of Jam...« less