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The Poems of Valerius Catullus; With Life of the Poet, Excursûs, and Illustrative Notes
The Poems of Valerius Catullus With Life of the Poet Excurss and Illustrative Notes Author:Gaius Valerius Catullus General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1867 Original Publisher: William P. Nimmo 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 you ca... more »n select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ON THE DEATH OF THE 'SPARROW. 29 ,111. ON THE DEATH OF THE SPARROW. Ye Graces ! mourn, oh mourn ! Mourn, Cupids Venus-borh! And loveliest sons of earth, where'er ye are ! Dead is now my darling's sparrow -- - Sparrow of my "winsome marrow," Than her very eyes, oh! dearer to her far. For 'twas a honey'd pet, And knew her well as yet A mother by her daughter e'er was known : Never from her bosom stray'd he, Hopping hither, thither play'd he, Ever piped and chirp'd his song to her alone. Now to that dreary bourn Whence none can e'er return, Poor little sparrow wings his weary flight: Plague on you ! ye grimly-low'ring Shades of Orcus, still devouring, All on earth that's fair and beautiful and bright. Ye 've ravish'd from my sight Her sparrow, her delight! Oh ruthless deed of bale ! woe, woe is me ! Now thy death, poor little sparrow, Doth her heart with anguish harrow, And her swollen eyes are red with tears for thee. chapter{Section 4 DEDICATION OF HIS PINNACE. That pinnace there, my friends, declares she was the fleetest vessel E'er cut the sea, and never fear'd with wind or wave to wrestle: Whate'er the craft -- by oar or sail impell'd -- she could outvie it; And she avers the shore of threatening Adria can't deny it; Or yet the island Cyclades, or Rhodes renown'd in story, Or rugged Thrace, Propontis, or the Euxine wild and hoary, , Where she -- a pinnace now -- was erst a leafy wood canorous, Whose vocal foliage often breathed sweet murmurings o'er Cytorus. Pontic Amastris! and Cytorus with the boxtree green aye! The...« less