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Translations of English poetry into Latin verse
Translations of English poetry into Latin verse Author:Francis William Newman Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SUNSET ON THE SEA. Hcnv dear to me the hour, when daylight dies, And sunbeams melt along the silent sea ! For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And... more » memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee. And as I watch the line of light, which plays Along the smooth wave tow'rd the burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 't would lead to some bright isle of rest. THE EAINY DAY. 1. The day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary : The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary. 2. My life is cold and dark and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary. My thoughts still cling to the mouldering past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. 3. Be still, sad heart! and cease repining; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining : Thy fate is the common fate of all: Into each life some rain must fall; Some days must be dark and dreary. chapter{Section 4[2] O quam cara mihi hora revertit, qua moritur lux Dia, marique ardens sol liquet in tacito. Tune de praeteritis gratissima somnia surgunt, Suspiratque tibi vespere cura memor. Et dum contueor, ut lucida linea mollem Praeterludit aquam, qua jubar ardet adhuc, Aurea me stringit radiorum semita, tauquam Spe beet alliciens insula clara retro. 1. Moesta dies tenebras et frigus procreat: imber Jam cadit, et vento vis nova semper adest. Vitis adhuc septum complectitur arcta labascens, At folia inspirante cadunt demortua vento : Solvitur in tenebras tristitiamque dies. 2. Tristis vita gelu ac tenebras mea procreat: imber jVfi cadit, et vento vis nova semper adest. Mens mea Proeteritum complectitur arcta labasce...« less