Erotica: The Elegies of Propertius, The Satyricon of Petronius and The Kisses of Johannes Secundus. Literally Translated and Accompanied by Poetical Versions from Various Sources. To which are Added, the Love Epistles of AristaenetusWalter Keating Kelly G. Bell, 1854 - 500 pages |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Erotica: The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, and ... Walter Keating Kelly Affichage du livre entier - 1878 |
Erotica: The Elegies of Propertius, The Satyrican of Petronius Arbiter, and ... Walter Keating Kelly Affichage du livre entier - 1854 |
Erotica: The Elegies of Propertius, the Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, and ... Walter Keating Kelly Affichage du livre entier - 1854 |
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Fréquemment cités
Page 360 - Yet mark'd I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Page 487 - Engravings on Steel. Miller's History of the Anglo-Saxons. Written in a popular style, on the basis of Sharon Turner. Portrait of Alfred, Map of Saxon Britain, and 12 elaborate Engravings on Steel. Milton's Poetical Works. With a Memoir by JAMES...
Page 378 - delights have violent 'ends, And in their triumph 'die ! like fire and powder, Which, as they kiss, 'consume. The sweetest honey Is loathsome in its own 'deliciousness, And in the taste confounds the appetite ; Therefore, love 'moderately ; 'long love doth so ; Too 'swift arrives as tardy as too 'slow.
Page 369 - L'aura serena che fra verdi fronde Mormorando a ferir nel volto viemme...
Page 77 - Weeps for the ruin'd merchant, when he roars; Rather, the wind courts but the pregnant sails, When the strong cordage cracks ; rather, the sun Comes but to kiss the fruit in wealthy autumn, When all falls blasted. If you needs must love...
Page 487 - Sonnets, Triumphs, and other Poems. Translated into English Verse by various Hands. With a Life of the Poet by Thomas Campbell. With Portrait and 15 Steel Engravings. 5*.
Page 252 - Had you come a little sooner," she said, "you might at least have lent us a hand, for a wolf broke into the farm and has butchered all our cattle; but though he got off, it was no laughing matter for him, for a servant of ours ran him through with a pike." Hearing this, I could not close an eye; but as soon as it was daylight I ran home like a pedlar that has been eased of his pack. Coming to the place where the clothes had been turned into stone, I saw nothing but a pool of blood; and when I got...
Page 454 - TO ACESTODORUS. FORTUNE, my friend, I've often thought, Is weak, if Art assist her not : So equally all Arts are vain, If Fortune help them not again : They've little lustre of their own, If separate, and view'd alone ; But when together they unite, They lend each other mutual light.-- But since all symphony seems long To those impatient for the song, And lest my apophthegms should fail, I'll haste to enter on my tale.
Page 17 - Sabines that if they would give her what they wore on their left arms she would let them into the citadel.
Page 369 - And on my bosom raptured lie. Venting the gently-whisper'd sigh; A sigh that kindles warm desires, And kindly fans life's drooping fires; Soft as the zephyr's breezy wing, And balmy as the breath of spring: While you, sweet nymph! with am'rous play, In kisses suck my breath away; My breath with wasting warmth replete, Parch'd by my breast's contagious heat; Till, breathing soft, you pour again Returning life through every vein; Thus soothe to rest my passion's rage, Love's burning fever thus assuage:...