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Bellaque, & furta, & lacrimas amantum, 


Et Dionæis agitata cantas 
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Pollicis doQi antes pulſu 
Suſcita vocem citharæ tacentis, 
Et repercuſſis ſocianda prome 3 

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t 1 cantemus, Dea. Carmen eſto 
Candidi conjux Ariadna Bacchi, 
Quezque dotalis radiant Olympo 

1 Aſtra e coronæ. 


Cyclades ſparſas ubi Naxos inter 

Surgit ÆEgæo redimita ponto, 

Litore ermbat Ariadna, ſxvo 
Saucia luctu; 


4 Impius quam vir fideique fallax, 
Proditam ſomno per opaca noctis 


il Fugerat Theſeus, quatiens _ duds 


M armora tonſis. 


| Multa tum ventis nimium ſecundis, 
Multa labenti lacrimans carinæ, 

4 Multaque injuſto pelago locuta, 
Pectora planxit: 


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Crebra neglectum aſſiliens ani 
VUnda rigabat. 


Lacteo collum cubito reclinis; | 
Humidos dejecta oculos reſedit, 
Ut tener flos prætereunte languet 
Preſſus aratro: 


Cum repens aures trepidas tumultus 

Impulit, læti ſtrepuere plauſus: 

Saxa reſpondent, reſonaſque reddunt 
| Litora voces. 


Jamque adeſt natus Semelæ Joviſque, | 
Cui ſuus nigris redimit racemis 


Pampinus crines, hede 


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Illum et auriti quatiens aſelli 
| Terga Silenus, Satyrique ovantes, 
Et leves Fauni in numerum moventes 


Membra ſequuntur. 


Mznadum aſſultat furibunda turba, 


Colla queis angues varii pererrant 


Lubrico lapſu, innocuiſque lambunt 


Pectora linguis. 


Ere tinnitus tereti cientur _ 
Striduli: rauca horriſono reclamant 


Cornua aſſenſu, reboantque pulſa 
Tympana * 


At Deus « curru invehitur ſupinus 
Aureo. frenos moderans Cupido, 

| Perfidum ridens, agit incitatas 
. Verbere teres; . 


LU SUS POETICI. 


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LUSUS POE rer 
Quæ ſimul ſenſere datas habenas, 
Litus ad declive ruunt. Puella 


Horruit vis, gelidoque fugit 
Sanguis ab ore; 


Terque conatam relevare membra, 
Terque delapſam impatiens amator 
Mulcet accurrens, teneriſque circum- 


plectitur ulnis: 


Quidque, Minoi, heu nimium fidelis 
Perfidd, dixit, quereris marito? 
Saxa cur ſxvi reſonant recuſſum 


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Parce jam dileCta Deo puella _— 
Lucidos fletu temerare ocellos. i 
Parce. præſentem fugiente muta 

Conjuge Bacchum. 


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Ille ego proles Semelæ Joviſque, 


LUsVUs POETICI. 


Ille ego æterna nitidus juventa 


Te peto. luQtum reprime, et ſerenos 
Indue vultus. 


| Nec tuo forma nec honore Theſeo 
Vincimur: quantum mea dextra poſſit, 
Novit & concuſſa fero Gigantum 


Phlegra tumultu: 
Novit & ſicco poſitus ſub axe, 


Quem rota Titan propiore torret, 


lt ua ruit ſeptemgemino ſuperbus 


Flumine e Ganges. 


Accipe æterno tibi nexum amore, 


Neſcium flecti, aut alia calere, 
| Qui tuus, —_— trahens catenam 
Serviet uni; 


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Cumque j Jam forman ſuperes Dearum, 


| Quod deeſt, annos Dea ſempiternos 
Accipe, & nullam metuat ſenectam 


Gratia vultus. 


Quæque jam negleQta jacet corona, 


Quæ novem diſtincta nitet lapillis, 
Sueta candentem redimire frontem 


Orbe reducto, 


Mox novum ſid us — Gn 


” Additum mundo decus, aſtra puras 
Cum faces tollent, fugietque prono 


Phoebus Olympo. : 


Tieſtis hac noſtri tibi ſanta amoris, 
Hæc & æterno reditura lapſu 


Non meos ignes oriens cadenſve 
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Sentiens flammas, gremio rubentem 


3 Condidit yultum, appoſitaque texit 


Lumina ons. 


| Tum Deus ſurſum jaculans coronam 
Torſit in cælos. fugit illa dextram, 


Et volans ardet, ſubitoſque motu 


Concipit 1gnes. 


Jan noCturno reſidens Olympo, 
Et memor Bacchi & dominæ, puel lis 
TFroſpicit, adoſque 1 juvat benignum 


Sidus amantes. 


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LUSUS POETIC. 


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* C TOR cum patriæ moenia linqueret, 


Non {| pectandam iterum reſpiciens domum, 
Vates hace cecimt plena Deo ſoror, 
Diffuſam quatiens comam : 


"IA me, Phoebe, rapis? quod video decus ? 

Unus tot refugos frater agit duces. 

Urit flamma rates. purpureum mare 
Graio ſanguine tingitur. 

Eheu quam rapide gaudia tranſeunt ! 

Jam cedit Priami verſa acies retro ; 

Et tu, me miſeram! tu quoque concidis 
Crudeli domitus Dea; ; 


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Tu Troj ad: tu decus & dolor. 
Felix pro patria qui moreris tua. 
Felix perpetuum cui pariet decus 


Carmen M oni ſenis. 


Omnes Fata tad: _ ocius: 
8 ſubit, & triſte 
Sed vates tenebras diſcutit invidas, 


ntium; 


Virtutemque vetat mori. 


III. 


ALI 81 per nemorum nigra Skid: 
Valleſque i irriguas, & virides domos 
Serpit fons placidus murmure languido, 


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Flexas per patrios circumagens aquas 

Paulum ludit agros, & ſinuat fugam, 

Donec præcipiti jam pede defluus 
Miſcetur gremio maris: 


Talis per tacitam devia ſemitam 


tas diffugiat, non opibus gravis, 
Non experta fori jurgia turbidi, aut 


Palme ſanguineum decus: 


Cumque inſtant tenebræ & lux brevis occidit, 
Et ludo fatura & feſſa laboribus | 


Somni frater iners membra j jacentia 


Componat gelida manu. 


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T1X triſtis dubia luce rubet polus : 
Circum cuncta filent. Solus ego his vagor 
Incerto pede ſilvis, 

Et mecum vigilans Amor. 


| Crudelis fugies Julia? turbido 
5 Credes te pelago ? nos fera dividens 


Inter ſæviet unda, & 


Venti ſpes rapient 1 meas? ? 


0 Sic, me I poteras 1 dn ? 
Sic promiſſa cadunt? I pla t tamen time. & 
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VATICINIUM BALAAMI, 
UIS pulſat hoſpes corda furoribus 

Commota moeſtis? æſtuat, æſtuat 


Mortale pectus, irruentis 
Ferre Dei grave pondus impar. 


Concuſſa pronis verticibus mihi 


Piſgæa rupes annuit: annuit 


Sublimis æther, intremuntque 
Zipporidæ peritura regna. 


Apparet ingens turba patentibus 


Diffuſa campis, quot Boreas agit 


Hibernus undas, quot ſerenæ 
Noctis equos comitantur aſtra. 


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O quam tremendum, gens nimium Deo 


Dilecta, fulges! ſervat adhuc minas 
Sic frons leonis, qui recumbens 


Terribili requieſcit ore. 


Jam ſævit audax colla minacium 

Calcare regum. jam domita ſedet 

Tellure victrix. bella ceſſant, 
Et ſiluit tremefactus Orbis. 


En allen longa planitie ſita ſita 
Letale rident. En fluitantia 
Vexilla ludunt, & per auras 
Tela procul metuenda ſurgunt. 


Sie qua pererrat fons tacitum nemus, 
Nutrita quercus flumine limpido, 
Regina filvarum, decoros 

Erigitur ſpatioſa ramos. 


Aucittis? 


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Auditis ? iQtz vocibus aſperis _ 
Valles reclamant, Ecce Deus, Deus e 


Ad arma curſantes ad arma 


Concitat, & geminat furorem. 


'Y Cerno——ſed unde hæc pectore 1 


Luctantur, heu! ſuſpiria? quis dolor 
Mentem? — quid injuſſis repente 


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O cauſa luctus! O patria! O dies, 
Suprema quæ mox advenies mihi! 
O ſat ſeverus, parce tandem, 


Parce, Parens hominum ac Deorum. 


Cur omnia in nos ſpicula dirigas, 
Quos umbra ſacri ſola ſupercili 
Terret? perimus, fulminantem 
Si quatias inimicus haſtam. 


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Quæ ſaxa, quæ me faucibus 1 mviis 


Condent cavernz? quæ teget hoc ca put 
Amica rupes, dum ferocis 
Tranſierit fremitus js cel : 


VI. 
Ex PSALMO XXIII. 


E tuos inter numerare, Paſtor 


Summe, dignaris, quibus ipſe virga 
Aurea ductor reſeras beati 
Ruris honores. 


Paſcimur campis, ubi lene ridet 
| 7 F. lorido Natura decora cultu, 
F onſque vitales faliente rivo f 


Sufficit hauſtus. 


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Ponar in regno olacialis Urſæ, 
Nubibus triſtes humeros amicta 


Qua ſilet Nox, perpetuiſque durant 
| Arva pra I 


Live & fidens, duce te, vagabor. 


Bruma te donis cumulare diſcet 


Non ſuis ; ; te Nox venerata furvas | 


Contrahet adi; 


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Ad Temevs. 

0 QUI ſeverus falce adamantina 
Matura fato deſtruis, & * 


4 rangis ruina quicquid axe 
Prætereas, Deus, incitato, 


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To, feds celſus, dum revolübilem 
| Torques laborem, dura Neceſſitas 
* Auriga 1 in æternos recurſus 


Obſcura cæco Secla hlentio, 
Dieſque plumi s verſicoloribus, 
Annique, volventeſque Menſes 
Fiulmineum comitantur axem: 


rTecum alta Virtus laurigeram ſedet 
Decora frontem, & filia Veritas, 
Cui vultus immortale fulgens 1 


55 88 radiatur i igni: 


In burioſa ne citus orbita 
Vertas columnam, quam tenuis labor 
Struxit Camœnæ. parce curru, 


Farce gravi metuende telo. 


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Et tu ſuperbo vertice fl: 


Surgens in arces, mille ſonantibus 


Accincta pennis, & parentis 
Pone volans rapidos jugales, 


Duc, Fama, puri per ſpatia ætheris, 
Duc me inſolenti tramite, nobilem neat 
Tentare inacceſſos profarus 

Invidiæ e receſſus. 


Surgo, vetuſtis pervia vatibus 
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Sedeſque complexum ſecundas 
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Heu fine Diis animoſe vates ! 


| Te furda præterlabitur orbita. 
Avertit alas Fama. ſupervenit 
Nox atra caligante vultu, et 


Nube ſedens taciturnus Horror: 


Sic flexuoſi margine fluminis 
chens recumbit carmina dividens: 
Mox Fata, nil mollita cantu, 
Ora premunt liquidamque vocem: | 


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Ad VEN r O 8. 
Ante A. D. wpccxxvir.. | 
9 IS Threicii nunc citharam velim;, 
Voociſque illecebras blanda furentibus 


Dantis jura procellis, 
Mulcentis pelagi minas; 


Ven! tam rapido turbine concitt, = 
Qua vos cumque vagus detulerit furor, = 
Claſſis vela Britannæ $1.57 un! 
Tranſite innocui, precor. 


 Vitores ſeelerum claſſis habet deos, © 
Et pubem haud timidam pro patria mori. 
Tao ut lintea circum 
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Y Concurrant pariter cum ratibus rates: 


Palmam qui meruit, ferat. 
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Ex Pro DARI OLYMP. II. 


12 NO TA noſtris fderibus Jacet 
Sedes, beato que recipit. ſinu 


| Sanctoſque vates, quique læti 
Pro oppetiere mortem; 4 


| Quan vaſta Nereus brachia porrigens | 

Immenſus ambit fluctibus i inviis, 

Terraſque mortaleſque gentes 
Horriſonis procul arcet undis. 


Vernus 


LUSUS rorrrer 


Vernus pererrat prata Favonius, 


Leni ſuſurro per tremulum nemus 
Spirans, odoratoſque pennis 


D.iſcutit irriguis liquores. 


Surgunt per agros undique roſcidos 
F lores, amicti mille coloribus, 
Solique gemmas explicantes 
Dulce nitent radiante vultu : 8 


Aut penduli « ex arboribus facris 
Blande reclinant aureolum caput, 
Aut conſiti vernante ripa 
Stagna colunt gelidoſque fontes. 


His gens dolorum neſcia, vividum 

NeCtens lacertis & capiti decus, 

Incedit immortale fulgens, 
Perpetua viridis juventa. 


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AsSClIVÆ mihi recinunt puellæ, 
Urgeris ſenio, miſelle vates. 


Attolle hoc ſpeculum tremente dextra. 


Mutatumne vides Anacreonta ? 


Can temporibus nitent. comarum 


F rontem deſeruit decorus ordo. 


= Urgeris ſenio, miſelle wates. 
"Nec novi, neque noſſe vel doceri 


An deſint, volo, manſerintve crines. 


Hoc novi bene ; Nulla concitatæ 


Pars · debet minima interire vitæ. 
Mox tantum exiguus cinis Jacebo, 
mn Oblitus citharam, jocos, amores. 


Ergo continuas agam choreas 


Mixtus candidulis ſenex puellis. 


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LUSUS POETICL 


Fuſi ſub tacita bibamus umbra. OOTY 
Ornent purpurea caput corolla. L 


Ludamus. hodie libet, licetque. 
Multam Fata brevi dabunt quietem. 


ANACREONTIS Cann. I 
EMUs erat quo blanda quies mortalibus ægris 5 
Incubat, & mulcet pectora feſſa ſopor, 

Frigida quum tardi vertuntur plauſtra Bootæ, 


Et bigas medio Nox agit atra polo. 
Conſtitit ante fores, atque oftia clauſa Cupido 


I mpulit audaci terque quaterque manu. 
Quis placidos, clamo, pergit mihi rumpere ſomnos? 1 

Ne metuas, aperi, ſum puer, inquit Amor. 
Solve fores; erro per opaca ſilentia noctis, | 
Verberat & leæſas nixque notuſque genas. 


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= | LEUSUS POETIC: 
| Quem non illa Dei potuiſſent verba movere ? 
Excutio, accenſa lampade, poſte ſeram. 
Aſpicio puerum pharetramque arcuſque gerentem; 
Concuſſa aligeris tela ſonant humeris. 
j Frigore pallentem miſeror totumque rigentem, 
Et ſtatuo medium ſedulus ante focum. 
| Officioſa manus refovet digitoſque ſinuſque, 
Et multo madidas exprimit imbre comas. 
me tremor poſtquam candentia membra reliquit, 
Et rediit teneræ viſque calorque manu, 
: Experiamur, ait, chordam an mihi lxſerit imber, 
| Utils an tractum poſlit, ut ante, ſequi. 
| Protinus adducto coierunt cornua nervo, 
Perque meum pectus pulſa ſagitta venit. 
| Exfiliit, plauſitque manus crudele renidens, 
_ Letaque dimovit talibus ora ſonis; 


Gaude mecum, hoſpes : ſalvi mihi nervus & arcus ; 
Hoc te, ni fallor, ſaucia corda docent. 


XII. Ex 


LUSUS POETICI. 
XII. 

Ex AN THOLOGIA. 
ITTO tibi hæc, Rodoclea, virentia ſerta virenti 2 
Texuit hæc ſolo docta ab Amore manus, | 
Narciſſumq. roſamq. legens, m mollemq. anemonem, et 


Candida coeruleis lilia cum violis. 
Indue et hæc, et mitem animum: florem eſſe memento, 
Pulcrior his 525 ſit, forſitan et brevior. Si, | 


XIII. 
Ex S ũõ 1. | Me 


TO CTE fub obſcura, verrentibus zquora ventis : 


Quum brevis immenſa cymba nataret aqua, 
Multa gemens Danas ſubjecit brachia nato, 


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Obrutus, et metuens triſtia nulla, jaces! 
Quamvis, heu quales cunas tibi concutit unda, 

Præbet et incertam pallida Luna facem, 

Et vehemens fla vos everberat aura capillos, 

Et prope, ſubſultans, irrigat ora liquor. LE 

Nate, meam ſentis vocem ? Nil cernis ef audis, 

Teque premunt placidi vincula blanda dei; 

EF Nec mihi purpureis effundis blerſa labellis 

| Murmura, nec notos confugis uſque finus. 


; Care, quieſce, puer, ſævique quieſcite fluctus, 
Et mea qui pulſas corda, quieſce, dolor. 
Creſce, puer; matris leni atque ulciſcere luctus, 
Tuque tuos ſaltem protege, ſumme Tonans. 


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3 An. TOTI MoRIMUR, NULLAQUE PARS MANET | 
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ENE, Anima infelix, durz.inclementia Mortis 
Exſpectat, gelidique æterna ſilentia Somni ? 
| Fruftra cceleſtes den fruſtraque pumps 


S1 lex dura negat, fi ferrea Fata repugnant. 


| Primim ergo te colluſtra, teque excute totam 

4g Forſitan introrſum latitans educere verum, 

Et reperire queas quæ lis, atque unde creata. 

Aut tu materies, aut tu ſubſtantia ſimplex, 

Aut quædam harmonia es junctis ex partibus orta, 


| Quam gignunt ordo, motus, poſitura, figura. 
Quod ſi materia es, tibi ſunt Elementa parentes, 
1 nde 160008 ens, illuc poſt fata redibis. 


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Si ſola nen es, torpor cum . inſtar, 
Vitaliſque calor pallentes deſerit artus . 4 
Offuſæque oculis nubes, & murmure triſt : 
Spiritus incertas exit tenuatus in auras, 
Occidis, & non es cura revocabilis ulla. 
Ut lyra, ſi ſeindas nervoſque ipſamque minutim, LE; 
Nil quamvis prorſus pereat, lyra deſinit eſſe, by 
Suavia nec reſponſa dabit, fi Delius ipſe - 
Admoveatque manum, geminaſque exerceat artes. hi 
Si vero ſimplex mavis ſubſtantia dici, 5 
Omnia fortè potes durando vincere ſæcla 3 
Eveniatque utinam. tamen heu ! tamen anxia mentem J 
Suſpicio quatit, & dubitandi gignitur æſtus. 
Nam qui, quæſo, poteſt ſentire, vigere, moveri, 
Quod nec habet formam, qua nec 7 99 occupy 
ullum ? 
Prxterea, unde tibi tali cum corpore diſpar 
Conjugium ? citius miſcebitur æthere tellus, 


Serpentes | 


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Serpentes avibus jungentur, piſcibus agni. 

Deinde, ubi ſumma dies nudavit tegmine demto, 
Nulla tibi ſenſus datur exercere eie; 
Et quid tum præcluſa juvat te janua Leti, 

Si leve neſcio quid, prorſuſque intactile reſtas, : 

3 Tenuius & ventis, & vaneſcentibus umbris, 

Nec melius ſpatio inſolido, quod Inane vocamus ? 


Hei mihi! lege rata, Sol occidit atque reſurgit, 
EL mutatæ reparat diſpendia forme, 
| Aſtraque, purpurei telis extincta Diei, 
| Rurſus, nocte, vigent : humiles telluris alumni, 
Graminis herba virens, & florum picta propago, 
A Quos crudelis Hiems letali tabe peredit, _ 
Cum Zephyri vox blanda vocat, rediitque ſereni 5 


5 Femperies anni, foxcundo 6 ceſpite ſurgunt. 
Nos domini rerum, nos magna & pulcra minati, 


Cum breve \ ver vitæ, robuſtaque tranſit zſtas, 


 Deficimus, 


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5 Deficimus, nec nos ordo revolubilis auras 
Reddit in ertherias, tumuli nec clauſtra reſolvit. 


Sed tamen illa quies nullis obnoxia eur: 
Non illic Morbi, Luctuſque, 1 rxque, Minæque, : 
Et Door, & Metus, & nunquam ſatiata Cupido, NY 
Et Furor, & ſtrictum quatiens Diſcordia ferrum, L 
Non maleſuada Fames, et Epeſtas « obſita pannis, 
Non Odium, et ſemper Virtuti Livor i iniquus, 
Non Dolus, & falſo Mendacia perfida vultu. 25 


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Nox urget, placidiſque Sopor ſuperincubat ali. 


Diſce ergo, tranquilla, pati, quæ Dædala rerum by 
Impoſuit Natura . & ine luctabile Fatum. bo 
Omnes una premit Sors, omnibus imminet una. Res 4 J 
Quæcunque orbis habet, tacito labentia motu, | + 
Haurit hians avidamque Chaos demergit i in alvum. 


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Ille etiam mundum igniferis qui luſtrat habenis, 15 


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Communes patitur morbos ; volventibus annis, 


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Vix aget effectos, ſenio gravis ipſe, jugales ; 
Longa dies nitidos tinget terrugine vultus, 
Seque | ſuis tandem conſument ſidera flammis. 


At tu multa moves, multumque, inſana, laboras, 


Scilicet ut ſtabiles rerum tranſcendere metas 
Sic poſlis, victrixque virum volitare per ora. 


Heu ſpes fallaces hominum! quam incerta 2 


poſt mortem vita eſt, vanæ & vox garrula Famz ! 
Sunt & nominibus, ſunt & ſua fata ſepulcris. 
Muſa diu ſeſe & Virtus fongzva tuentur; 


His etiam ſerum inducent Oblivia velum. 


ien ſpecie recti; ſic devia paſſu 


Mens labat incerto, ſic nos temerarius Error 
Ludit, et incautos mendaci lumine ducit. 
Tu ſemper fulges, divinæ particula auræ; 
Igneus ille tuus vigor & ccleſtis origo 
Deformem Leti faciem, tenebraſque ſilentes 
* & æternæ ſpondet tibi ſxcula vitæ. 


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een auguriumque & ſpes præſaga futuri; 5 
Inde boni rectique amor, & reverentia Cœli, 
Ingeniumque rapax, ſubitum, verſatile, vaſtum, 


Diſcurrens ultra flammantia moenia mundi, 


Omnia compleCtens, perque omnia ſæcula vadens. 
Quicquid es, es certe ſimplex duntaxat, & un, 
ColleQa in tete, atque interno prædita motu. 

Non habet has dotes ignobile pondus inertis Hy 
Materiæ, conſtans ex partibus infinitis. 2 


Aut tu tuta manes, viviſque invicta per æ vum; 
Aut mundum Caſus Fortunaque cæca creavit, 
Quo nihil a vera magis eſt ratione remotum. 


Aſpice terrarum rad & ſidera cali, | 
Florenteſque agros, immenſaſque æquoris undas: Holy 
Hos tibi terrarum tractus Natura creavit, © 
Has tibi lucentes ſuſpendit i in zthere flammas, | 


Et fluvios duxit, campoſque extendit aquarum, © * 
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Prataque purpureis * viridantia gemmis. 7 


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Poſtquam diſcuſſis fulſit lux prima tenebris, 


Et ſibi commiſſos junxit Sol impiger axes, 
Aſtraque fixa polo, Lunæque argenteus orbis, 
Nocte, ſuas habuere vices, ſua regna, filenti, 
Erranteſque novas, ſtellæ duxere choreas, | 
Terraque formoſum ridens, et flabilis aër, 

Et pontus, fluviique ſuos ce Pere colonos, 
Felices, lætoſque, etſi rationis egentes, 
Magnus rerum Opifex mundi primordia circum- 
Aſpexit, placido collaudans omnia vultu. 


Tunc operi ſinem imponens, e pectore fudit 
Foœcundas voces, Animamque exiſtere juſſit. 
Juſſerat, & ſubito tu, præſtantiſſima rerum, 
Ante Deum ſtabas; cui fic Pater ore ſereno: : 
[Dulcis progenies, terne Mentis i imago, 5 
I, pete terreſtres oras, tibi credita regna, 

F ormoſumque | habita corpus, formoſior hoſ pes. 
* ſito ri rigo tibi, qua li reditura, memento. 


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Nil in te Mors juris habet, victricia quamvis 2, 


Arma ſonent dextra, quamvis auguſta triumphis 
Incedat, vultuque & cuſpide terreat orbem. 


Sperne minas Fati, Noctiſque inamabile regnum. 
Annuit Omnipotens. ſparſi per inane profundum . 
Intremuere orbes, et inhorruit ultimus æther. i 


Ergo cum fragiles artus et vincla reſolvit 4 
| Mortis amica manus, Mens ilicet i ignea ſurſum 
Exſilit, & patriæ quærit regionẽs honores. 5 _y_ CG 1 
Exfilit, alta petens, motiſque per ara pennis, | EE: 
Coelum adit, & læto circumdata lumine, gaudet 
Divorumque domos, ſacraſque reviſere ſedes, 7 
Quas neque contriſtant imbres, nec fulmina vexant, 

Nec frigus penetrat, nec Sirius ardor adurit, YE 
Nec venti audaces violant, nec nubila velant. _ 
Illic caſtus Amor nullis infecta . 
Spargere tela ſolet : Puero Concordia dulcis, N 5 1 
lagocueque Voluptates, & Gaudia | pura 7 


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Accedunt comites, quales non ſplendida vatum 
Somnia finxerunt, non 1 tas aurea vidit. 


At ſi tetra ">= vitiorum i ftigmate denſo 
Turpavitque Animam, & ſævi vis noxia morbi 1 
1 alarum infregit, pennaſque revulſit, 
Non datur in ſuperas rurſum conſcendere ſedes: 'S 
Sed ruit in præceps; - raptam vertigine cæca 
Turbo ferox procul ignotas propellit in oras, 


| Multa timens ubi, multa gemens, per ſæcula longa 


| Exſul, inops, errat, variis exercita pœnis. 


0 Anima, immortale Vigens, cognataque cœlo, 
Juſta ſequi pravoque ſciens ſecernere rectum, 
Tene tui oblitam fœdis ſuccumbere monſtris ? 

Te ſtolido obcxcat veſana Superbia faſtu; * 
Segnities te lenta premit; te blanda Voluptas 
Impuro tenet amplexu; te pallida curis 
ee Avaritia, & ſtimulos ſub pectore verſat. 


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Excute tot turpes dominos, tuaque aſſere jura. 


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Ut leo captivus, quem blandimenta minæque 
Ire ſub imperium indigni docuere magiſtri, 
Si ſemel effraCtis ſubtraxit colla A 
Liber amat ſilvas, neſcitque ad vincla reverti. 
Carpe viam, abrupto qua tendit in ardua tractu 
Semita Virtutis. viden' ut te Gloria frontem 
Lauro cincta vocet, ſacroſque oſtendat honores, 
Et Pater ipſe alto ſpectans hortetur Olympo? 
Viribus indigenis pollens, ſurge, exſere vires, - 
Quas tibi larga manu tribuit Natura benigna. | 
Aſpice nativo fulgentem lumine gemmam : 
Concolor illa diu matrique ſimillima terra, 
Obſcuras abſcondit opes ingloria, donee 

Paſſa manum artificem, curaque polita fideli, | 
Exuit ingratos vultus, atque ore ſuperbo 


Mille faces vibrat, vario ſplendore coruſcans. 


XVI. TERRA 


XVI. 


TERRA MOVE TUR CIRCUM SOLEM. 


'N DE per ztherias Tellus revolubilis oras, 
Fixo Sole, ruat, nulloque errore priores 
* Evolvat curſus, notu mque recolligat orbem, 


Pandere fert animus, cauſaſque aperire latentes. 


Lucifero ſolitus curru dare jura diei 

43 Phoebus, & immotam rutila face cingere terram, 

| Infauſtis cedens precibus Phaethontis, habenas | 
| Tradiderat puero, et fatales frontis honores. 7 as 
Hunc genitor Divorum ignarum artiſque vizque, 
Errantemque polo, & ſpargentem incendia ſæva 

Perculit, iratos jaculatus nubibus ignes. 

At pater extinctum crudeli funere natum 

- Flebat ad Eridani ripas, gemituſque ciebat, 


Quem circum Deus ipſe loci, centumque Sorores 
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Var ferunt Nymphz ingentis ſolatia luctus 
Optanti æternos leto finire dolore. 
Odit equos, odit cingentes tempora flammas, 
Officiumque negat mundo, curruſque recuſat; 
Multaque conqueſtus ; ; non fic tamen, hei mihi! nate, 
Occideris. ſurges æterna fronde decorus, 1:0 
_ Unde ſibi ſacri velabunt tempora vates, 

Nec metues iras inimicaque tela Tonantis: : 


Jamque dies aderit, tibi cum pulcerrima virgo 
Addet ſe ſociam, folioque vireſcet eodem. 

Dixerat, & corpus perfuſum neCtare ereſcit 
Non poſitura comas, & tuta a fulmine Laurus. 9 


Jupiter, obſcuro duum coelum horrore lateret, 1 
Nec quiſquam acciperet vacuas rectoris habenas, 
Ingemuit, nimoſque 1 ignis jam paſſa furores BY i. 

Noluit æterna damnari ſeecula nocdctmmme. l I 

b Ergo globum ingentem fingit, radius ſerenat, |. 


Et circumfuſo candentem lumine veſtit. na 


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| Hunc medium juſſit fixum immotumque manere; 
Terram autem inſolito diſcentem currere motu 
Solis obire vices, & eodem in tramite vol vi. 

Illa emiſſa Dei dextra volat æthere vaſto, 

Pulſa, minata fugam ; ſed vi majore retenta 

I mperium agnoſcit Solis, trahiturque, trahitque. 
Scilicet has leges & mutua fœdera Divum 
Impoſuit genitor. maneant in ſæcula longa, 

Nec peritura ruat tellus per inane Seofundura. 


Ex illo Oo: convexa reliquit A pollo, 

4 Etheriaſque domos, patrii monumenta doloris. 5 
| Florentes habitat campos, filvaſque, pererrans 
FPindum & fluminibus ſacris reſonantia Tempe : 

$ Qua tremula admoto percurrens pollice fila 

$ Temperat, & fallit = carmine Curas. 
Inde pios audit vates, mentemque capacem _ 35 


Addit, & ingenti Muſarum incendit amore. 


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 LUSU S PO ETICE 


Xvi. 
Ad Gzonoiun II. 


As D. MDCCXXVIL. | 


DRI N CI PIBUS proavis, & "AAR nobilis alto, | 

Ipſe tuæ gentis ſummum decus, inclite GEORGT, 4 
Agpredere, O magnos, dignum te pondus, honores, 
Vota inter, ſpes et an et gaudia feſta. : 


. Te vide, et 3 Ire graves a Aka luctus 3 3 
Te duce, proſpeQat vel non ingloria pacis 
Otia, vel juſto quæſitos Marte triumphos. 

Te circum adfuſæ, Virtutum candida turba, | 
Cœleſtes forma exſultant. Stat Gloria cuſtos 2 2h 
Invidiam aug vultus ſplendore repellens. "EY 


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> lee Heros, pulcriſque laboribus inſta : 
Regna vocant, vocat t & regnis gravis addita cura ; 3 
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Magna tamen merces. Tibi præſcia Muſa futuri 


Fatorum pandit decreta, urgetque volentem, 
Grande decus ſpondens, & iturum in fxcula nomen. 
Illa etiam viridi ſecum tibi ſola ſub antro 

Serta legens ſedet, & cincturas tempora lauros. 


Etherios ſupra tractus, ubi candida denſis 
Sideribus placido Via Lactea lumine ridet, 
Stat domus alta, 1 ingens, æternæ regia Famæ. 
Semidei Heroes habitant, & nomina ſacra, 
uique olim in ferrum pro libertate ruebant, 


( Splendidaque ob patriam pugnando vulnera paſſi, 
Et multum fleti reges, qui æquiſſima blandi 
Jura dedere ſuis, quique impia bella moventeis 


F regerunt populos, metuendi ultricibus armis. 
Lux veſtit complexa viros, lauroque virenti 
Atque intertexta velantur tempora qu ercu. 


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Fatorum hic cælata manu ſtant ordine longo 
Quæ vidit prior aut ætas ventura videbit, 
Quæcunque oſtendunt labentia ſæcula terris, 
Digna Dez tem mplo, & laudes habitura ee 


GroRGI1Us has ſedes mortalia ſceptra relinquens 
Aſcendit, Divoſque petit gratiſſimus hoſpes. 1 
I, ſequere, & lege, Muſa, tui veſtigia regis, 

Qua lux ſignat iter, qua ſemita clara refulget, 
Flammarumgue vides longos albeſcere tractus. 


Magnanimi ll quos Anglica terra criumphis * 
Nota tulit, Gallo reſperſi ſanguine lauros | 13 
EpwARDI, belloque & pace illuſtris EL Iz A, 2 
Cuique dedit meritum ſervata Britannia Keptrums 
Occurrunt venienti, & ſacra in ſede reponunt. 1 
Circum ſculpta videt Ludum monumenta ſuarum; ; F 
Cæſareamque aciem, & primis ſe cernit in armis 


F ulgentem, & refugo pallentes agmine Turcas: 


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Tum Britonum domito labentes æquore claſſes, - 
Quaque ruens pontus Calpæam verberat oram, 
Quaque ſub imperio gelidæ jacet horridus Urſæ. 
Proxima lucenti furgens adamante columna 
Nati facta refert, doctoque inciſa labore 
| Eventus magnos gerit, et felicia regna. 
Huc avidus mentemque pater et lumina vertit. | 
j Aſſertum pelagi imperium, claroſque triumphos, 
Argumentum ingens, luſtrat, Tameſinque ſuperbum 
| Gratantem reduces blando cum murmure claſſes. 
Tum videt ut leges idem juſtiſſimus auctor 5 
| Condis et obſervas : blandum Pax aurea vultum 
Erigit, adſurgunt Artes, dominamque ſalutant. 85 
KAudax interea pelagoque adſueta juventus 
Extra ſolis iter politas adit hoſpita gentes, 
| Et mutat merces, et mutua foedera j jungit. 


11 pſe minas ponit, placiduſque arridet alumnis 


E Oceanus Pater, et dextra propells lit euntes. 


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Hzxc videt, et fruitur venturo "WAN honore, 
Explerique nequit Pater, atque ingentia nati 
Confert acta ſuis; confert, cedenſque ſuperbit, 
Te minor, & grato gaudet certamine vinci. 


XVII. 


ie Hrn to HA RMO N v. 


1 3 In the manner of S ENSE *. 


UEE N of Freet numbers and Teſi Meſs ſound, © | 
Which can the foul with pleaſing force ence | 


And hold the thoughts i in deep attention bound, 
And bid th obedient paſſions riſe and fall, 1 bk 
All-pow'rful H ARMONY! on thee I alt : 
From dark oblivion 1 thy deeds would 4327 3 

O tune my lyre, and help my feeble lays! 


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As Ln this world no ner ach had found : 
Wild Chaos rul'd, and ſable- veſted Night, 

| Whilft ; jarring Atoms through the vaſt profound, 
By Chance and Diſcord led to doubtful fight, 
3 Strove with tumultuous rage and reſtleſs might ; "0. 
Till Ha RMONY and Love compos'd the fray, 
And chas'd the ſhades of en * away. 


3 whoſe 1 the darkneſs dares not bide, 

| Shot from his ſtarry eyes ten thouſand rays : 

* She to the chords her ſofteſt touch apply d, 

Then louder gan the ſwelling notes to raiſe, 
And ſung fair Peace, and beauteous Order's praiſe. 

Her voice ſweet ſounded through the boundleſs deep, 

And all was calm, and all did filence keep. 


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The liſt'ning Atoms ſtraight "IO their WOOD PI 

And pleas'd, yet wond'ring at their change, they ſtood; ; 

Strange force of ſounds ſuch fury to abate ! 6 

Then each with fond embrace the other woo d, 

And each eternal peace and union vow'd. TE FI 
Love bound them nothing loath in laſting chains 
And oer them all his villing ſubjeQs 1 e 


Then yon bright orb began to "we alkance, 
His courſe eſſaying through th Ecliptic way, 
And wand' ring ſtars to move in myſtic dance, 5 
And ſkies their azure volumes to diſplay ; 3 

15 Then gan the earth to ſmile in fair array, 

And new- born man with wonder and delight * 


Gaz d all around him on the beauteous light. | 


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This work ne the Goddeſs wok her. flight, | 
Winging the wide-expanded fields of air, 
| To her own native place, the realms of light, 
Where dwell the Gods devoid of grief and care. 
Around her golden throne they all repair, 


Enwrapp d in filent tranſport, while ſhe ſings 
Sweet lays reſponſive to the trembling ſtrings. - 


vet thence; though rarely, the celeſtial gueſt ; 
© Deigns to deſcend, unſeen of mortal eyn, 
And gently glides into the poet's breaſt ; 


She comes; and lo! he feels the pow r divine, : | 


New I mages begin to riſe and ſhine, 


Keeping due meaſure, moving hand in hand, 
And ſaber Judgment leads the ſprightly band. 


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Such was Calliopẽ s unhappy ſon, | 
Whoſe tuneful harp could ſooth the ſavage ld, | 
And bid deſcending ſtreams forget to run. | 
Poor youth! no charms in muſic could he find, 1 
His bride twice loſt, to eaſe his loveſick mind, 
When hid beneath the hoary cliffs he laß 
On Strymon's banks, and mourn'd his life away. 


Such was the eyeleſs Greek, great ſacred name! A 
Who ſnatch'd the ſon of Thetis from the grave, 16 
And hung his arms high in the houſe of Fame, | 

Victorious ſtill, Time's envious pow'r to brave, Ws 

While ſuns ariſe and ſeek the weſtern wave. =” ' 

Buch he who in Sicilia's flow ry plains x2 4 
Tun d t to the daten reed his I Doric ſtrains. 


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And he who ſung the frantic rule of Chance, 
Leaving no room for Wiſdom and for Choice, 
And built the world with atoms drove aſkance, | 
T heme all unworthy of a ſkilful voice : 
And Mantua's Swan, whoſe clearer notes rejoice 
| Thi enraviſh'd ear, ſo graceful he relates [| "= 
1 locks, fields, and * and fierce conten ding 


And, like the Greek in fate and in renown, 
| Britannia's poet, born in latter days, 


= Whoſe brow new wreaths and flow'rs celeſtial crown; 


Who ſung man's hapleſs fall, and Angels trays ; 5 
A nd, bold to venture through untrodden ways, 
- Explor'd the ſecrets of the frowning Night, 
And foar'd above the ſtars wah daring flight. 


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Nor ſhall my partial ſong leave thee unſaid, 
Worthy to mix with this harmonious band, 
Thee, gentle Spenſer, whom the Muſes led 
Through Fancy's painted realms and Fai airy land, 
Where Vice and.Virtue all embody d ſtand, 

| Where uſeful truths in fair diſguiſe appear, 
And more is underſtood than meets the car. | 


Cen condeſcending Goddak: and i impart 


A mild aſſiſtance to an aking breaſt; 3 
Exert the force of thy propitious art; 
If thou be preſent, who can be diſtreſt? 

Pain ſeems to ſmile, and Sorrow 1s at reſt; * - 
The thoughts in' mad diſorder ceaſe to roll, 
And ſtill ſerenity o'erſpreads the ſoul. ' © 


„ LUSUS POETICH | 


By thee the youth encourag'd nought to fear, 

| *Sdeigning ignoble eaſe and mean repoſe, #4 

| Meets the ſwift fury of the threat ning ſpear, 

And follows Glory through an | hoſt of foes. 

Nor canſt thou not the din of arms compoſe : 

Pp Thou mak ſt the God of war forſake the field, 
And drop his lance, and lay aſide his ſhield. 


Thou know'ſt, in pleaſing, how to wound the mind, 
& Surpris'd, unguarded, and to Love betray d. n 
. Alas! why art thou to that Impe fo kind, 

That pow'rful Impe in heav'n and earth obey dꝰ 
His ſhafts ſtrike deep, and want no other aid. 

= Deep ftrike his ſhafts, unerring-in their aim, 
And his torch burns with unextinguiſh'd flame. 


Theſe 


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Theſe are thy ir Goddeſs, 4 thy might, 
Faintly deſcrib'd in far unequal lays. 


Me all unmeet fond hopes did ſtill incite, 


Ambitious by thy name my verſe to raiſe, 

And find thy favour whilſt I ſung thy praiſe. 
O ſmile on theſe endeayours, heav'nly Maid! 1 "0 
Sweet is the toil, if with thy ſmile repay'd. " 


H' ambitious Muſe with early-daring flight 4 
"* Spurn'd the dull neſt, and ventur i into light z/ £46 
Yet even then, not fondly indiſcreet, 
She burnt a volume where ſhe ſpar'd a ſheet $15 
| Dwelt with the authors of the golden age, 
And ſtole ſome beauties from the Claſſic page; = | 


In dern verſe would | willingly have FRY 


And read Pore's poems; and deſtroy'd her ];; 
| Suffer d no pegviſh lines to ſee the day; 

8 pleen oft compos'd what Candour threw away; 3 
Nor wrong *d herſelf, nor wrong d another 5 na me, 


Too proud to fawn, too honeſt to defame ; 3 


| Remote and ſhelter'd, in the paths ſhe choſe, 


| F . c m fooliſh friends and R foes. 


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