The Elegies of Propertius: The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter, & the Kisses of Johannes Secundus [pseud.] Literally Tr. & Accompanied by Poetical Versions from Various Sources, to which are Added, the Love Epistles of AristaenetusG. Bell & sons, 1883 - 500 pages |
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¹ Elegy Æneid Agamemnon am'rous Amphiaraus Antiope arms Ascyltos beauty Boeotia bones bosom breast breath Cæsar called Callimachus Catullus Chaonian charms cheeks couch cried Cynthia daughter dear death delight door dress earth ELEGY embrace Encolpius Eumolpus eyes fair fate favour fear fire flame Gallus girl Giton give goddess gods gold hair hands happy head heart Hercules honour horse Illyria Jove Jupiter kisses lips Livy look lover Lycas Lycurgus maid mistress mother Muses neck never night NOTT nymph o'er once Ovid Paley passion poet praise Propertius Roman Rome round Satyricon servant sesterces ship shore sing slave sleep soft sweet Tarpeia tears tell temple Thebes thee Theseus thine things thou tomb Trimalchio Tryphæna Tullus Venus verses waves whilst wine woman words wretch youth
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Page 388 - 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.