 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...reclined, And yearly garlands twine her pillared tomb. Some ancient lover, with his locks of gray, Honoring the raptures that his youth had blest, Shall hang...Sleep ! — and may earth lie light upon thy breast I " Truth prompts my tongue ; but what can truth avail ? The love her laws prescribe must now be mine... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 442 pages
...reclined, And yearly garlands twine her pillared tomb. Some ancient lover, with his locks of gray, Honoring the raptures that his youth had blest, Shall hang...groves I set to sale — My household gods, your title I resign ! Nay — Circe's juice, Medea's drugs, each plant Of Thessaly, whence dews of poison fall... | |
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Honouring the raptures that his youth had blest, Shall hang the wreath, and slow-departing say, "Sleep! — and may earth lie light upon thy breast!" Truth prompts my tongue; but what can truth avail? The love her laws prescribe must now be mine; My ancestors'... 