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... dream , A dream of ane that never wauks . The wanton coot the water skims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry : The stately swan majestic swims , And every thing is blest but I ... dreams , dreams never ( non ullo EXERCISES IN LATIN VERSE II.
... dream , A dream of ane that never wauks . The wanton coot the water skims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry : The stately swan majestic swims , And every thing is blest but I ... dreams , dreams never ( non ullo EXERCISES IN LATIN VERSE II.
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Charles Granville Gepp. ( per ) dreams , dreams never ( non ullo die ) to be shaken off ( part . in -dus ) . Stanza II . 1 , 2. Here the coots play on ( per ) the surface of ( summus ) the river's waves : here amid the reeds the duck ...
Charles Granville Gepp. ( per ) dreams , dreams never ( non ullo die ) to be shaken off ( part . in -dus ) . Stanza II . 1 , 2. Here the coots play on ( per ) the surface of ( summus ) the river's waves : here amid the reeds the duck ...
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... dream ! I only waked to sob and scream . 5 1 , 2. " Thus , " they said , I remember , " gather ( colligo ) thy locks in a knot , soon to - enter ( part . in -rus , fem . ) the temples of the deity with well - omened foot . - 3 , 4. Thy ...
... dream ! I only waked to sob and scream . 5 1 , 2. " Thus , " they said , I remember , " gather ( colligo ) thy locks in a knot , soon to - enter ( part . in -rus , fem . ) the temples of the deity with well - omened foot . - 3 , 4. Thy ...
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... dreams of my mistress . ( Aids 1. c . ) Stanza II . 1 , 2. Cease thy plaints , O dove , in ( sub ) the deep glen ( ima vallis ) ; do thou , O blackbird , forbear to chirp ( crepo ) in the thick brambles . - 3 , 4. Hush ( desine ) , thou ...
... dreams of my mistress . ( Aids 1. c . ) Stanza II . 1 , 2. Cease thy plaints , O dove , in ( sub ) the deep glen ( ima vallis ) ; do thou , O blackbird , forbear to chirp ( crepo ) in the thick brambles . - 3 , 4. Hush ( desine ) , thou ...
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... dream . Stanza I. 1 , 2. How do thy crystal ( imitantia crystallos ) streams glide around the tiny cot ( lares ) which she inhabits.— 3 , 4. And whilst the roving nymph gathers flowers amid thy waves ( per medias undas ) , How ( ut ) ...
... dream . Stanza I. 1 , 2. How do thy crystal ( imitantia crystallos ) streams glide around the tiny cot ( lares ) which she inhabits.— 3 , 4. And whilst the roving nymph gathers flowers amid thy waves ( per medias undas ) , How ( ut ) ...
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Aids 11 Aids VII amid amor Anadiplosis Anaphora Apposition Assistant-Master beauty breast breeze bright broom brow charms clouds continued Crown 8vo dark Dost thou wish dreams dreary Edited Exercise XXIV eyes farewell flower frae FRANCIS STORR glen green grove heart Hendiadys Heroid Horace is-wont Jupiter light loca malè Marlborough College mihi morning Morninge Sleepe night nought nymph o'er Observe in Stanza Observe the repetition Ovid Pentameter penult perf Periphrasis Poet quæ rex Romanorum rose Rugby School shade shaken mat shine showers sing slumbers Small 8vo smile song Stanza II stream subj sweet syllable tears tempests thee tibi Transpose twine unus vale verb Verse VIII Virg voice vowel wandering waves weary ween weep whilst wild wind wont word Wouldst thou
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Page 7 - I need Thy presence every passing hour : What but Thy grace can foil the Tempter's power? Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be ? Through cloud and sunshine, LORD, abide with me.
Page 56 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting; The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.
Page 56 - The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For, having lost...
Page 105 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. 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.
Page 32 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day...
Page 112 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page 52 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 22 - Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, And winds by the cot where my Mary resides; How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave.
Page 55 - And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.
Page 21 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.