ELEGIARUM LIBER. ELEG. I. AD CAROLUM DEODATUM. TANDEM, chare, tuæ mihi pervenere tabellæ, 10 p. 656, vol. ii. 'these Warton. 'Quas vagus oceanus 4 Vergivium] Drayton's Polyolb. s. i. rough Vergivian seas.' The Irish sea. 9 reflua] Buchanan's Ps. xcvii. 3. refluis complectitur undis.' Todd. Lucan. Phars. vi. 810. Quem Tibridis abluat unda.' Tibull. iii. 5. Lotichii El. i. 1. Me tenet hiberno sub sidere Monalis Ursæ.' Sannazar. lib. i. El. i. Cæteraque ingenio non subeunda meo. Non ego vel profugi nomen sortemve recuso, O utinam vates nunquam graviora tulisset 20 Non tunc Ionio quicquam cessisset Homero, Et vocat ad plausus garrula scena suos. Detonat inculto barbara verba foro; Sæpe vafer gnato succurrit servus amanti, Et nasum rigidi fallit ubique patris ; Sæpe novos illic virgo mirata calores 30 35 Quid sit amor nescit, dum quoque nescit, amat. Sive cruentatum furiosa Tragoedia sceptrum Quassat, et effusis crinibus ora rotat; Et dolet, et specto, juvat et spectasse dolendo, 17 hoc] No authority for 'hoc' being short. 40 24 Neve] Tickell and Fenton read 'Victorive foret.' Todd. 28 garrula] The vowel made short before sc. 32 barbara] He probably means the play of 'Ignoramus.' VOL. III. 17 Warton. Seu puer infelix indelibata reliquit Gaudia, et abrupto flendus amore cadit; Seu ferus e tenebris iterat Styga criminis ultor, Conscia funereo pectora torre movens : Seu moret Pelopeia domus, seu nobilis Ili, 45 Aut luit incestos aula Creontis avos. Sed neque sub tecto semper nec in urbe latemus, Irrita nec nobis tempora veris eunt. Nos quoque lucus habet vicina consitus ulmo, Atque suburbani nobilis umbra loci. Ah quoties digna stupui miracula formæ, Quæ possit senium vel reparare Jovis ! Ah quoties vidi superantia lumina gemmas, Atque faces, quotquot volvit uterque polus; Collaque bis vivi Pelopis quæ brachia vincant, Quæque fluit puro nectare tincta Via; 50 55 41 puer] 'Puer infelix' is perhaps Shakespeare's 'Romeo.' The 'ferus ultor,' either' Hamlet,' or 'Richard the Third.' Warton. 44 torre] The allusion is to Ate in the old play of 'Locrine.' Steevens. So had the Arcades, 89. 49 ulmo] The gods had their favourite trees. poets. Milton's is the elm. See L'Allegro, 57. Comus, 354. Ep. Dam. 15, 49. P. L. v. 216. and Prolus. (Prose Works, ii. 569) Testor ipse lucos, et flumina, et dilectas villarum ulmos.' Warton. 53 stupui] This change from the plural (nos quoque) to the singular, and contrary wise, is authorized by the usage of the Latin poets. 58 Quæque] Consult Warton's note on this passage, the structure of which he illustrates by Virg. Æn. i. 573. Ter. Eun. iv. 3. 11. Et decus eximium frontis, tremulosque capillos, Et quæcunque vagum cepit amica Jovem : 60 65 70 75 Et quot Susa colunt, Memnoniamque Ninon ; Vos etiam Danaæ fasces submittite Nymphæ, Et vos Iliacæ, Romuleæque nurus: Nec Pompeianas Tarpeïa Musa columnas Jactet, et Ausoniis plena theatra stolis. Gloria virginibus debetur prima Britannis, Extera sat tibi sit fœmina posse sequi. Tuque urbs Dardaniis, Londinum, structa colonis, Turrigerum late conspicienda caput, Tu nimium felix intra tua moenia claudis Quicquid formosi pendulus orbis habet. Non tibi tot cœlo scintillant astra sereno, Endymioneæ turba ministra deæ, Quot tibi, conspicua formaque auroque, puellæ Per medias radiant turba videnda vias. Creditur huc geminis venisse invecta columbis Alma pharetrigero milite cincta Venus, Huic Cnidon, et riguas Simoentis flumine valles, Huic Paphon, et roseam posthabitura Cypron. Ast ego, dum pueri sinit indulgentia cæci, 69 Pompeianas] Propert. ii. 32, 11. 78 Endymionea] Grotii Silv. iii. Ep. 3. Warton. 'Endymioneas invadit Cynthia noctes.' Todd. 80 85 Monia quam subito linquere fausta paro; Stat quoque juncosas Cami remeare paludes, ELEG. II. ANNO ÆTATIS 17. IN OBITUM PRÆCONIS ACADEMICI CANTABRIGIENSIS. TE, qui conspicuus baculo fulgente solebas 90 adire] The vowel made short before sc. 'delituesse] Ov. Ep. Her. viii. 68. 'Nec querar in plumis delituisse Jovem.' Warton. 10 Coronides) Coronides is Esculapius, the son of Apollo 80 5 10 by Coronis. See Ov. Met. xv. 624. Warton. |