ло

ORTH sprang the impassioned queen her lord
to clasp ;

Again that consummation she essayed;
But unsubstantial form eludes her grasp
As often as that eager grasp was made.
The phantom parts-but parts to reunite,
And reassume his place before her sight.

"Protesilaus, lo! thy guide is gone!

Confirm, I pray, the vision with thy voice: This is our palace-yonder is thy throne; Speak, and the floor thou tread'st on will rejoice. Not to appal me have the Gods bestowed

This precious boon, and blest a sad abode.

Idem Latine.

P

ROSILUIT regina avidè amplexura maritum,

Et perfecta iterum gaudia nôsse cupit,
At toties tenuis comprensa effugit imago
Enixæ quoties jam tetigere manus.

Dissilit umbra fugax, rursus conjungitur una,
Rursus et ante oculos reddita forma venit.

"En! mihi te linquens dux, Protesilae, recessit!
Verâ te visum voce probare precor:

En solium notum; tibi regia nostra videtur:
Dic modo; gaudebit quam pede terra premis.
Haud formidandum munus Dii tale dederunt,
Tristitiam posuit deinde beata domus."

"Great Jove, Laodamia, does not leave
His gifts imperfect: spectre though I be,
I am not sent to scare thee or deceive;
But in reward of thy fidelity.

And something also did my worth obtain,
For fearless virtue bringeth boundless gain."

Idem Latine.

Juppiter omnipotens, conjux dulcissima, manca
Non sua dona sinit: si levis umbra feror,

Haud tamen huc mittor ludens fallensve maritam,
Præmia sed fidæ grata referre volo.

Necnon et propter meritum mihi gratia cessit:
Impavido virtus commoda cuncta tulit."

QUEEN'S COLL., OXFORD.

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ζεῦγμα.

hose whom the Gods love die young.

AN ALLEGORY.

HERE was a rose tree growing
In a garden, sweet and still;

Far from the world's rough blowing,

By the side of a rippling rill.

It was covered with leaves and flowers,

Lovely and fair to see;

But the loveliest and the fairest

Were two rosebuds on that tree.

One just bursting into blossom,
Unfolding petals rare,

And making the gazer wonder

How lovely a flower was there.