The Works of Alexander Popekesq., With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others (Volume 2); To Which Were Added, a New Life of the Author, an ... and Writings, and Occasional Remarks - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824. Excerpt: ... Vim tamen agrestum metuens, pomaria claudit Intus, et accessus prohibet refugitque viriles. 20 Quid non et Satyri, saltatibus apta juventus, Fecere, et pinu praecincti cornua Panes, Sylvanusque suis semper juvenilior annis, Quique Deus fures, vel falce, vel inguine terret, Ut poterentur ea? sed enim superabat amando 25 Hos quoque Vertumnus: neque erat felicior illis. O quoties habitu duri messoris aristas Corbe tulit, verique fuit messoris imago! Tempora saepe gerens fceno religata recenti, Desectum poterat gramen versasse videri. Saepe manu stimulos rigida portabat; ut illum 35 Jurares fessos modo disjunxisse juvencos. Falce data frondator erat, vitisque putator. Induerat scalas, lecturum poma putares: Miles erat gladio, piscator arundine sumta. Denique per multas aditum sibi saepe figuras Repperit, ut caperet spectatae gaudia formae. Ele etiam picta redimitus tempora mitra, 45 Innitens baculo, positis ad tempora canis, Her private orchards, wall'd on ev'ry side, To lawless sylvans all access deny'd. 20 How oft the Satyrs and the wanton Fawns, Who haunt the forests, or frequent the lawns, The God whose ensign scares the birds of prey, And old Silenus, youthful in decay, Employ'd their wiles, and unavailing care, 25 To pass the fences, and surprize the fair? Like these, Vertumnus own'd his faithful flame, Like these, rejected by the scornful dame. To gain her sight a thousand forms he wears; And first a reaper from the field appears. 30 Sweating he walks, while loads of golden grain O'ercharge the shoulders of the seeming swain. Oft o'er his back a crooked scythe is laid, And wreaths of hay his sun-burnt temples shade: Oft in his harden'd hand a goad he bears, 35 Like one who late unyok'd the sweating steers. Sometimes his pruning-hook corrects the vines,...