XXXVI. Votum. QUUM Vacuus fictos nuper meditabar amores, Non me posse loqui, qualis mihi sæpe videnti, Da veniam, et vitæ liceat vovisse relictæ Tempora pro brevibus, quos parit hora, modis! J. E. B. XXXVII, Soda. Said to be the last verses written by Lord Wellesley. Fies nobilium tu quoque fontium. O FONS salutis! vita! fides mea! Tumultuosi qui mala pectoris Compescis, et morbi furores Attenuas, saliente lympha; Musis sodali sub Camerario Præstes novellam Castaliam mihi; Restitues, animosque reddes. Nascentis ad terræ recessus, Primigenique elementa mundi: Unde ausa in auras Te trahere, et leves Cohors medentûm, ut rivus orbi Mirifica fluat auctus arte. Agnosce Patris munera! quem Deum Ad solis occasus et ortus, Terra, mare, æthereumque cœlum. Aug. 22. 1842. XXXVIII. Translation. BY THE SAME. FOUNTAIN of health! and hope! and faith and life! That quell'st my tortured bosom's restless strife; And to relieve my agonizing dreams Pour'st forth thy crystal, cool, bright, salient streams. Under the hand of classic Chambers placed, A new Castalia freshens to my taste; Inspires new life and spirit, and again Leads me revived to the haunts of men. gay In nature's secrets hid, thy birthplace lies, Amid the germs that first gave nature birth, And the primæval elements of earth: Whence dared to draw thee to earth's airs, and blend Thy lightsome texture in one glorious end, Machaon's race; and spread thy wholesome streams Where'er the sun extends his living beams. Acknowledge God's good gifts, whose bounteous hand Acknowledge all his works through main and land, Where'er the sun sinks low, or rises high, The earth, the sea, and the ethereal sky. ΧΧΧΙΧ. Hellas recidiva. Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. BARBARICAS ergo trahat æqua mente catenas Vos etiam, o fortes animæ, quos Sparta trecentos Malia gramineum qua lavat unda torum. Libera, dum vivet, parva futura manus.' Fallor, an omen inest? et, quæ loquor, occupat ultro Græcia desueta sera jubere tuba ? Faustior Ægæo fragor it super æquore belli, Faustior it belli mota per arva fragor. Clara diu, o felix quondam, pulcerrima semper Græcia, Pierio semper amanda choro! Thermopyla memori vires Marathonque ministrent; Quaque licet, tantos digna merere patres. B. XL. Frrupta Copula. Χρύσεος πόρκης. AUREUS est, mea lux! qui te mihi jungit amantem, Annulus: exemplum, quod moneamur, habet. Aureus in sese velut hic redit orbis eundem, Aurea perpetuo sic eat orbe fides! B. XLI. In Obitum Thomæ Bodleii. SI sint vivaces hominum monumenta libelli, Quam famæ, Bodleie, tuæ monumenta supersunt Ergo mortalis quod vitæ Fata negarunt, Et nova consurgens olim testabitur ætas, Quam dignus fueris non potuisse mori. Gul. Laud. S. T. D. Coll. Joh. Præs. A. D. 1613. К |