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grass of parnassus-第8部分
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Darkens; that never lamp of Love may cheer!
CLEARISTA。
(Meleager。)
For Death; not for Love; hast thou
Loosened thy zone!
Flutes filled thy bower but now;
Morning brings moan!
Maids round thy bridal bed
Hushed are in gloom;
Torches to Love that led
Light to the tomb!
THE FISHERMAN'S TOMB。
(Leonidas of Tarentum。)
Theris the Old; the waves that harvested
More keen than birds that labour in the sea;
With spear and net; by shore and rocky bed;
Not with the well…manned galley laboured he;
Him not the star of storms; nor sudden sweep
Of wind with all his years hath smitten and bent;
But in his hut of reeds he fell asleep;
As fades a lamp when all the oil is spent:
This tomb nor wife nor children raised; but we
His fellow…toilers; fishers of the sea。
OF HIS DEATH。
(Meleager。)
Ah Love; my Master; hear me swear
By all the locks of Timo's hair;
By Demo; and that fragrant spell
Wherewith her body doth enchant
Such dreams as drowsy lovers haunt;
By Ilias' mirth delectable。
And by the lamp that sheds his light
On love and lovers all the night;
By those; ah Love; I swear that thou
Hast left me but one breath; and now
Upon my lips it fluttereth;
Yet THIS I'll yield; my latest breath;
Even this; oh Love; for thee to Death!
RHODOPE。
(Rufinus。)
Thou hast Hera's eyes; thou hast Pallas' hands;
And the feet of the Queen of the yellow sands;
Thou hast beautiful Aphrodite's breast;
Thou art made of each goddess's loveliest!
Happy is he who sees thy face;
Happy who hears thy words of grace;
And he that shall kiss thee is half divine;
But a god who shall win that heart of thine!
TO A GIRL。
(Asclepiades。)
Believe me; love; it is not good
To hoard a mortal maidenhood;
In Hades thou wilt never find;
Maiden; a lover to thy mind;
Love's for the living! presently
Ashes and dust in death are we!
TO THE SHIPS。
(Meleager。)
O gentle ships that skim the seas;
And cleave the strait where Helle fell;
Catch in your sails the Northern breeze;
And speed to Cos; where she doth dwell;
My Love; and see you greet her well!
And if she looks across the blue;
Speak; gentle ships; and tell her true;
'He comes; for Love hath brought him back;
No sailor; on the landward tack。'
If thus; oh gentle ships; ye do;
Then may ye win the fairest gales;
And swifter speed across the blue;
While Zeus breathes friendly on your sails。
A LATE CONVERT。
(Paulus Silentiarius。)
I that in youth had never been
The servant of the Paphian Queen;
I that in youth had never felt
The shafts of Eros pierce and melt;
Cypris! in later age; half grey;
I bow the neck to THEE to…day。
Pallas; that was my lady; thou
Dost more triumphant vanquish now;
Than when thou gained'st; over seas;
The apple of the Hesperides。
THE LIMIT OF LIFE。
Thirty…six is the term that the prophets assign;
And the students of stars to the years that are mine;
Nay; let thirty suffice; for the man who hath passed
Thirty years is a Nestor; and HE died at last!
TO DANIEL ELZEVIR。
(From the Latin of Menage。)
What do I see! Oh gods divine
And goddesses; … this Book of mine; …
This child of many hopes and fears; …
Is published by the Elzevirs!
Oh perfect Publishers complete!
Oh dainty volume; new and neat!
The Paper doth outshine the snow;
The Print is blacker than the crow;
The Title…Page; with crimson bright;
The vellum cover smooth and white;
All sorts of readers do invite;
Ay; and will keep them reading still;
Against their will; or with their will!
Thus what of grace the Rhymes may lack
The Publisher has given them back;
As Milliners adorn the fair
Whose charms are something skimp and spare。
Oh DULCE DECUS; Elzevirs!
The pride of dead and dawning years;
How can a poet best repay
The debt he owes your House to…day?
May this round world; while aught endures;
Applaud; and buy; these books of yours!
May purchasers incessant pop;
My Elzevirs; within your shop;
And learned bards salute; with cheers;
The volumes of the Elzevirs;
Till your renown fills earth and sky;
Till men forget the Stephani;
And all that Aldus wrought; and all
Turnebus sold in shop or stall;
While still may Fate's (and Binders') shears
Respect; and spare; the Elzevirs!
THE LAST CHANCE。
Within the streams; Pausanias saith;
That down Cocytus valley flow;
Girdling the grey domain of Death;
The spectral fishes come and go;
The ghosts of trout flit to and fro。
Persephone; fulfil my wish;
And grant that in the shades below
My ghost may land the ghosts of fish。
'Greek text which cannot be reproduced'
L。 C。
Footnotes:
(1) January 26; 1885。
(2) M。 Antoninus iv 23。
(3) From the Romaic。
(4) Aphrodite … Avril。
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