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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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