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Sic homines primu`m venti vis aspera adegit,
Vitandique imbres, stipulis horrentia tecta
Ponere, et informi sedem arctam claudere limo.
7.
Browne De Animi Immor. I, 177.
Nec minu`s uxores fama^ celebrantur Eoae :
Non illae lacrymis, non femi? neo ululatu
Fata virum plorant ; veru`m, mirabile dictu,
Conscenduntque rogum, flamma^que vorantur
ea^dem.
8.
Fin. Bourne Tued. 9.
Sylva choris avium resonat vocalis, et omne
Virgultum harmoni? a fervet, et omne nemus :
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Mi? scent et merula e nume? ros, gemitusque palum-
bes;
Desuper aerios addit alauda modos.
9.
Ovid. Trist. V, Eleg. VIII, 13.
Vilia qui quondam miseris alimenta nega^rat,
Nunc mendicato pascitur ipse cibo.
Passibus ambiguis fortuna volubilis errat,
Et manet in nullo certa tenaxque loco.
10.
Browne De minimi Immor. II, 62.
At non haec virtus mala parturit: immo fatemur,
Munia si peragat sua quisque fidelitcr, esset
Nil potius virtute; redirent aurea jam tum
Saecula : veru`m aevo non vivere contigit aureo.
11.
Ovid. Heroid. XVI, 53.
Est locus in mediae nemorosis vallibus Idas
Devius, et piceis ilicibusque frequens ;
Qui nec ovis placidae, nec amantis saxa capelloe,
Nec patulo tarda? carpitur ore bovis;
12.
Browne De Animi Immor. II, 235.
Nec nullas, dum vita manet, des, improbe, poenas :
Quanquam homines fallas, baud te tamen efftf-
gis ipse ;
Te Diroe ultrices agitant ; te Cura remordet,
Soeva comes, memorique habitat sub pectore vin-
dex.
13.
Ovid. Trist. IV, Eleg. VI, 3.
Tempore paret equus lentis animosus habenis,
Et placido duros accipit ore lupos.
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Tempore Poenorum compescitur ira leonum,
Nec feritas animo, quae fuit ante, manet.
14.
Virgil. Georg. IF, 511.
Qualis populea^ moerens philomela sub umbru
Amissos queritur foetus, quos duras arator,
Observans nido, implumes detraxit ; at illa
Plet noctem, ramoque sedens, miserabile carmen
Integrat, et moestis late loca questibus implet.
15.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. III, 141.
Cuneta pavet speratque nihil : sic aestuat ales,
Quae teneros humili foetus commiserit orno,
Allatura cibos, et plurima cogitat absens ;
Ne gracilem ventus discusserit arbore nidum,
Ne furtum pateant homini, neu praeda colubris.
16.
Fin. Bourne Suicida.
Muscameam volitatcircum importunalucernam;
Alasque amburit jam prope, jamque suas.
Saepe repello manu venientem: et " Ineptula
musca,
Quae te," inquam, "impellit tanta libido mori. "
Illa tamen venit ; et, quanquam servare laboro,
Instat, et in flammas exitiumque ruit.
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CHAPTER IX.
PERIPHRASIS.
1.
Lucan. X, 445.
Sic fremit in parvis fera nobilis abdita claustris,
Et frangit rabidos praemorso carcere dentes.
2.
Ovid. Trist. V, Eleg. II, 41.
Quo ferar? unde petam lapsis solatia rebus ?
Ancbora jam nostram non tenet ulla ratem.
3.
Johnson. Messia, 4.
Muscosi fontes, sylvestria tecla, valete,
Aonidesque Deae, et mendacis somnia Pindi.
4.
Vida Chrhliad. I, 646.
Nec procul hinc errant latos armenta per agros,
Lanigerique greges persultant pabula laeta.
5.
Ovid. Met. XV, 99-
Tunc et aves tutae movere per aera pennas,
Et lepus impavidus mediis erravit in agris,
Nee sua credulitas piscem suspenderat hamo.
6.
Johnson. Messia, 76.
Attoniti dumeta vident inculta coloni
Suave rubere rosis, sitientesque inter arenas
Garrula mirantur salientis murmura rivi.
7.
Virgil. Mneid. XI, 188.
Ter circum accensos, cincti fulgentibus armis,
Decurre^re rogos ; ter moestum funeris ignem
Lustrave^re in equis, ululatusque ore dede^re.
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8.
Pin. Bourne Ad Rubec, 1.
Hospes avis, conviva domo gratissima cuivis,
Quam bruma h um an am qua? rere cogit opein,
Hue O, hyberni fugias ut frigora cceli,
Confuge, et incolumis sub lare vive meo.
9.
Vin. Bourne Ad Rubec, 5.
Uncle tuam esuriem releves, alimenta fenestra?
Apponam, quoties itque reditque dies;
Usu etenim edidici quad grato alimenta rependes
Cantu quae dederit cunque benigna manus.
10.
Fin. Bourne Ad Rubec. 9.
Vere novo, tepidae spirant cu`m molliter aurae,
Et suus in quavis arbore vernat honos,
Pro libitu ad lucos redeas sylvasque revisas,
Laeta quibus resonat musica parque tuae.
? .
Vin. Bourne Ad Rubec. 13.
Sin iterum, sin forte herum-, inclementia brum>>
Ad mea dileetam teeta reducat avem,
Esto, redux, grato memor esto rependere cantu
Pabula, qua e dederit cunque benigna manu.
12.
Claudian. De Rap. Pros. II, Preefat. 25.
Securum blandi leporem fove? re Molossi,
Vicinumque lupo pnebuit agna latus;
Concordes varia ludunt cum tigride damae;
Massylam cervi non timue^re jubam.
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13.
' Catull. LXI, 338.
Nascetur vobis expcrs tcrroris Achilles,
Hostibus haud tergo sed forti pectore notus,
Qui persaepe vago victor certamine cursus,
Flainmea praevertet celeris vestigia cervae.
14.
Virgil. Georg. II, 475.
Me vero^ primu`m dulces ante omnia musae,
Quarum sacra fcro, ingenti percussus amore,
Accipiant; coelique vias, et sidera monstrent,
Defectus sous varios, lunaeque labores.
15.
Ovid. Trist. I, Eleg. II, 5.
Mulciber in Trojam, pro Troja^ stabat Apollo:
iEqua Venus Teucris, Pallas iniqua fuit,
Oderat iEnean proprior Saturnia Turno;
Ule tamen Veneris numine tutus erat.
Saepe ferox cautum petiit Neptunus Ulyssemj
Eripuit patruo saepe Minerva suo.
16.
Ovid. Trist. IV, Eleg. I, 79-
Utque rapax pecudem, quae se non texit ovili,
Per sata, per sylvas, f'ertque trahitque lupus,
Sic, si quem, nondum portarum sepe receptum
Barbarus in campis repperit hostis, agit ;
Aut sequitur captus, conjectaque vincula collo
Accipit, aut telo virus habente cadit.
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17.
Fida Christiad. I, 505.
Sicut ubi, in sylvis dum ramos colligir, anguem,
Frigore sopitum, pastor, bruma^que rigentem,
Frondibus implicuit, admovitque inscius igni ;
Nulla mora est ; popriu`s flammas vix pertulit, et
jam
Attollitque caput, jamque ignea lumina torquet,
Perque dorn um serpens arduus ore trilingui.
CHAPTER X.
MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES.
1.
Johnson. Messia, 84.
Per valles sociata lupo lasciviet agna,
Cumque leone petet tutu? praesepe juvencus.
2.
Stat. Sylv. Ill, Od. Ill, 124.
Qualia pallentes declinant lilia culmos,
Pubentesque ros>> primos moriuntur ad austros,
3.
Claudian. In Ruf. II, 336.
Jam summum radiis stringebat Lucifer iEmum,
Festinamque rotam solito properantior urget.
4.
Ovid. Trist. V, Eleg. II, 59.
Omniaque ha;c timui, quia me meruisse videbam \.
Sed tua peccato leuior ira meo est.
G
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5.
Johnson. Messia, 14.
Nectareas rores alimentaque mitia ccelum
Praebeat, et tacite foecundos irriget imbres-
6.
Ovid. Heroid. XVIII, 77.
Unda repercussae radiabat imagine lunae,
Et nitor in tacita nocte diurnus erat.
7.
Juvenal. I, 42.
Accipiat sane mercedem sanguinis, et sic
Palleat, ut nudis pressit qui calcibus anguem>>
8.
Virgil. jEneid. VII, 25.
Jamque rubescebat radiis mare, et tethere ab alto
Aurora in roseis iulgebat lutea bigis.
9-
Ovid. Pont. IV, 10.
Gutta cavat lapjdem ; consumitur annulus usu,
Et teritur pressa vomer aduncus humo.
10.
Browne De Animi Immor. II, 42.
Cernis nt ira, libido, scelus, dominentur ubique,
Fraus et amicitiam simulans, livorque malignus,
Jurgiaque, insidiai^que, et iniqua e retia legis.
11.
Johnson. Messia, 86.
Florea mansueta? petulantes vincula tigri
Per ludum pueri injicient, at fessa colubri
? Membra viatoris recreabunt frigore linguae.
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12.
Virgil. Bucol. IV, 29.
Molli paulatim flavescet campus arista,
Incultisque rubens pendebit sentibus uva,
Et durae quercus sudabunt roscida mella.
13.
Ovid. Met. XI, 623.
Somne, quiesrerum, placidissime Somne deorum,
? ? ? animi, quem cura fugit, qui corda, diurnis
Fessa ministeriis, mulces reparasque labori.
14'.
Virgil. Georg. I, 365.
Saepe etiam Stellas, vento impendente, videbis
Praecipites coelo labi, noctisque per umbram,
Flammarum longos a tergo albescere tractus.
15.
Martial. IX, Ep. LXII, 11.
Saepe sub hoc madidi luserunt arbore Fauni,
Terruit et tacitam fistula sera domum;
Dumque fugit solos nocturnum Pana per agros,
Saepe sub ha^c latuit rustica fronde Dryas.
16.
Virgil. Bucol. VU, 45,
Muscosi fontes, et somno mollior herba,
Et quae vos rara^ viridis tegit, arbutus umbra^,
Solstitium pecori defendite; jam venit aestas
Torrida ; jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,
17.
Vin. Bourne Cicindela, 1.
Sub sepe exiguum est, nec raro in margine ripae,
Reptile, quod lucet nocte, dieque latet.
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Ponite, vos, fastus, humiles nee spernite, magni,
Quando habet et minimum reptile, quod niteat.
18.
Virgil. Georg. I, 43.
Vere novo, gelidus canis cu`m montibus humor
Liquitur, et Zephyro putris se gleba resolvit,
Depresso incipiat jam tum mihi taurus aratro
Jngemere, et sulco attritus splendescere vomer.
19-
Browne De minimi Immor. I, 118.
Illustres animse ! Si quid mortalia tangunt
Caelicolas, si gentis adhuc cura ulla Britanna^
Vos precor, antiquum vos instaurate vigorem.
Ut tandem excusso nitamur ad ardua somno,
Virtutis verae memores et laudis avitas.
20.
Sil. Ital. Pun. X, 322.
Sic Lagea ratis, vasto velut insula ponto
Conspecta, illisit scopulis ubi nubifer Eurus,
Naufragium spargens, operit mare : jamque per
undas
Et transtra, et mali, laceroque aplustria velo,
Et miseri fluitant, removentes aequora, nauta;.
21.
Browne DeJnimi Immor. I, 153.
Pars etenim lerrae mandant exsangue cadaver,
Et tumulo serta imponunt, et sacra quotannis
Persolvunt, tanquam poscant ea munera manes.
Extructa^, pars, rite pyra^, cremat insuper artus,
Colligit et ci? eres, fida^que reponit in urna^.
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22.
Ovid. Fast. Il, 291.
Vita ferae similis, nullos agitata per usus ;
Artis adhuc expers, et rude vulgus erant.
Pro domibus frondes no^rani, pro frugibus herbas;
Nectar erat palmis hausta duabus aqua.
Nullus anhelabat sub adunco vomere taurus-
? Nulla sub imperio terra colentis erat.
23.
Fin. Bourne Thyrsis et Chloe, 1.
Omnia nox tenebris tacita^que involverat umbra^
Et fessos homines vinxerat alta quies.
24.
Fin. Bourne Thyrsis et Chloe, 57.
Jam volucres cecine^re, et festinavit ab ortu
Purpureo risu sol aperire diem.
25.
Johnson. Messia, 59.
Pastor agit pecudes; teneros modo^suscipitagnos,
Et gremio fotis selectas porrigit herbas;
Amissas modo queerit oves, revocatque vagantes.
26.
Firgil. jEneid. XI, 210.
Tertia lux gelidam coelum dimoverat umbram,
Mcerentes altum cinerem et confusa ruebant
Ossa focis, tepidoque onerabant aggere terra.
27.
Milton. Ad Patrem, 105.
Este procul, vigiles ? ? ? ? ; procul este, Querela? ,
In\ idiicque acies, transverso tortilis hirquo ;
Sajva nec anguiferos extende, Calumn,a, rictus.
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28.
Claudian. De Pfioen. 83.
Talis barbaricas fluvio de Tigride turmas
Ductor Parthus agit, geramis, et divite cultu,
Luxurians sertis apicem regalibus ornat.
29.
Ovid. Trist. I, E/eg. II, 27.
Nam modo purpureo vires capit Eurus ab ortu;
Nunc Zephyrus sero vespere missus adest.
Nunc gelidus sicca Boreas bacchatur ab Arcto;
Nunc Notus adversa proelia fronte gerit.
30.
Vin. Bourne Mut. Ben.
Per Libyae Androcles siccas errabat arenas,
Qui vagus Iratum fugerat exul herum.