Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Blushing.
The
Boy knew Nought of Love, but touch'd with Shame,
Look'd down, and blush'd: his Blushes well became:
So Apples glow upon the sunny Side;
So Iv'ry looks with rich Vermilion dy'd;
So shews the Moon, when all her silver White
Turns in Eclipses to a ruddy Light,
And Brass resounds in vain.—
Look'd down, and blush'd: his Blushes well became:
So Apples glow upon the sunny Side;
So Iv'ry looks with rich Vermilion dy'd;
So shews the Moon, when all her silver White
Turns in Eclipses to a ruddy Light,
And Brass resounds in vain.—
—She
blush'd;—against her Will the rising Red
Flush'd in her Cheeks, and thence as swiftly fled.
Ev'n so the purple Morning paints the Skies:
And so they whiten at the Sun's up-rise.—
Flush'd in her Cheeks, and thence as swiftly fled.
Ev'n so the purple Morning paints the Skies:
And so they whiten at the Sun's up-rise.—
A Crimson Blush
her beauteous Face o'er-spread,
Varying her Cheeks by turns with white and red.
The driving Colours, never at a Stay,
Run here, and there, and flush, and fade away.
Delightful Change! thus Indian Iv'ry shows
Which with the bord'ring Paint of Purple glows:
Or Lillies damask'd by the neighb'ring Rose.—
Varying her Cheeks by turns with white and red.
The driving Colours, never at a Stay,
Run here, and there, and flush, and fade away.
Delightful Change! thus Indian Iv'ry shows
Which with the bord'ring Paint of Purple glows:
Or Lillies damask'd by the neighb'ring Rose.—
—With modest Grace,
The running Blushes kindle all her Face.
Less beauteous glows the Indian Ivory,
When deeply tinctur'd by the Tyrian Dye.
The running Blushes kindle all her Face.
Less beauteous glows the Indian Ivory,
When deeply tinctur'd by the Tyrian Dye.
Fair He appear'd, like shining Cynthia bright,
And purple Blushes grac'd the snowy White:
Such glowing Blushes stain the modest Maid,
When to th' expecting am'rous Youth convey'd,
And the new Pleasures of the Bridal Bed.
Thus bright the scarlet Amaranthus shines,
Which with the Lilly some fair Virgin joins:
A Hue like this, when ting'd by Autumn's Pride,
Reddens the Apple on the sunny Side.—
And purple Blushes grac'd the snowy White:
Such glowing Blushes stain the modest Maid,
When to th' expecting am'rous Youth convey'd,
And the new Pleasures of the Bridal Bed.
Thus bright the scarlet Amaranthus shines,
Which with the Lilly some fair Virgin joins:
A Hue like this, when ting'd by Autumn's Pride,
Reddens the Apple on the sunny Side.—
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