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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Diana.
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Diana.
See Majesty.
But mild the Beauties of Diana were,And all her Charms serene, and sweetly fair:
Her Brother's Looks adorn her radiant Face,
Her Cheeks and sparkling Eyes express his Grace:
The same she were, did not her Sex alone,
A Diff'rence cause, and make the Virgin known.
Her Arms are naked to th' admiring Eye,
And in the Wind her careless Tresses fly:
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And her neglected Bow was now unstrung.
Her Cretan Vest, short gather'd from the Ground,
A double Girdle regularly bound.
There floating Delos the rich Robes display,
And round the wand'ring Isle is wrought a golden Sea.—
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