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The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Musæus

Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)
  
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THE ODES OF ANACREON.
 I. 
ODE I. ON HIS LYRE.
 III. 
ODE III. CUPID BENIGHTED.
 IV. 
ODE IV. ON HIMSELF.
 V. 
ODE V. ON THE ROSE.
 VI. 
ODE VI. THE PARTY OF PLEASURE.
 VII. 
ODE VII. THE POWER OF LOVE.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. THE DREAM.
 IX. 
ODE IX. THE DOVE.
 X. 
ODE X. CUPID IN WAX.
 XII. 
ODE XII. ON A SWALLOW.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. ON ATYS.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. LOVE IRRESISTIBLE.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. THE SILVER BOWL.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. ON THE SAME.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. WE OUGHT TO DRINK.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI. SUMMER.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. THE VANITY OF RICHES.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. ENJOYMENT.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. WINE BANISHES CARES.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. THE TRANSPORTS OF WINE.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. THE PRAISE OF BACCHUS.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII. HIS MISTRESS's PICTURE.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. BATHYLLUS.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX. CUPID TAKEN PRISONER.
 XXXI. 
ODE XXXI. THE PLEASING FRENZY.
 XXXII. 
ODE XXXII. THE NUMBER OF HIS MISTRESSES.
 XXXIII. 
ODE XXXIII. THE SWALLOW.
 XXXIV. 
ODE XXXIV. TO HIS MISTRESS.
 XXXV. 
ODE XXXV. ON THE PICTURE OF EUROPA.
 XXXVIII. 
ODE XXXVIII. ON HIMSELF.
 XXXIX. 
ODE XXXIX. ON HIMSELF.
 XL. 
ODE XL. CUPID WOUNDED.
 XLI. 
ODE XLI. THE BANQUET OF WINE
 XLII. 
ODE XLII. ON HIMSELF.
 XLIII. 
ODE XLIII. THE GRASHOPPER.
 XLIV. 
ODE XLIV. THE DREAM.
 XLVI. 
ODE XLVI. THE POWER OF GOLD.
 XLVII. 
ODE XLVII. YOUNG OLD-AGE.
 LVII. 
ODE LVII. THAT WE SHOULD DRINK WITH MODERATION.
 LVIII. 
ODE LVIII. THE LOVE-DRAUGHT.
 LIX. 
ODE LIX. TO A SCORNFUL BEAUTY.
 LX. 
ODE LX. EPITHALAMIUM ON THE MARRIAGE OF STRATOCLES AND MYRILLA.
 LXI. 
ODE LXI. ON GOLD.
 LXII. 
ODE LXII. ON THE SPRING.
 LXIII. 
ODE LXIII. TO CUPID.
 LXIV. 
ODE LXIV. TO CUPID.
 LXV. 
ODE LXV. ON HIMSELF.
 LXVII. 
ODE LXVII. ON LOVE.
 LXVIII. 
ODE LXVIII. THE SUPPLICATION.
 LXIX. 
ODE LXIX. ARTEMON.
 LXX. 
ODE LXX. TO HIS BOY.
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THE EPIGRAMS OF ANACREON.
 I. 
EPIGRAM I. ON TIMOCRITUS.
 II. 
EPIGRAM II. ON AGATHON.
 III. 
EPIGRAM III. ON THE SON OF CLEËNOR.
 IV. 
EPIGRAM IV. ON A PICTURE REPRESENTING THREE BACCHÆ.
 V. 
EPIGRAM V. ON MYRON's COW.
 VI. 
EPIGRAM VI. ON THE SAME.
 VII. 
EPIGRAM VII. ON COMPANY.
 VIII. 
EPIGRAM VIII. A DEDICATION TO JUPITER, IN THE NAME OF PHIDOLA.
 IX. 
EPIGRAM IX. TO APOLLO, IN THE NAME OF NAUCRATES.
 X. 
EPIGRAM X. ANOTHER DEDICATION.
 XI. 
EPIGRAM XI. ANOTHER.
 XII. 
EPIGRAM XII. ANOTHER, BY LEOCRATES.
 XIII. 
EPIGRAM XIII. ON THE SON OF ARISTOCLES.
 XIV. 
EPIGRAM XIV.
 XV. 
EPIGRAM XV. UNDER A STATUE.
 XVI. 
EPIGRAM XVI. ANOTHER.
 XVII. 
EPIGRAM XVII. ANOTHER.
 XVIII. 
EPIGRAM XVIII.
 XIX. 
EPIGRAM XIX.
 XX. 
EPIGRAM XX.
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THE WORKS OF SAPPHO.
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THE ODES OF SAPPHO.
 I. 
ODE I. AN HYMN TO VENUS.
 II. 
ODE II.
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FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO.
 I. 
FRAGMENT I.
 II. 
FRAGMENT II.
 III. 
FRAGMENT III. TO VENUS.
 IV. 
FRAGMENT IV.
 V. 
FRAGMENT V. ON THE ROSE.
  
[Ye Muses, ever fair and young]
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TWO EPIGRAMS OF SAPPHO.
 I. 
EPIGRAM I.
 II. 
EPIGRAM II.
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[[THE WORKS OF BION.]]
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THE IDYLLIUMS OF BION.
 I. 
IDYLLIUM I. ON THE DEATH OF ADONIS.
 II. 
IDYLLIUM II. CUPID AND THE FOWLER.
 III. 
IDYLLIUM III. THE TEACHER TAUGHT.
 IV. 
IDYLLIUM IV. THE POWER OF LOVE.
 V. 
IDYLLIUM V. LIFE TO BE ENJOYED.
 VI. 
IDYLLIUM VI. CLEODAMUS AND MYRSON.
 VII. 
IDYLLIUM VII. THE EPITHALAMIUM OF ACHILLES AND DEIDAMIA.
 VIII. 
IDYLLIUM VIII. LOVE RESISTLESS.
 IX. 
IDYLLIUM IX. FRIENDSHIP.
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FRAGMENTS OF BION.
 I. 
FRAGMENT I. ON HYACINTHUS.
 II. 
FRAGMENT II.
 III. 
FRAGMENT III.
 IV. 
FRAGMENT IV.
 V. 
FRAGMENT V.
 VI. 
FRAGMENT. VI.
 VII. 
FRAGMENT. VII.
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[[The Works of MOSCHUS.]]
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THE IDYLLIUMS OF MOSCHUS.
 I. 
IDYLLIUM I.
 II. 
IDYLLIUM II. EUROPA.
 III. 
IDYLLIUM III. ON THE DEATH OF BION.
 IV. 
IDYLLIUM IV. MEGARA.
 V. 
IDYLLIUM V. THE CHOICE.
 VI. 
IDYLLIUM VI. CAPRICIOUS LOVE.
 VII. 
IDYLLIUM VII. TO THE EVENING-STAR.
 VIII. 
IDYLLIUM VIII. ALPHËUS.
 IX. 
IDYLLIUM IX. EUNICA; OR, THE HERDSMAN.
  
CUPID TURN'D PLOUGHMAN.
  
THE LOVES OF HERO and LEANDER.

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ODE XXIX. BATHYLLUS.

Now, illustrious Artisan,
Paint the well-proportion'd Man;
Once again the Tints prepare,
Paint Bathyllus young and fair.
Draw his Tresses soft and black,
Flowing graceful down his Back,
Auburn be the curl'd Extremes,
Glowing like the solar Beams;
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Let them negligently fall,
Easy, free, and artless all.
Let his bright cærulean Brow
Grace his Forehead white as Snow.
Let his Eyes, that glow with Fire,
Gentlest, mildest Love inspire;
Steal from Mars the radiant Mien,
Softness from th'Idalian Queen;
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This, with Hope the Heart to bless,
That, with Terror to depress.
Next, his Cheeks with Roses crown,
And the Peach's dubious Down;
And, if Art can this bestow,
Let the Blush ingenuous glow.
But Description would be faint,
Teaching you his Lips to paint:
There let fair Persuasion dwell,
Let them gently, softly swell,
Seem in sweetest Sounds to break
Willing Air, and silent speak.
Now you've finish'd high the Face,
Draw his ivory Neck with Grace;
All the Charms and Beauty add,
Such as fair Adonis had.
Let me, next, the Bosom see
And the hands of Mercury.
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But I'll not presume to tell,
Artist, you who paint so well,
How the Foot should be exprest,
How to finish all the rest.
I the Price you ask will give,
For the Picture seems to live:
Gold's too little, view this Piece,
'Tis the pictur'd Pride of Greece;
This divine Apollo take,
And from this Bathyllus make.
When to Samos you repair,
Ask for young Bathyllus there,
Finest Figure Eye e'er saw,
From Bathyllus Phœbus draw.
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