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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Noon.
When the bright Sun in his Meridian burns,
When the Grass thirsts, and Cattle most enjoy
The cooling Shade.—
When the Grass thirsts, and Cattle most enjoy
The cooling Shade.—
Now torrid Sirius from the Zenith scorch'd
The thirsty Indians: and the fiery Sun
Parch'd the mid Globe: the withering Herbage burn'd:
The fervid Rays the shallow Rivers dry'd,
And in their empty Channels bak'd the Mud.—
The thirsty Indians: and the fiery Sun
Parch'd the mid Globe: the withering Herbage burn'd:
The fervid Rays the shallow Rivers dry'd,
And in their empty Channels bak'd the Mud.—
Amidst the Noon-tides sultry Fervour seek
A shady Vale; where Jove's tall aged Tree
Extends its Length of Boughs: and thick with Oaks
A gloomy Grove lets fall its sacred Shade.—
A shady Vale; where Jove's tall aged Tree
Extends its Length of Boughs: and thick with Oaks
A gloomy Grove lets fall its sacred Shade.—
The Sun, now in its full Meridian, made
The Clouds disperse, and shorten'd ev'ry Shade.—
The Clouds disperse, and shorten'd ev'ry Shade.—
High Noon had now withdrawn the Shades of Things:
The midmost Sky bright Phœbus now possess'd,
At equal Distance from the East and West.—
The midmost Sky bright Phœbus now possess'd,
At equal Distance from the East and West.—
The mid-Day Sun now shone with equal Light,
Between the past, and the succeeding Night.—
Between the past, and the succeeding Night.—
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'Twas when the Summer Sun, at Noon of Day,
Thro' glowing Cancer shot his burning Ray.—
Thro' glowing Cancer shot his burning Ray.—
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