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

Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)

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II.

III.

FRAGMENT III. TO VENUS.

IV.

FRAGMENT IV.

FRAGMENT V. ON THE ROSE.

[Ye Muses, ever fair and young]

TWO EPIGRAMS OF SAPPHO.

[[THE WORKS OF BION.]]

[[The Works of MOSCHUS.]]

THE LOVES OF HERO and LEANDER.

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[Ye Muses, ever fair and young]

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The following is Part of an Ode which Sappho is supposed to have written to Anacreon.

Ye Muses, ever fair and young,
High-seated on the golden Throne,
Anacreon sent to me a Song
In sweetest Numbers, not his own;
For, by your sacred Raptures fir'd,
The Poet warbled what the Muse inspir'd.

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[Ye Muses, ever fair and young]