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“PERSICOS ODI”
The subjoined “Pocket Version” was appended to this,
when it first appeared in the second edition of Proverbs in
Porcelain, 1878:—
“Davus, I detest
Persian decoration;
Roses and the rest,
Davus, I detest.
Simple myrtle best
Suits our modest station:—
Davus, I detest
Persian decoration.”
Monsieur Isaac de Benserade, in the Hotel de Rambouillet
days, translated the entire Metamorphoses of Ovid into Rondeaus.
In this, and some similar pieces that follow (cf. pp.
465, 479–481, 485, 502), I have imitated his temerity but
not his excess.
The subjoined “Pocket Version” was appended to this, when it first appeared in the second edition of Proverbs in Porcelain, 1878:—
“Davus, I detest
Persian decoration;
Roses and the rest,
Davus, I detest.
Simple myrtle best
Suits our modest station:—
Davus, I detest
Persian decoration.”
Persian decoration;
Roses and the rest,
Davus, I detest.
Simple myrtle best
Suits our modest station:—
Davus, I detest
Persian decoration.”
Monsieur Isaac de Benserade, in the Hotel de Rambouillet days, translated the entire Metamorphoses of Ovid into Rondeaus. In this, and some similar pieces that follow (cf. pp. 465, 479–481, 485, 502), I have imitated his temerity but not his excess.
Davus, I detest
Orient display;
Wreaths on linden drest,
Davus, I detest.
Let the late rose rest
Where it fades away:—
Davus, I detest
Orient display.
Orient display;
Wreaths on linden drest,
Davus, I detest.
Let the late rose rest
Where it fades away:—
Davus, I detest
Orient display.
Naught but myrtle twine
Therefore, Boy, for me
Sitting 'neath the vine,—
Naught but myrtle twine;
Fitting to the wine,
Not unfitting thee;
Naught but myrtle twine
Therefore, Boy, for me.
Therefore, Boy, for me
Sitting 'neath the vine,—
Naught but myrtle twine;
Fitting to the wine,
Not unfitting thee;
Naught but myrtle twine
Therefore, Boy, for me.
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