[35]
Not Hybla’s sweets, nor Naples devoloons,
Nor grapes which hide the hill with rich festoons;
Nor fat Bologna’s valley, have I chose;
What is your wish then? May I speak?--_repose_.
[36] Thy knowledge is nothing till other men know that thou knowest it.
[37] Methinks there seems to be much slavery required from those who
inhabit your fine free country of England.
[38] In the fine cieling of Palazzo Ludovigi at Rome, the Hours which
surround Aurora’s chariot are employed in extinguishing the Stars with
their hands.
[39] One volume of this Leonardiana is now in the private library of the
king of England at the queen’s house in the park, preserved from Charles
or James the First’s collection, and written with the left hand, or
rather backwards, to be read only with the help of a mirror.
[40] All so natural and pretty,--quite in the English style.
[41] That is, with a heap of friends about one in this manner.
[42] Oh! God keep one from that.
[43] What prince makes his residence here?
[44]
Her studies, manners, arts, to all proclaim
Fair Clelia’s glory, and her sex’s shame.
[45]
Two lords in vain unlucky Dido tries;
One dead, she flies the land; one fled--she dies.
[46] Faithful to his cares, and companionable in his studies.
[47] Whoever sees thee without being smitten with extraordinary passion,
must, I think, be incapable of loving even himself.
[48] Nothing too much.
[49] The lazy ox for trappings sighs.
[50] Ever stormy or venemous.
[51] Here’s the place to see fine diamonds.
[52]
What are they after all their pains,
These thunderbolts of war?
Mere caput mortuum that remains
Which worms vouchsafe to spare.
[53]
All these have liv’d; ye too who read must die:
Haste and be wise, the fateful minutes fly.
[54] Antwerp is a noble town of Brabant, situated on the banks of the
Scheld; frequented by most of the nations in Europe, and sumptuous in its
buildings both public and private.
[55] One--and he a bold one.
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