 None could ever say that she, Lesbia ! was so loved by me. Never all the world around Faith so true as mine was found : If no longer it endures (Would it did !) the fault is yours. I can never think again Well of you : I try in vain : But . . be false...  The Last Fruit Off an Old Tree - Page 274by Walter Savage Landor - 1853 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1842 - 630 pages
...means only "for his offence against you." We have a little more to add on this in CXV. CARMEN LXXV. AA Lesbiam. Here are eight verses, the rhythm of which...: But — be false — do what you will — Lesbia ! I must love you still CARMEN LXXVI. M Seipsum. They whose ears retain only the sound of the hexameters... | |
 | 1842 - 620 pages
...attempt to render them in English is feeble and vain. None could ever say that she. Lesbia ! was ьо loved by me. Never all the world around Faith so true...as mine was found : If no longer it endures ( Would îi did !) the fault is yours. I can never think again Well of you: I try m vain: But — be false... | |
 | John George Cochrane - 1842 - 596 pages
...feeble and vain. None could ever say that she, Never all the world around Lesbia! was so loved by me. Faith so true as mine was found: If no longer it endures I can never tbink again (Would it did!) the fault is yours. But—be false—do what you will— Well... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1875 - 326 pages
...may hope to succeed ? But his version will always be dear to the lovers of Catullus. Here it is : — None could ever say that she, Lesbia ! was so loved...: But . . be false . . do what you will . . Lesbia ! I must love you still. We see by this poem that Catullus has found it impossible to break away from... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 532 pages
...invitis suscipiatur beris. In Scaliger it is : Quam temere, &c. The true reading is neither, but Quam ut temere. Such elisions are found in this very poem...: But . . be false . . do what you will . . Lesbia ! I must love you still. CABMEN LXXVI. Ad seipsum. They whose ears retain only the sound of the hexameters... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1876 - 538 pages
...attempt to render them in English is feeble and vain. None could ever 8ay that she, Lcsbia ! was ao loved by me. Never all the world around Faith so true...: But . . be false . . do what you will . . Lesbia ! I must love you still. CARMEN LXXVI. Ad seipsum. They whose ears retain only the sound of the hexameters... | |
 | Gaius Valerius Catullus - 1879 - 258 pages
...the later struggles of his hopeless love for Lesbia. It has been admirably translated by WS Landor. None could ever say that she, Lesbia ! was so loved...vain, But — be false — do what you will — Lesbia ! I must love you still. CARMEN LXXVL This profoundly pathetic poem is perhaps the last which he penned... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 396 pages
...bite ? — But thou, Catullus ! think of this, And spurn her in thine own despite ! TM LOVE'S MADNESS. None could ever say that she, Lesbia ! was so loved...try in vain. But, be false, do what you will, Lesbia ! I must love you still, WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR. LOVE'S UNREASON. I love and hate. Ah ! never ask why... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1888 - 458 pages
...suscipiatur heris." In Scaliger it is, — " Quam temere," etc. The true reading is neither, but — " Quam ut temere." Such elisions are found in this very poem...mine was found: If no longer it endures (Would it did l) the fault is yours. I can never think again Well of you: I try m vain. But — be false — do what... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1891 - 442 pages
...contrary, it is a facetious consolation to him on the punishment of his rival. " Mirifice est a te n.ictus utrumque malum " means only " for his offence against...But — be false — do what you will — Lesbia, I must love you still." CARMEN LXXVI. " Ad seipsum." They whose ears retain only the sound of the hexameters... | |
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