| William Ayre, Edmund Curll - 1745 - 426 pągines
...Nymph of the Grot, thefe facred Springs I keep, And to the Murmur of thefe Waters fleep ; Ah fpare my Slumbers, gently tread the Cave ! And drink in...lave ! You'll think I have been very poetical in this Defcriprion, but it is pretty near the Truth. I wifh you were here to bear Teftimony how little it... | |
| Richard Warner - 1801 - 362 pągines
...are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by Cardinal Bembo: — " Nymph of the Grot, these sacred springs I keep, " And to the murmur of these...cave, " And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus Nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, " Dormio, dnm blaqdae sentio murmur aquae; !' Parce meum,... | |
| John Britton - 1814 - 1124 pągines
...a stone : Nymph of the grot th;se sacred spring! I keep. And to the murmur of these waters ileep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave. And drink in silence, or in silence lave. In another part is a figure of a river god, with a vessel, pouring forth a perpetual stream. After... | |
| John Britton - 1801 - 358 pągines
...bath. " Nymph of the grot—these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." * Anecdotes of Painting in England, Vol. IV. Quitting this subterranean abode, I ascended a flight... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 pągines
...are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by cardinal Bcmbo :— f Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum blandns sentio murmur aqux. Parce me'um, quisquis... | |
| Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 pągines
...translation of some Latin verses by cardinal Bembo:— " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I teep, ( And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in .ilence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum bland* sentio... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pągines
...quisquis tangis cava marmora, somnum Rumpere ; seu bibas, sive larere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. " You. will think I hs,vs been very poetical in this description, but it is pretty nearly the truth."... | |
| John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pągines
...quisquis tangis cava marmora somnium, Rumpere ; seu tibas, sive labere, tace. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." The improving... | |
| Mr. Fenton (Richard) - 1811 - 352 pągines
...lavere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the water sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. I agree with Jones, that lave is a weak, if not an improper word, and very unworthy Pope; a pitiful... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pągines
...qu'isquis tangu cava marmera, tomnitm Rumpere ; si bibas, sive lavace, tsce. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these...cave ! " And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! You'lLjhink I have been verypoetical in'this description, but it is pretty near the truth. I wish... | |
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