 | 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
...murmur aqu*. Farce meum, qu'isquis tangu cava marmera, tomnitm Rumpere ; si bibas, sive lavace, tsce. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...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... | |
 | Andrew Lumisden - 1812 - 616 pągines
...98. This inscription, which Mr. Pope justly admired, he has thus 7. The Qa« translated— 'ruaiua. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...the cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave !* Salust, the celebrated historian — ' The house of C. Crif " Primus Romand Crispus in historid""f-... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1812 - 402 pągines
...beautifully rendered by Pope : Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, and in silence lave. 8 The lettiga is a method of conveyance now generally used in Sicily, only instead... | |
 | Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1816 - 946 pągines
...; si bibas, sive lavare, tace ! Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep. Ah, spare my slumbers ; gently...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." He likewise made lasting his tender regard for this retreat, and sanctified its recesses, by uniting... | |
 | John Britton - 1816 - 944 pągines
...; si bibas, sive lavare, lace ! Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep. Ah, spare my slumbers ; gently...the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." He likewise made lasting his tender regard for this retreat, and sanctified its recesses, by uniting... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pągines
...Xymph, at Slourhead, Somersetshire. From the Latin. POPE. NYMPH of the grot, these sacred springs 1 keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep; Ah, spare my slumbers ! gently tread the cave, Or drink in silence, or in silence lave. On his own Grotto. POPE. THOU who shall stop where Thames'... | |
 | John Evans - 1817 - 610 pągines
...murmur aqu* Parce meum, quisquis tangis cavo marmora sonmnm Rumpere — si bibas, sive lavare, face! Nymph of the GROT — these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence,... | |
 | 1819 - 728 pągines
...sive.lavere tace." " Nymph of the Grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep; O spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." To the same Cardinal's epitaph on Raphael, " Ille hie est Raphael; timuit quo sospite vinci [mori ;"... | |
 | Mrs. Jamieson (Frances Thurtle) - 1820 - 538 pągines
...following beautiful lines by Pope to a nymph of a grotto ; which he appplied to the Delphian priestess. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...sleep ; Ah spare my slumbers! gently tread the cave, Or drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Whatl" exclaimed the Doctor, " has not Parnassus inspired... | |
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Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. 
