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ΕΙΣ ΕΡΩΤΑ ΣΦΑΛΕΝΤΑ.

Εσημβριναις ποθ ̓ ὡραις,

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Φλεγοντος ήλιοιο,

Εκδυσε Κυπρις ἐιμα,

Και λεετ ̓ ἐν ῥοαισι.

Ἐν τῳδ' Ερως προσης,
Πλειην βελων φαρείρην,

Ωπλισμένοςτε τοξον.

Τιταινε τοξον αυτω,

Βελεμνον ήρσεν όξυ

Νευροισι, μεσσον ήπαρ

Ετυπε και Κυθήρην.

Β 2

σ 'Ωμοις

III.

'I faint; I die :' the goddess cried:

"O cruel! couldft thou find none other

To wreck thy spleen on? Parricide !

'Like Nero, thou haft flain thy mother."

IV.

Poor Cupid, fobbing, scarce could speak;

Indeed, Mamma, I did not know ye:

Alas! how eafy my mistake!

'I took you, for your likeness, Chloe.'

CUPID's

• Ώμοι, θεά σενάζει,

6 Ωλωλα, καποθνησκω

• Ωλωλα, σε φονησ

Τεύχεις βέλεμνα μητρι ;

Όμοιον ἐι Νέρωνι

6 Μητροκτονῳ, κακις

• Παντων κακωντε παιδων.

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CUPID's

PASTIME,

FROM BISHOP PERCY's RELIQUES

OF ANTIENT POETRY.

I.

T chanc'd, of late, a fhepherd fwain,

IT

That went to seek his straying sheep,

Within a thicket, on a plain,

Espied a dainty nymph asleep.

II.

Her golden hair o'erfpread her face;

Her careless arms abroad were caft;

Her quiver had her pillow's place;

Her breaft lay bare to every blaft.

III.

The fhepherd ftood, and gaz'd his fill;

Nought durft he do; nought durft he say;

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