On His Being Made A Judge: A Congratulation.[119]

Upon thy sacred purple, barr'd with fire, I gratulate thee--glorious, lov'd attire! For on those shoulders I see Justice shine, And glad to hide within those folds of thine. O finely there she shoots her purple beam, And teaches here her rays brightly to gleam. May Justice thus in pomp eternal go, Here always wish her golden star to glow! Thus blaze, and ne'er thy purple pale its blush, And never need into thy face to flush. From innocent blood ne'er drink a deeper dye, And turn more crimson from such cruelty. Let all fair virtues--for thou ownest all-- Calmly to heaven above thy footsteps call. No widows' tears thy marble halls distil, No house cry out against thee, built by ill; No timber cut for thee its downfall groan, 'Mid its lord's murmurs sadly overthrown. May Fame spread out her wings beneath thy feet, And thee with loud applause her trumpet greet! May incense waft thy name where'er it goes, The happy gale which bears thee bear the rose! Live equal to thy prayers, most just are they, Whatever stars direct thee on thy way, Till this thy purple turn to robe of snow, And where the rose had been, the lily glow! R. WI.

HORATII ODE,

Ille et nefasto te posuit die, &c. Lib. ii. 13.

{hellenisti.}

{Hora se keinos theken apophradi Ho protos hostis cheiri te bomaki Ethrepse, dendron, tes te komes Aition, essomenon t' elenchos. Keinos tokeos thrypse kai auchena, Keinos ge, phaien, haimati xeinio Mychotaton koitona rhaine Nyktios, amphaphaase keinos Ta deta Kolchon pharmaka, kai kakou Pan chrema, dosas moi epichorion Se stygnon ernos, despotou se Empeson es kephalen aeikos. Pases men hores pan epikindynon Tis oide pheugein? deidie Bosphoron Libys ho ploten, oud' anaiker Ten kryphien heterothen oknei. Parthon machemon Rhomaikos phygen, Kai toxa; Parthos Rhomaiken bian, Kai desma; laous alla moiras Balle, balei t' adoketos horme. Schedon schedon pos Persephones idon Aulen melainen, kai krisin Aiakou, Kalen t' apostasin makairon Aioliais kinyren te chordais Sappho patridos memphomenen korais, Echounta kai se pleion epichryso, Alkaie, plektro sklera neos, Sklera phyges, polemou te sklera Euphemeousai d' amphoteron skiai Klyousi thambei, tas de machas pleon, Anastatous te men tyrannous Omias ekpien osi laos. Ti thaum'? ekeinais ther hote trikranos Aken aoidais, ouata kabbale, Erinnyon th' hedypathousi Bostryches, hesychion echidnon. Kai de Prometheus, kai Pelopos pater Heudousin echei to lathikedei; Agein leontas Orion de Ou phileei, phoberas te lynkas.}

Latin Poems.

PART SECOND. SECULAR.

III.

ROYAL AND ACADEMICAL.

NOTE.

In our Preface to the present Volume we give the title-pages of the original publications wherein appeared the Royal and Academical Poems of this section; in the translation of which I owe again thanks to the friends of the former divisions, as their initials show; and another, Professor Sole, of St. Mary's College, Oscott, Birmingham, to whom I am indebted for that bearing his initials. One to the 'Princess,' celebrated before, is here printed as well as translated for the first time, as noted in the place. It was deemed preferable to include it with the others rather than among those hitherto unprinted. For brief notices of the various Royal and Academical celebrities of these poems, see Memorial-Introduction and related English poems in Vol. I. and notes in their places in the present Volume.

Once more I note here the chief errors of Turnbull's text: 'Ad Carolum,' &c. l. 11, 'perrerati' for 'pererrati;' l. 26, 'discere' for 'dicere:' in 'In Serenissimae Reginae' &c. the heading is 'Senerissimae;' l. 14, 'tuos' for 'tuus;' l. 41, 'Namque' for 'Nam quae;' l. 43, 'Junus' for 'Janus:' in 'Principi recens' &c. l. 4, 'eum' for 'cum;' l. 10, 'lato' for 'late;' l. 22, 'imperiosus' for 'imperiosior;' l. 26, 'quoque' for 'quoquo;' l. 30, 'melle' for 'molle:' in 'Ad Reginam,' l. 35, 'aure' for 'auree:' in 'Votiva Domus' &c. l. 20, 'tenerae' for 'tremulae;' l. 25, 'jam' for 'bene;' l. 26, 'mulcent' for 'mulceat;' l. 29, 'minium' for 'nimium;' l. 40, 'ora' for 'ara;' l. 45, 'volvit' for 'volvat;' l. 50, 'motus ad oras' for 'nidus ad aras:' in 'Ejusdem caeterorum' &c. l. 5, 'natalis' for 'natales;' l. 15, 'qua' for 'quo;' l. 31, 'longe' for 'longo:' in 'Venerabili viro magistro Tournay' &c. l. 8, 'vixerit' for 'vexerit;' l. 21, 'tuos est' for 'tuas eat;' ll. 24, 27, and 28, 'est' for 'eat:' in 'Or. viro praeceptori' &c. l. 6, 'metuendas' for 'metuendus;' l. 20, 'est' for 'eat.' G.

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