Bina dedit, mirum artis opus, mirandus et ipse, 185 Parte alia polus omnipatens, et magnus Olympus: Quis putet? hic quoque Amor, pictæque in nube pharetræ, Arma corusca faces, et spicula tincta pyropo; 191 Nec tenues animas, pectusque ignobile vulgi 195 Tu quoque in his, nec me fallit spes lubrica, Damon, Tu quoque in his certe es, nam quo tua dulcis abiret Nec tibi conveniunt lacrymæ, nec flebimus ultra, 205 founded Naples. Virg. Ecl. x. 50. 'Chalcidico versu.' Æn. vi. 17. Warton. 188 diversicoloribus alis] Eurip. Hippol. 1270, Cupid is termed лоxikóлτεgоs. See too Aristoph. Av. 249. Ore sacro. Quin tu, cœli post jura recepta, 210 215 JAN. 23, 1646. AD JOANNEM ROUSIUM OXONIENSIS ACADEMIÆ BIBLIOTHECARIUM.* De libro Poematum amisso, quem ille sibi denuo mitti postulabat, ut cum aliis nostris in Bibliotheca publica reponet, Ode. STROPHE I. GEMELLE cultu simplici gaudens liber, *This ode, in Milton's own hand writing, on one sheet of paper, is inserted between the Latin and English poems, in a copy which he sent to Rouse, and which is now in the Bodleian M. 168, Art. 8vo. Another small volume, containing some of his prose tracts, with an inscription to J. Rouse, in Milton's hand writing, is in the same library. F. 56, Th. See some observations on the structure of this Ode in Symmons's Life, p. 281, ed. second. 2 Fronde] Fronte' is perhaps a better reading. Warton. Dum vagus Ausonias nunc per umbras, Nunc Britannica per vireta lusit, 5 Insons populi, barbitoque devius Indulsit patrio, mox itidem pectine Daunio 10 Vicinis, et humum vix tetigit pede : ANTISTROPHE. Quis te, parve liber, quis te fratribus Subduxit reliquis dolo? Cum tu missus ab urbe, Docto jugiter obsecrante amico, Illustre tendebas iter Thamesis ad incunabula Cærulei patris, Fontes ubi limpidi Aonidum, thyasusque sacer, Orbi notus per immensos Temporum lapsus redeunte cœlo, STROPHE II. Modo quis deus, aut editus deo, 15 20 25 30 Tollat nefandos civium tumultus, pene totis finibus Angligenum; Immundasque volucres, Unguibus imminentes, Figat Apollinea pharetra, Phineamque abigat pestem procul amne Pegaseo? ANTISTROPHE. Quin tu, libelle, nuntii licet mala Fide, vel oscitantia, Semel erraveris agmine fratrum, Seu quis te teneat specus, Nam te Roüsius sui STROPHE IL. Optat peculi, numeroque justo Voluit reponi, quibus et ipse præsidet Quæstorque gazæ nobilioris, Quam cui præfuit lön,. Clarus Erechtheides, Opulenta dei per templa parentis, Fulvosque tripodas, donaque Delphica, ANTISTROPHE. Ergo, tu visere lucos Musarum ibis amœnos; Diamque Phœbi rursus ibis in domum, Oxonia quam valle colit, Delo posthabita, Bifidoque Parnassi jugo: Ibis honestus, Postquam egregiam tu quoque sortem Nactus abis, dextri prece sollicitatus amici. Illic legeris inter alta nomina Authorum, Graiæ simul et Latinæ Antiqua gentis lumina, et verum decus. 55 3393 65 70 EPODOS. Vos tandem, haud vacui mei labores, Perfunctam invidia requiem, sedesque beatas, Et tutela dabit solers Roüsi; 75 56 Ion] See the Ion of Euripides, 185, seq. 1146, seq. and Phon. 228. Euripides calls Ion youooqúlaxa, 54. Warton. |