THE BUTTERFLY. As rising on its purple wing Then leaves him, as it soars on high, If won, to equal ills betray'd, Woe waits the insect and the maid; From infant's play and man's caprice: "Neque enim levia aut ludicra petuntur." PENNIS ut ostro tollitur æmulis Quæ ver Eoüm papilio regit, Lucidius puerum sequacem; Ore, genis, abit ales, udis: Per spes adultum sic puerum rapit Splendore, sic pennata, virgo; Cœpta miser flet inepta sero. Vincas :-ad unum virgine prodita Vermique fatum, par superest dolor Sive virum dederit libido The lovely toy so fiercely sought BYRON. Vitam inquietam, ac mille gravem malis. Sectamur acres dulcia: quæ simul Prensaris, amisere formam; Suasor enim digitus morarum Sensim colores proterit aureos; Te deinde securo, volarint Seu jaceant viduata campo. GLENIFFER. KEEN blaws the wind o'er the braes o' Gleniffer, The auld castle turrets are cover'd wi' snaw, How changed frae the time when I met wi' my lover, Amang the broom bushes by Stanley green shaw. The wild flowers o' simmer were spread a' sae bonnie, The mavis sang sweet frae the green birken tree; But far to the camp they ha'e march'd my dear Johnnie, And now it is winter wi' nature and me. Then ilk thing around us was blythesome and cheerie, Then ilk thing around us was bonnie and braw; Now naething is heard but the wind whistling drearie, And naething is seen but the wide-spreading snaw. |