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501 159 | O'er miracles of metamorphosis~
502 182(21)| point, or else some enormous mistake, in the mss. An attempt
503 65 | Subaqueous; nor they which, modulant~
504 29 | With equal incest common 'mong a race~
505 72(13) | Fas" = osion, morally right; distinct from "jus"
506 196(23)| illa (quies) maris quieti mors est. The opening lines of "
507 196(23)| Latin is somewhat strange: "morsest maris illa quieti," i.e.,
508 | most
509 71 | 70 A mother save a female one. Yet now,~
510 180 | here ash-heaps with hoar mould, mark out~
511 127 | step once taken: to the mountain speed!" ~
512 158 | Here they mourn~
513 182(21)| enormous mistake, in the mss. An attempt has been made (
514 101 | but upon the spot they mulct~
515 163 | At the unearthly murmurs of the sky)~
516 | Myself
517 | namely
518 231 | Of unjust nations, whose obdurate hearts~
519 30 | By nature rebels 'gainst themselves; 4
520 171 | And winds unwasted; nay, if some strange hand~
521 6 | winters in their course, ne'er to decree,~
522 66 | pinions, hang suspended near the clouds;~
523 5 | Had pledged Himself, while nether air should bring~
524 98 | Kept nodding, now almost o'ercome. But
525 221 | Behold another portent notable,~
526 157 | Whose note old age makes mellow! 19 ~
527 150 | drive his father's team; but nought availed~
528 36(5) | aetasCessandi spatium vis nulla coëgerit irae."~
529 182(21)| fertur commercia fratris.~Nullas arat," etc.This use of "
530 30(4) | against their own souls," in Num. xvi. 38 - where, however,
531 74 | Two daughters of a nuptial age, in whom~
532 109 | And with thee to lead oat what family~
533 231 | Of unjust nations, whose obdurate hearts~
534 54(10) | discharges" (i.e., fulfils his obligations to) "his friends with honourable
535 36(5) | be the sense of this most obscure triplet I will not presume
536 92 | Her tufty obstacles), when gradually~
537 | off
538 36(5) | for himself whether he can offer any better, I sugjoin the
539 54(10) | hospitality which he had offered them) "with (a generous)
540 51 | 50 And offers them, preparing to abide~
541 55 | His friends with courteous offices. The night~
542 54(10) | grammar; "pia pignora mensa Officiisque probis studio dispungit
543 45 | As oft a fruitful tree is wont
544 36(5) | Tempore sed certo Deus omnia prospectulatus,Judicat injustos,
545 209 | The heated water's fatty ooze is borne~
546 102 | sight the mob insane in open day,-~
547 196(23)| maris quieti mors est. The opening lines of "Jonah" (above)
548 91 | force she shall avail to oppose~
549 132 | Which opposite he had espied."Hereto,"~
550 152 | Of fire: so blazed our orb: then lightning reft~
551 72(13) | Fas" = osion, morally right; distinct
552 | otherwise
553 117 | Were instant to outlead from Sodoma~
554 27 | His outraged sex in Sodom. At heaven'
555 183 | Seeing outspread before him, ...~
556 4 | Outspued) the times of the primeval
557 157(19)| and his fate is told in Ov., Met., ii. 1-399, which
558 157(19)| transformations is laid by Ovid on the banks of the Eridanus (
559 69 | Each kind its kind doth owe: but female still~
560 25 | Libyan palaestras, or assume new forms;~
561 182(21)| conjecture - which I see others (Pamelius at all events) had hazarded
562 160 | Of other sort. For, partner of Lot's flight,~
563 182(21)| correction or no), and similar passages in Holy Writ. But the transition
564 61 | 60 Whither is passion's seed inviting you?~
565 33 | Doth judge the unjust; with patience tarrying~
566 36(5) | prospectulatus,Judicat injustos, patiens ubi criminis aetasCessandi
567 78 | I yield them; and will pay~
568 187 | Autumn's glad wealth, pears, peaches, and all fruits~
569 187 | 185 Autumn's glad wealth, pears, peaches, and all fruits~
570 105 | That penalty condign from heaven will
571 125 | Thy life, lest thou perchance should will to turn~
572 31 | 30 Done to man's name and person equally.~
573 19(3) | Comp. 2 Pet. iii. 5-14.~
574 157(19)| The story of Phaëthon and his fate is told in
575 182(21)| Loth~Nullus arat frustra piceas fuligine glebas,"which are
576 208(24)| Inque picem dat terrae haerere marinam.~
577 157(19)| compared with the present piece. His two sisters were transformed
578 182(21)| prospiciens Loth,~Deseruisse pii fertur commercia fratris.~
579 66 | 65 On pinions, hang suspended near the
580 42 | A transplantation from a pious stock; ~
581 208 | 205 Into a pitch marine. 24 At season due~
582 185 | Pitchy with soot: or if some acres
583 3 | discharged on earth and the sea's plain1 ~
584 153 | lawless charioteer, and bitter plaint~
585 77 | Worthy of men-which let your pleasure reap!~
586 5 | 5 Had pledged Himself, while nether air
587 184 | No ploughman spends his fruitless toil
588 189 | fairest bloom, until the plucker's hand~
589 156 | Whitens, or any bird dons plumage there~
590 157(19)| banks of the Eridanus (the Po). But the fable is variously
591 182(21)| seemingly a gap at this point, or else some enormous mistake,
592 155 | See to it, if one poplar on his banks~
593 157(19)| were transformed into white poplars, according to some; alders,
594 18 | Upburnt, and typically thus portend~
595 221 | Behold another portent notable,~
596 131 | 130 Some other ports; a city small, to wit,~
597 233(28)| De caelo jura tueri;" possibly "to look for laws from heaven."~
598 23 | to die, and, slaughtered, pour~
599 43 | Wise, and a practicer of righteousness,~
600 135 | They, favouring his prayer, safety assured~
601 52 | a hospice. By repeated prayers~
602 182(21)| nullus arat," etc.; and I prefer to leave the passage as
603 51 | 50 And offers them, preparing to abide~
604 21 | 20 Which prescient guest would shun, and sooner
605 218 | 215 And will, when pressed, 25 for guerdon large, ensure~
606 218(25)| Pressum" (Oehler); "pretium" (Migne): "
607 36(5) | obscure triplet I will not presume to determine. It is at least (
608 218(25)| Pressum" (Oehler); "pretium" (Migne): "it will yield
609 4 | Outspued) the times of the primeval age:~
610 218(25)| Migne): "it will yield a prize, namely, that," etc.~
611 54(10) | pignora mensa Officiisque probis studio dispungit amicos;"
612 201 | Produce, or curled shell in single
613 149 | its false, that the sun's progeny~
614 188 | Promise themselves full easely22
615 54(10) | sacred pledges" (i.e., the promised hospitality which he had
616 11 | The rain-clouds' proper baldric. 2 ~
617 39(6) | the reader once for that prosody as well as syntax is repeatedly
618 36(5) | Tempore sed certo Deus omnia prospectulatus,Judicat injustos, patiens
619 30(4) | compared with this; as likewise Prov. viii. 36.~
620 10 | 10 Of purple and of green, Iris its name,~
621 179 | The champaign is one pyre; here embers rough~
622 196(23)| illa quieti," i.e., illa (quies) maris quieti mors est.
623 54(10) | pignora and to amicos. I use "quit" in the sense in which we
624 232 | God's fear have quite forsaken, 27 will them teach~
625 54 | pledges8 on his board, 9 and quits10 ~
626 54(10) | sense in which we speak of "quitting a debtor," i.e., giving
627 54(10) | the case of those before quoted) a jumble of words without
628 11 | The rain-clouds' proper baldric. 2 ~
629 216 | Raising itself spontaneous, it will
630 53 | He wins them; and then ranges studiously~
631 | rather
632 140 | Sodom conflagration; for his rays~
633 48 | Had reached the ramparts), though he
634 182(21)| satisfactory one. For the common reading, which gives two lines,~"
635 77 | men-which let your pleasure reap!~
636 30 | By nature rebels 'gainst themselves; 4 and
637 157(19)| still-standing of the sun recorded in Joshua.~
638 203 | 200 (The sooty reek of sea exust) alone,~
639 182(21)| context, there seems to be a reference, whether we adopt the proposed
640 54(10) | verb in the sentence, and refers both to pia pignora and
641 152 | our orb: then lightning reft~
642 54(10) | somewhat more literally rendered than in our text, thus: "
643 173 | Her wounds she doth repair. Still is she said~
644 52 | Abroad, a hospice. By repeated prayers~
645 39(6) | prosody as well as syntax is repeatedly set at defiance in these
646 56 | 55 Had brought repose: alternate11 dawn had chased~
647 101 | 100 Restore him; but upon the spot they
648 7 | By liquid ruin, retribution's due;~
649 126 | 125 Thy retroverted gaze behind, or stay~
650 233 | 230 To reverence heaven-sanctioned rights, 28
651 14 | Revives, and a new age of ill once
652 118 | race Chaldaean, 14 and the righteous house~
653 233 | reverence heaven-sanctioned rights, 28 and lift~
654 139(17)| Eng. ver. say the sun was risen when Lot entered the city.~
655 139 | Is rising, 17 the last sun, which
656 23 | Mid sacred rites to die, and, slaughtered,
657 89 | Of rivers, if, just where it forks,
658 87 | A turbid torrent rolls with wintry tide,~
659 100 | from the threshold, to his roof~
660 20 | Modesty's foe) stood in the room of law;~
661 91 | 90 By her root's force she shall avail
662 179 | is one pyre; here embers rough~
663 83 | Rule Sodom, and hurl threats?
664 88 | And rushes at one speed through countless
665 227 | Will act as sail; put out the flame, and '
666 79 | For my guests' sake, the forfeit of my grief!"~
667 84 | daughters and for guests shalt sate our greed!~
668 24 | His blood to Bebryx, or to satiate~
669 182(21)| correct it, but not a very satisfactory one. For the common reading,
670 165 | To utter what she saw! and then and there~
671 139(17)| the LXX. and the Eng. ver. say the sun was risen when Lot
672 199 | cannot from its depths one scaly race,~
673 157(19)| turned into a swan: and the scene of these transformations
674 113 | Scorned to believe the warning,
675 22 | At Scythian or Busirian altar's foot~
676 230 | For ages sealed as signs before the eyes~
677 9 | Of many hues, sealing the clouds with band~
678 208 | Into a pitch marine. 24 At season due~
679 13 | With mankind's second race impiety~
680 36(5) | their context: -"Tempore sed certo Deus omnia prospectulatus,
681 61 | 60 Whither is passion's seed inviting you?~
682 183 | Seeing outspread before him, ...~
683 142 | An emulous gloom, which seeks to intercep~
684 | seeming
685 182(21)| also be seen that there is seemingly a gap at this point, or
686 182(21)| apparently. It will also be seen that there is seemingly
687 145 | novel shower: the ether seethe~
688 146(18)| blazing flames: the ether seethes: the air~Crackles with liquid
689 206 | From seething mass of sulphur and of brine~
690 37 | Of vengeance was at hand. Sent from the host~
691 225 | lightsome26 hull (where spirit serves~
692 39(6) | as syntax is repeatedly set at defiance in these metrical
693 | shalt
694 57 | night, and Sodom with her shameful law~
695 201 | Produce, or curled shell in single valve~
696 138(16)| Shgwr in the LXX., "Zoar" in Eng.
697 15 | Shoots forth; allotted now no more
698 15 | allotted now no more to showers~
699 21 | Which prescient guest would shun, and sooner choose~
700 214 | With balance of their sides, to teach the film,~
701 198 | 195 Its native Auster sighs not anywhere;~
702 102 | Of sight the mob insane in open day,-~
703 230 | For ages sealed as signs before the eyes~
704 182(21)| proposed correction or no), and similar passages in Holy Writ. But
705 139(17)| Simul exoritur sol." But both
706 201 | Produce, or curled shell in single valve~
707 224 | For sinking bodies: if, in fine, you
708 30(4) | The expression, "sinners against their own souls,"
709 78 | Myself their sire, I yield them; and will
710 46 | Guest-like, in forests wild. He, sitting then~
711 23 | sacred rites to die, and, slaughtered, pour~
712 146(18)| we may alter the pointing slightly, and read: -~"Down pours
713 131 | Some other ports; a city small, to wit,~
714 144 | Their smoky globes with the confused
715 100 | Snatching him from the threshold,
716 117 | instant to outlead from Sodoma~
717 93 | hold upon the undermined soil~
718 139(17)| Simul exoritur sol." But both the LXX. and
719 112 | Speaks to his sons-in-law; but their hard heart~
720 21 | prescient guest would shun, and sooner choose~
721 185 | Pitchy with soot: or if some acres there,~
722 203 | 200 (The sooty reek of sea exust) alone,~
723 160 | Of other sort. For, partner of Lot's flight,~
724 30(4) | sinners against their own souls," in Num. xvi. 38 - where,
725 36 | 35 The space for waiting. 5 Now at length
726 36(5) | ubi criminis aetasCessandi spatium vis nulla coëgerit irae."~
727 54(10) | in the sense in which we speak of "quitting a debtor,"
728 112 | Speaks to his sons-in-law; but
729 137 | Is known in speech barbaric by the name~
730 184 | No ploughman spends his fruitless toil on glebes~
731 188(22)| dissyllable is justifiable from Spenser.~
732 225 | lightsome26 hull (where spirit serves~
733 39 | Were ministering spirits, 6 carrying~
734 216 | Raising itself spontaneous, it will swim~
735 141 | all with fire: beneath him spreads~
736 204 | With its own crop, a spurious harvest yields;~
737 205 | Which 'neath the stagnant surface vivid heat~
738 64 | Not stall-fed cattle; not the gaping brood~
739 90 | swift waves (not long to stand, save while~
740 56(11) | Altera = alterna. But the statement differs from Gen. xix. 4.~
741 169 | In her unsheltered station 'neath the heaven~
742 126 | retroverted gaze behind, or stay~
743 151 | boy to curb the haughty steeds~
744 94 | failing, with her bared stem she hangs,~
745 157(19)| to be found rather in the still-standing of the sun recorded in Joshua.~
746 42 | transplantation from a pious stock; ~
747 172 | forthwith from her own store~
748 157(19)| The story of Phaëthon and his fate
749 [Title]| A strain of Sodom.~(Author Uncertain.)~
750 88 | speed through countless streams~
751 186 | But half consumed, still strive to emulate~
752 54(10) | mensa Officiisque probis studio dispungit amicos;" which
753 53 | wins them; and then ranges studiously~
754 65 | Subaqueous; nor they which, modulant~
755 99 | Divine brings succour: the angelic youths,~
756 85 | One shall suffice for all!" So said, so done:~
757 36(5) | can offer any better, I sugjoin the lines, which form a
758 49(7) | Divinos;" i.e., apparently "superhuman," as everything heavenly
759 58 | uproar at the doors. Lot, suppliant wise,~
760 182(21)| is, without attempting to supply the hiatus.~
761 66 | 65 On pinions, hang suspended near the clouds;~
762 157(19)| Cygnus) was turned into a swan: and the scene of these
763 75 | Virginity is swelling in its bloom,~
764 90 | Meets the swift waves (not long to stand,
765 39(6) | that prosody as well as syntax is repeatedly set at defiance
766 120 | And take thy yokefellow and daughters
767 127 | The step once taken: to the mountain speed!" ~
768 128 | to creep the heights with tardy step,~
769 33 | the unjust; with patience tarrying~
770 211 | Over the level top a tawny skin~
771 150 | Would drive his father's team; but nought availed~
772 207 | Maturing tempers, making earth cohere~
773 36(5) | without their context: -"Tempore sed certo Deus omnia prospectulatus,
774 208(24)| Inque picem dat terrae haerere marinam.~
775 54(10) | literally rendered than in our text, thus: "he zealously discharges" (
776 44 | He was the only one to think on God:~
777 | those
778 80 | mob insane: "And who art thou7~
779 | though
780 83 | Rule Sodom, and hurl threats? Now, then, thyself~
781 100 | Snatching him from the threshold, to his roof~
782 83 | hurl threats? Now, then, thyself~
783 87 | torrent rolls with wintry tide,~
784 213 | 210 That ware put to, tilting their smooth skin. down~
785 4 | Outspued) the times of the primeval age:~
786 134 | Tis visible; nor is it far,
787 184 | ploughman spends his fruitless toil on glebes~
788 166 | brittle salt, herself her tomb~
789 211 | Over the level top a tawny skin~
790 225 | A torch's lightsome26 hull (where
791 87 | A turbid torrent rolls with wintry tide,~
792 157(19)| and the scene of these transformations is laid by Ovid on the banks
793 182(21)| passages in Holy Writ. But the transition is still abrupt to the "
794 42 | A transplantation from a pious stock; ~
795 123 | friendly hands they lead them trembling forth,~
796 36(5) | sense of this most obscure triplet I will not presume to determine.
797 148 | fable has an echo of the truth~
798 233(28)| De caelo jura tueri;" possibly "to look for
799 92 | Her tufty obstacles), when gradually~
800 87 | A turbid torrent rolls with wintry
801 125 | perchance should will to turn~
802 192 | 190 And turns to embers vain.~
803 120 | yokefellow and daughters twain,~
804 18 | Upburnt, and typically thus portend~
805 36(5) | Judicat injustos, patiens ubi criminis aetasCessandi spatium
806 182(21)| which are evidently entirely unconnected with one another, it is
807 93 | Her hold upon the undermined soil~
808 163 | At the unearthly murmurs of the sky)~
809 177 | 175 Of their unhallowed ramparts; all the house~
810 104 | Then they unlock the just decrees of God:~
811 170 | Dures she, by rains unmelted, by decay~
812 217 | Up to the edge of the unmoving craft;~
813 169 | In her unsheltered station 'neath the heaven~
814 49 | Divine, 7 accosts them unsolicited,~
815 | until
816 | unto
817 122(15)| preventing" in its now unusual sense of "anticipating the
818 171 | And winds unwasted; nay, if some strange hand~
819 18 | Upburnt, and typically thus portend~
820 58 | Makes uproar at the doors. Lot, suppliant
821 118(14)| family, which had come from "Ur of the Chaldees." See Gen.
822 | used
823 165 | To utter what she saw! and then and
824 201 | or curled shell in single valve~
825 157(19)| the Po). But the fable is variously told; and it has been suggested
826 2 | By vengeful flood (with waters all conjoined~
827 54(10) | Dispungit," which is the only verb in the sentence, and refers
828 30(4) | LXX. have a very different version - may be compared with this;
829 157(19)| Aen., x. 190 sqq., Ec., vi. 62 sqq. His hal-brother (
830 72 | If youthful vigour holds it right13 to waste~
831 30(4) | this; as likewise Prov. viii. 36.~
832 60 | Enkindle you to violate this youth! 12 ~
833 157(19)| according to others. See Virg., Aen., x. 190 sqq., Ec.,
834 75 | Virginity is swelling in its bloom,~
835 26 | 25 By virtue of Circaean cups, than lose~
836 36(5) | criminis aetasCessandi spatium vis nulla coëgerit irae."~
837 134 | Tis visible; nor is it far, nor great."~
838 116 | night and day, the youthful visitants~
839 205 | neath the stagnant surface vivid heat~
840 197 | Through its anhealant volumes; which beneath ~
841 19 | future end. 3 There wild voluptuousness~
842 36 | 35 The space for waiting. 5 Now at length the day~
843 213 | 210 That ware put to, tilting their smooth
844 113 | Scorned to believe the warning, and at fear~
845 72 | vigour holds it right13 to waste~
846 209 | The heated water's fatty ooze is borne~
847 196 | death! 23 -a sea which no wave animates~
848 90 | Meets the swift waves (not long to stand, save
849 187 | 185 Autumn's glad wealth, pears, peaches, and all
850 115 | darkness, and heaven's face wears double hue~
851 63 | No creatures wed: not such as haunt the fens;~
852 220 | Of weft which female monthly efflux
853 130 | And whelm him: therefore he essays
854 86 | frantic mob delays not. As, whene'er~
855 157(19)| sisters were transformed into white poplars, according to some;
856 156 | 155 Whitens, or any bird dons plumage
857 | Whither
858 | whom
859 182(21)| This use of "fratris" in a wide sense may be justified from
860 171 | And winds unwasted; nay, if some strange
861 53 | He wins them; and then ranges studiously~
862 6 | The winters in their course, ne'er to
863 87 | turbid torrent rolls with wintry tide,~
864 1 | Already had Almighty God wiped off~
865 131 | ports; a city small, to wit,~
866 59 | Withstands: "Young men, let not your
867 161 | His wife (ah me, for woman! even then20 ~
868 45 | As oft a fruitful tree is wont to lurk,~
869 175 | With wonted blood her sex's monthly
870 182(21)| author as - "fertilitas." The word, of course, is very incorrectly
871 54(10) | before quoted) a jumble of words without grammar; "pia pignora
872 77 | Worthy of men-which let your pleasure
873 173 | Her wounds she doth repair. Still is
874 212 | Is woven. They whose function is
875 35 | Of wrath impetuous-shall have circumscribed~
876 129 | Lest the celestial wrath-fires should o'ertake~
877 228 | waters will the light's wrecks ruin go!~
878 182(21)| similar passages in Holy Writ. But the transition is still
879 118(14)| the Chaldees." See Gen. xi. 26, 27, 28.~
880 182(21)| may be justified from Gen. xiii. 8 (to which passage, with
881 56(11) | statement differs from Gen. xix. 4.~
882 30(4) | their own souls," in Num. xvi. 38 - where, however, the
883 | Yet
884 204 | crop, a spurious harvest yields;~
885 120 | And take thy yokefellow and daughters twain,~
886 59 | Withstands: "Young men, let not your new fed
887 60 | Enkindle you to violate this youth! 12 ~
888 54(10) | than in our text, thus: "he zealously discharges" (i.e., fulfils) "
889 138(16)| Shgwr in the LXX., "Zoar" in Eng. ver.~
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