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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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VLORUSA fourth was bright witli well-grown naked bloom,Oiu' rears its head, while one untwines its eoilSi>. while their maiden virtue's ehastely garbed,At dawn pull roses fresh : maids soon grow old.XIIThe Rose1 he rose was Cupid's smile, or from her combDawn drew it forth—Dawn of the lustrous hair,Or haply Venus was by briars caughtAnd on the sharp thorns this her blood remained.XIIIVenus' Rose-Gardex\'(nus a garden had, rose-bushes roundIt- lady's darling plot; once seen, beloved.Htr boy, in r<strong>and</strong>om haste to cull the bloomsAnd crown his tresses, pricked <strong>with</strong> pointed thornHis marble fingers. Soon, as pain stabbed limbsAnd blood-stained h<strong>and</strong>, the tear-drop bathed hiseye.In rage he seeks his mother <strong>with</strong> his plaints :" Whence comes it, mother, that the roses hurt ?Whence fight thy flowers <strong>with</strong> hidden arms? TheywarOn me : the flower's hue is"the same as blood !VOL. I.F F433

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