Orlando Furioso Canto 21 (Ludovico Ariosto Poems)
ARGUMENTZerbino for Gabrina, who a heartOf asp appears to bear, contends. O'erthrown,The Fleming falls upon the other part,Through cause of ...
ARGUMENTZerbino for Gabrina, who a heartOf asp appears to bear, contends. O'erthrown,The Fleming falls upon the other part,Through cause of ...
1Memory, be still! why throng upon the thoughtThese scenes deep-stain'd with Sorrow's sable dye?Hast thou in store no joy-illumined draught,To ...
FLAVIA.WHILE dusky shades eclipse the solar ray,And fanning zephyrs 'mong the branches play,Where varied beauties deck the verdant groves,Let us ...
DAMON.THE sun with keenness darts his sultry ray;To some cool shade Philander haste away,Nigh yon smooth riv'let, where the southern ...
INSCRIBED TO JANET NICOL, A POOR OLD WAN-DERING WOMAN, WHO LIVES BY THE WALLAT LOUDOUN AND USED SOMETIMES TOBE VISITED ...
DIREFUL indeed are thy effects, O love!When Reason's voice deserts thy frantic shrine;Platonic lessons no asylum prove;His dictates must obsequious ...
AS Celia, who a coquette was,O'er fading charms lamented,She frown'd upon her looking-glass,And thus her spleen she vented."Thou silly, stupid, ...
WITH pleasure I your welcome letter read,While Cupid for a little from me fled.With freedom write, dispel your trivial fears;There's ...
An Ode, Humbly Inscribed to CONSTANTIA.Fair, heavenly form! To thy Philander dear,For whom, the soul dissolving, pearly tearOft gently trembles, ...
DAMON and Phillis, 'tother day,To Hymen's altar hasten'd;They talk'd of love along the way,And wish'd the knot well fasten'd.A church ...
WHEN ATMOFFAT WELL.ON the delightful banks of Mein,The muse laments in pensive strain;The nymphs assembl'd on the green,Of Nelly's absence ...
Ye beauteous nymphs, and jovial swains, Who deck'd with youthful bloom, In gay assemblage meet to grace Philander's cheerful dome: ...
Thro' ev'ry part, of grief or mirth, To which the mimic stage gives birth, I ne'er, as yet, with truth ...
Lean over the fence and kiss? Not I! If the tide leapt up to a kiss ...
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