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12,6 S E N T I M E N T S. Ch. XVI
Unas in Egypt© est Magni lapis ?< Omnia Lagi
Rura tenere potest. Si null© cespiie nomen
Hteserit, erremus populi. cinerumque tuorum ,
Magne, metu nullas Nili calcemus arenas. L. S. I. ;gS
Thus in Rowe’s transhition :
Where there are seas, or air, or earth, or {kies
Where-e’er Rome’s empire stretch.es, Pompey lies
Far be the vile memorial then convey’d!
Nor let this stone the partial gods upbraid.
Shall Hercules all Oeta’s heights demand,
And Nysa’s hill for Bacchus only stand ;
While one poor pebble is the warrior’s doom
That fought the cause of liberty and Rome ?
If Fate decrees he must in Egypt lie ,
Let the whole fertile realm'his grave fupply.
Yield the wide country to his awsul shade )
Nor let us dare on any part to tread ; >
Fearful we violate the mighty dead. _•
The following passages are pure rant. Corio-
lanus . speaking to his mother ,
What is this ?
Your knees to me? to your corrected son ?
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
Fillo© the stars: then let the mutinous winds
-Strike the proud cedars ’gainst the fiery sun:
Murd’ring impossibility , to make
What cannot be, Hight work.
Coriolanus , aft 5. /ft. 3
Cafar.-Danger knows full well,
That Caeiar is more dangerous than he-
Unas in Egypt© est Magni lapis ?< Omnia Lagi
Rura tenere potest. Si null© cespiie nomen
Hteserit, erremus populi. cinerumque tuorum ,
Magne, metu nullas Nili calcemus arenas. L. S. I. ;gS
Thus in Rowe’s transhition :
Where there are seas, or air, or earth, or {kies
Where-e’er Rome’s empire stretch.es, Pompey lies
Far be the vile memorial then convey’d!
Nor let this stone the partial gods upbraid.
Shall Hercules all Oeta’s heights demand,
And Nysa’s hill for Bacchus only stand ;
While one poor pebble is the warrior’s doom
That fought the cause of liberty and Rome ?
If Fate decrees he must in Egypt lie ,
Let the whole fertile realm'his grave fupply.
Yield the wide country to his awsul shade )
Nor let us dare on any part to tread ; >
Fearful we violate the mighty dead. _•
The following passages are pure rant. Corio-
lanus . speaking to his mother ,
What is this ?
Your knees to me? to your corrected son ?
Then let the pebbles on the hungry beach
Fillo© the stars: then let the mutinous winds
-Strike the proud cedars ’gainst the fiery sun:
Murd’ring impossibility , to make
What cannot be, Hight work.
Coriolanus , aft 5. /ft. 3
Cafar.-Danger knows full well,
That Caeiar is more dangerous than he-