. Anacreon : . VWi. Cflf/^^^ ANACREON THOMAS STANLEYS TRANSLATION ILLUSTRATED BY J. E. WEGUELIN ELEVEN PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORKMERRILL AND BAKER 74 Fifth Avenue1894 Sanibnrsitp Press:Presswork by John Wilson and Son. Eimitrt Etittton, on f§anii=malie J^apet. F/w Hundred Copies. ?f 576399 LIBRARY . ANACREON. The Lute. I. Of th Atrides I would sing, Or the wandring Theban king ; But when I my lute did prove, Nothing it would sound but love ; I new strung it, and to play Hercles labours did essay; But my pains I fruitless found; Nothing it but love would sound : Heroes then farewell, m
. Anacreon : . VWi. Cflf/^^^ ANACREON THOMAS STANLEYS TRANSLATION ILLUSTRATED BY J. E. WEGUELIN ELEVEN PHOTOGRAVURE ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORKMERRILL AND BAKER 74 Fifth Avenue1894 Sanibnrsitp Press:Presswork by John Wilson and Son. Eimitrt Etittton, on f§anii=malie J^apet. F/w Hundred Copies. ?f 576399 LIBRARY . ANACREON. The Lute. I. Of th Atrides I would sing, Or the wandring Theban king ; But when I my lute did prove, Nothing it would sound but love ; I new strung it, and to play Hercles labours did essay; But my pains I fruitless found; Nothing it but love would sound : Heroes then farewell, my lute ^-^^ To all strains but love is mute. Beauty. II. HoKNS to bulls wise Nature lends;Horses she with hoofs defends;Hares with nimble feet relieves ;Dreadful teeth to lions gives;Fishes learns through streams to slide;Birds through yielding air to glide ;Men with courage she supplies ;But to women these then gives she ? Beauty, thisBoth their arms and armour is:She, that can this w
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