 | Richard Warner - 1801 - 362 pages
...shades of 'Stourhead ; they are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by Cardinal Bembo: — " Nymph of the Grot, these sacred springs I keep, "...spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, " And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus Nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, " Dormio, dnm blaqdae... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 612 pages
...shades of Stourhead ; they are the elegant translation of some Latin verses by cardinal Bcmbo :— f Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum blandns sentio... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1802 - 614 pages
...translation of some Latin verses by cardinal Bembo:— " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I teep, ( And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in .ilence, or in silence lave." " Hujus nympha loci, sacri custodia fontis, Dormio, dum bland* sentio... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 pages
...murmur aqux : Parce meum, quisquis tangis cava marmora, somnum Rumpere ; seu bibas, sive larere, tace. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. " You. will think I hs,vs been very poetical in this description, but... | |
 | John Watkins - 1808 - 768 pages
...aquae: Parce meurn, quisquis tangis cava marmora somnium, Rumpere ; seu tibas, sive labere, tace. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep ; Oh ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave." The improving... | |
 | Samuel Owen - 1811 - 416 pages
...Rumpere; si bit:as, sive lavare, tacc ! Nymph of the grot, theie sacred streams I keep, And to the murmurs of these waters sleep. Ah, spare my slumbers; gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! " You'll think I have been very poetical in this description, but... | |
 | Andrew Lumisden - 1812 - 616 pages
...98. This inscription, which Mr. Pope justly admired, he has thus 7. The Qa« translated— 'ruaiua. " Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave ! And drink in silence, or in silence lave !* Salust, the celebrated historian — ' The house of C. Crif " Primus... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 362 pages
...murmur aqu*. Farce meum, qu'isquis tangu cava marmera, tomnitm Rumpere ; si bibas, sive lavace, tsce. Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep, And...spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave ! " And drink in silence, or in silence lave ! You'lLjhink I have been verypoetical in'this description, but it is... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1812 - 402 pages
...beautifully rendered by Pope : Nymph of the grot, these sacred streams I keep, And to the murmur of the waters sleep ; Ah ! spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, and in silence lave. 8 The lettiga is a method of conveyance now generally used in Sicily,... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Xymph, at Slourhead, Somersetshire. From the Latin. POPE. NYMPH of the grot, these sacred springs 1 keep, And to the murmur of these waters sleep; Ah, spare my slumbers ! gently tread the cave, Or drink in silence, or in silence lave. On his own Grotto. POPE. THOU who shall stop where Thames'... | |
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Nymph of the grot, these sacred springs I keep : And to the murmur of these waters sleep : Ah spare my slumbers, gently tread the cave, And drink in silence, or in silence lave. 
