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And fold by J. & J. MERRILL, J. DEIGHTON, and by
the EDITOR, in Cambridge. Price 35.

M.DCC.LXXXIV.

Where may be had,

A Tranflation in Italian Verfe of Mr. GRAY's ELEGY,

with the Original,

Price

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Sventolando il bel crine all' aura fciolto,
Ricadea fulle guance in nembo d'oro;
V' accorean gli amoretti, e dal bel volto
Quinci, e quindi il partian con le man loro ;
E de fiori onde intorno avean raccolto

Pieno il grembo, teffean vago lavoro,
Alla fronte ghirlanda, al piè gentile
E alle braccia catene, e al fen monile..

E talor pareggiando all' amorofa
Bocca, o peonia, o anemone vermiglio,
E alla pulita guancia, o giglio, o rofa,
La peonia perdea, la rosa, e 'l giglio
Taceano il vento, e l' onda, e dall'erbosa
Piaggia non fi fentia mover bisbiglio;
L'aria, l'acqua, e la terra in varie forme
Parean tacendo dire: Ecco Amor dorme.

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Spread to the gale, by every zephyr blown,

Dark o'er his cheeks his burnish'd locks were thrown;

Th' obfequious Loves thofe ftraggling locks replace, That oft returning veil'd his heav'nly face:

From the fresh flow'rs that thickly grew beneath,

Chaplets they wove, and many a fragrant wreath,
Sweet garlands to adorn that form defign'd,

And with fantastic folds each beauteous limb to bind.

Oft to his lips would the disporting crew
Compare the piony's vermilion hue;

Oft to his cheek the rofe and lily's bloom

But pion, rofe and lily were o'ercome.

The winds and waves were hufh'd in dead repose,"

And not a whisper on the plain arofe:

Earth, water, air, accordant all confest,

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And filent feem'd to say, the God of Love's at reft.

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