Virtus Catonis floret, Apollinem Præda superbarum nitentem Musa pio decorabit hymno, Potens eburna pectine lividas Antiqua Libertas per orbem Intrepido rediviva vultu Refulsit, et Pax, et veteri Fides Ducente turmas te, viguit decus Arma, cadens oriensque, Phoebus. a Non te minaci terruit impetu Agminibus, Syriaque pube. Quid profuerunt carmina! Quid preces a Tippoo Sultan, the son of Hyder Ali, and noted, even more than his father, for his bitter hatred to the English. b The amulet which Tippoo always wore on his left arm. C Emptæ Prophetarum! Abstulit, abstulit Mors vacuas penetravit ædes. Quin Anglicorum murmura cornuum Fulminea rapit arma dextra, Desueta bello; nam patrios diu Impune victor-Non aliter tamen Aut aquilam fugiunt columbæ. Ergo indecorum discutiens jugum Et veterem, sine labe, vitam. Pacata tutus rura perambulat Cum prole dulci, et conjuge rusticus : c He sent offerings to the Brahmin priests, and requested their prayers. Florent oliveta: Ceresque Dat gravidas opulenta messes. Suaque fusus sub platano senex Aut subitam metuit sagittam. Audin'! minaces increpuit tubas Gradivus intonsum, vibratque Sævum remugit buccina. Dat cita Aut pavidus superabit agnus Quam Gallus atrox non timidos mori Per domitas dare jura terras Inominata clade Diespiter Rejecit-Illum, trans vitreum mare, Parvo reclinatum sepulcro d Funereis tegit umbra ramis 4 The weeping willows that overshadow the tomb of Napoleon. Flores reducit Ver: sequitur rubens Estas benigna fundit opes manu : Autumnus: accedente Bruma, ilva gemit, lacerasque frondes Deponit-Eheu! sic pereunt, rosæ Sed sola, fato cedere nescia, Virtus sepulcrum temnit, et impios Sed te, et tuorum participes viros Vetabit, o præclare nostræ Gentis honos:-tibi serta lauro Phoebea nectet Pieridum chorus, Et gelidam tenet Hippocrenen. A. LLOYD, E COLL. WADH. Et spes, et ratio studiorum in Cæsare tantum. SAY, whom of Britain's gifted sons, renowned With conscious pride and firm affection greet The Champion of her rights, her Guardian and her Guide? Has she not those who felt her fostering hand To wear her titles and uphold her name ? |