her, or Phoebus, his bag-pipes in hand, Might, mid the droves, come barefoot o'er our grass, Alas, that there was hidden in the grass A cruel shaft, the which, to wound my face, My Lady took in her own proper hand. If I could not defend me 'gainst that sun I take no shame, for even utmost Jove Is in high heaven pierced with darts of gold. Behold the green shall find itself turned gold And spring shall be without her flowers and grass, And hell's deep be the dwelling place of Jove Ere I shall have uncarved her holy face From my heart's midst, where 'tis both Sun and sun And yet she beareth me such hostile hand! O sweet and holy and O most light hand, O intermingled ivory and gold, O mortal goddess and terrestrial sun Who comest not to foster meadow grass, But to show heaven by a likened face Wert sent amongst us by th' exalted Jove, I still pray Jove that he permit no grass To cover o'er thy hands, thy face, thy gold For heaven's sufficed with a single sun. ROME FROM THE FRENCH OF JOACHIM DU BELLAY  "Troica Roma resurges." PROPERTIUS. O thou new comer who seek'st Rome in Rome And find'st in Rome no thing thou canst call Roman; Arches worn old and palaces made common, Rome's name alone within these walls keeps home. Behold how pride and ruin can befall One who hath set the whole world 'neath her laws, All-conquering, now conquered, because She is Time's prey and Time consumeth all. Rome that art Rome's one sole last monument, Rome that alone hast conquered Rome the town, Tiber alone, transient and seaward bent, Remains of Rome. O world, thou unconstant mime! That which stands firm in thee Time batters down, And that which fleeteth doth outrun swift time. HER MONUMENT, THE IMAGE CUT THEREON FROM THE ITALIAN OF LEOPARDI (Written 1831-3 circa)   Such wast thou, Who art now But buried dust and rusted skeleton. Above the bones and mire, Motionless, placed in vain, Mute mirror of the flight of speeding years, Sole guard of grief Sole guard of memory Standeth this image of the beauty sped. O glance, when thou wast still as thou art now, How hast thou set the fire A-tremble in men's veins; O lip curved high To mind me of some urn of full delight, O throat girt round of old with swift desire, O palms of Love, that in your wonted ways Not once but many a day Felt hands turn ice a-sudden, touching ye, That ye were once! of all the grace ye had That which remaineth now Shameful, most sad Finds 'neath this rock fit mould, fit resting place! And still when fate recalleth, Even that semblance that appears amongst us Is like to heaven's most 'live imagining. All, all our life's eternal mystery! To-day, on high Mounts, from our mighty thoughts and from the fount Of sense untellable, Beauty That seems to be some quivering splendour cast By the immortal 

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