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urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.1	head	[imitated] from propertius. lib: 2: eleg: 1.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.2	p	to maecenas
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.1	l	you ask why thus my loves i still rehearse,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.2	l	whence the soft strain and ever-melting verse:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.3	l	from cynthia all that in my numbers shines;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.4	l	she is my genius, she inspires the lines;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.5	l	no phoebus else, no other muse i know;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.6	l	she tunes my easy rhyme and gives the lay to flow.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.7	l	if the loose curls around her forehead play,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.8	l	or lawless o'er their ivory margin stray;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.9	l	if the thin coan web her shape reveal,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.10	l	and half disclose those limbs it should conceal;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.11	l	of those loose curls, that ivory front, i write,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.12	l	of the dear web whole volumes i indite.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.13	l	or if to music she the lyre awake,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.14	l	that the soft subject of my song i make,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.15	l	and sing with what a careless grace she flings
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.16	l	her artful hand across the sounding strings.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.17	l	if sinking into sleep she seem to close
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.18	l	her languid lids, i favour her repose
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.19	l	with lulling notes, and thousand beauties see
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.20	l	that slumber brings to aid my poetry.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.21	l	when less averse and yielding to desires,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.22	l	she half accepts and half rejects my fires;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.23	l	while to retain the envious lawn she tries,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.24	l	and struggles to elude my longing eyes;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.25	l	the fruitful muse from that auspicious night
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.26	l	dates the long iliad of the amorous fight.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.27	l	in brief, whate'er she do, or say, or look,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.28	l	'tis ample matter for a lover's book;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.29	l	and many a copious narrative you'll see,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.3.30	l	big with important nothing's history.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.1	l	yet would the tyrant love permit me raise
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.2	l	my feeble voice to sound the victor's praise,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.3	l	to paint the hero's toil, the ranks of war,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.4	l	the laurelled triumph and the sculptured car,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.5	l	no giant-race, no tumult of the skies,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.6	l	no mountain-structures in my verse should rise;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.7	l	nor tale of thebes or ilium there should be,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.8	l	or how the persian trod the indignant sea;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.9	l	not marius' cimbrian wreaths would i relate,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.10	l	nor lofty carthage struggling with her fate.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.11	l	here should augustus great in arms appear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.12	l	and thou, maecenas, be my second care;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.13	l	here mutina from flames and famine free,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.14	l	and there the ensanguined wave of sicily,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.15	l	and sceptred alexandria's captive shore,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.16	l	and sad philippi red with roman gore.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.17	l	then, while the vaulted skies loud ios rend,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.18	l	in golden chains should loaded monarchs bend,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.19	l	and hoary nile with pensive aspect seem
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.20	l	to mourn the glories of his sevenfold stream,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.21	l	while prows, that late in fierce encounter met,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.22	l	move through the sacred way and vainly threat.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.23	l	thee too the muse should consecrate to fame,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.24	l	and with his garlands weave thy ever-faithful name;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.25	l	but nor callimachus' enervate strain
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.26	l	may tell of jove and phlegra's blasted plain,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.27	l	nor i with unaccustomed vigour trace
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.28	l	back to its source divine the julian race.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.29	l	sailors to tell of winds and seas delight,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.30	l	the shepherd of his flocks, the soldier of the fight;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.31	l	a milder warfare i in verse display;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.32	l	each in his proper art should waste the day.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.33	l	nor thou my gentle calling disapprove:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.34	l	to die is glorious in the bed of love.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.35	l	happy the youth, and not unknown to fame,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.36	l	whose heart has never felt a second flame.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.37	l	oh, might that envied happiness be mine!
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.38	l	to cynthia all my wishes i confine;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.39	l	or if, alas! it be my fate to try
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.40	l	another love, the quicker let me die.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.41	l	but she, the mistress of my faithful breast,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.42	l	has oft the charms of constancy confessed,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.43	l	condemns her fickle sex's fond mistake,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.44	l	and hates the tale of troy for helen's sake.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.45	l	me from myself the soft enchantress stole:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.46	l	ah! let her ever my desires control.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.47	l	or if i fall the victim of her scorn,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.48	l	from her loved door may my pale corse be borne.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.49	l	the power of herbs can other harms remove,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.50	l	and find a cure for every ill but love.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.51	l	the melian's hurt machaon could repair,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.52	l	heal the slow chief and send again to war;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.53	l	to chiron phoenix owed his long-lost sight,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.54	l	and phoebus' son recalled androgeon to the light.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.55	l	here arts are vain, even magic here must fail,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.56	l	the powerful mixture and the midnight spell.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.57	l	the hand that can my captive heart release
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.58	l	and to this bosom give its wonted peace,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.59	l	may the long thirst of tantalus allay,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.60	l	or drive the infernal vulture from his prey.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.61	l	for ills unseen what remedy is found,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.62	l	or who can probe the undiscovered wound?
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.63	l	the bed avails not or the leech's care,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.64	l	nor changing skies can hurt nor sultry air.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.65	l	'tis hard the elusive symptoms to explore:
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.66	l	today the lover walks, tomorrow is no more;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.67	l	a train of mourning friends attend his pall,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.4.68	l	and wonder at the sudden funeral.
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5	lg	
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.1	l	when then my fates that breath they gave shall claim,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.2	l	when the short marble but preserves a name,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.3	l	a little verse, my all that shall remain,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.4	l	thy passing courser's slackened speed retain
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.5	l	(thou envied honour of thy poet's days,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.6	l	of all our youth the ambition and the praise!);
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.7	l	then to my quiet urn awhile draw near,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.8	l	and say, while o'er the place you drop a tear,
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.9	l	love and the fair were of his life the pride;
urn:cts:tgap:GrayThomas.ImitatedFromPropertiusLib2Eleg1.English.1716_imp2:1.5.10	l	he lived while she was kind, and, when she frowned, he died.