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...o Italy an Hannibal, 
And to all states not free 
Shall climacteric be. 
The Pict no shelter now shall find 
Within his parti-coloured mind; 
But from this valour sad 
Shrink underneath the plaid: 
Happy if in the tufted brake 
The English hunter him mistake, 
Nor lay his hounds in near 
The Caledonian deer. 
But thou, the War's and Fortune's son, 
March indefatigably on; 
And for the last effect 
Still keep thy sword erect: 
Besides the force it has to fright 
The spirits of...Read more of this...

...o Italy an Hannibal, 
And to all states not free 
Shall climact?ric be. 
The Pict no shelter now whall find 
Within his parti-coloured mind, 
But from this valour sad 
Shrink underneath the plaid: 
Happy, if in the tufted brake 
The English hunter him mistake, 
Nor lay his hounds in near 
The Caledonian deer. 
But thou, the Wars' and Fortune's son, 
March indefatigably on, 
And for the last effect 
Still keep thy sword erect: 
Besides the force it has to fright 
The spirits o...Read more of this...

...comes down
to freshen the tide-looped strings of fading shells:
Job's Tear, the Chinese Alphabet, the scarce Junonia, 
parti-colored pectins and Ladies' Ears,
arranged as on a gray rag of rotted calico, 
the buried Indian Princess's skirt;
with these the monotonous, endless, sagging coast-line
is delicately ornamented.

Thirty or more buzzards are drifting down, down, down,
over something they have spotted in the swamp,
in circles like stirred-up flakes of sediment
sinking t...Read more of this...

...s, 
 His virtues and vices were as other men's are; 
High hopes he conceived, and he smother'd great fears, 
 In a life parti-colour'd, half pleasure, half care. 

Nor to business a drudge, nor to faction a slave, 
 He strove to make int'rest and freedom agree; 
In public employments industrious and grave, 
 And alone with his friends, Lord! how merry was he! 

Now in equipage stately, now humbly on foot, 
 Both fortunes he tried, but to neither would trust; 
And whirl'd in t...Read more of this...

...ecco, quasi al cominciar de l'erta,

una lonza leggera e presta molto,

che di pel macolato era coverta;

 e non mi si partia dinanzi al volto,

anzi 'mpediva tanto il mio cammino,

ch'i' fui per ritornar pi? volte v?lto.

 Temp'era dal principio del mattino,

e 'l sol montava 'n s? con quelle stelle

ch'eran con lui quando l'amor divino

 mosse di prima quelle cose belle;

s? ch'a bene sperar m'era cagione

di quella fiera a la gaetta pelle

 l'ora del tempo e la dolce stag...Read more of this...

...lside starts to rise-
look there!-a leopard, very quick and lithe,
a leopard covered with a spotted hide.


e non mi si partia dinanzi al volto,
anzi 'mpediva tanto il mio cammino,
ch'i' fui per ritornar pi? volte v?lto .

He did not disappear from sight, but stayed;
indeed, he so impeded my ascent
that I had often to turn back again.


Temp'era dal principio del mattino,
e 'l sol montava 'n s? con quelle stelle
ch'eran con lui quando l'amor divino 

The time was the beginnin...Read more of this...

...s 
(Sad mischiefs thro' which a good housekeeper passes!) 

From some real care but more fancied vexation, 
From a life parti-colour'd half reason half passion, 
Here lies after all the best wench in the nation. 

From the Rhine to the Po, from the Thames to the Rhone, 
Joanna or Janneton, Jinny or Joan, 
'Twas all one to her by what name she was known. 

For the idiom of words very little she heeded, 
Provided the matter she drove at succeeded, 
She took and gave languages j...Read more of this...

...sh corses strew'd the shore,
And Hudson tinged his streams with gore.
What tongue can tell the dismal day,
Or paint the parti-color'd fray,
When yeomen left their fields afar
To plow the crimson plains of war;
When zeal to swords transform'd their shares,
And turn'd their pruning hooks to spears,
Changed tailor's geese to guns and ball,
And stretch'd to pikes the cobbler's awl;
While hunters, fierce like mighty Nimrod,
Made on our troops a furious inroad,
And levelling squint...Read more of this...

...na per vetro
lo qual di retro a s? piombo nasconde.
 Or dirai tu ch'el si dimostra tetro
ivi lo raggio pi? che in altre parti,
per esser l? refratto pi? a retro.
 Da questa instanza pu? deliberarti
esperienza, se gi? mai la provi,
ch'esser suol fonte ai rivi di vostr'arti.
 Tre specchi prenderai; e i due rimovi
da te d'un modo, e l'altro, pi? rimosso,
tr'ambo li primi li occhi tuoi ritrovi.
 Rivolto ad essi, fa che dopo il dosso
ti stea un lume che i tre specchi accenda
e tor...Read more of this...

...l ciel di lor fiammelle:
oh settentrional vedovo sito,
poi che privato se' di mirar quelle!
 Com'io da loro sguardo fui partito,
un poco me volgendo a l 'altro polo,
là onde il Carro già era sparito,
 vidi presso di me un veglio solo,
degno di tanta reverenza in vista,
che più non dee a padre alcun figliuolo.
 Lunga la barba e di pel bianco mista
portava, a' suoi capelli simigliante,
de' quai cadeva al petto doppia lista.
 Li raggi de le quattro luci sante
fregiavan sì la sua...Read more of this...

...eir softer pow'r;
Four Knaves in garbs succinct, a trusty band,
Caps on their heads, and halberds in their hand;
And parti-colour'd troops, a shining train,
Draw forth to combat on the velvet plain.

The skilful nymph reviews her force with care:
"Let Spades be trumps!" she said, and trumps they were.

Now move to war her sable Matadores,
In show like leaders of the swarthy Moors.
Spadillio first, unconquerable lord!
Led off two captive trumps, and swept the board...Read more of this...

...Truth is a golden thread, seen here and there
In small bright specks upon the visible side
Of our strange being's parti-coloured web.
How rich the universe! 'Tis a vein of ore
Emerging now and then on Earth's rude breast,
But flowing full below. Like islands set
At distant intervals on Ocean's face,
We see it on our course; but in the depths
The mystic colonnade unbroken keeps
Its faithful way, invisible but sure.
Oh, if it be so, wherefore do we men
Pass by so many mar...Read more of this...

...Years, many parti-colour’d years,
Some have crept on, and some have flown
Since first before me fell those tears
I never could see fall alone.

Years, not so many, are to come,
Years not so varied, when from you
One more will fall: when, carried home,
I see it not, nor hear Adieu....Read more of this...

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