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Herculaneum.
That kindlier fates to light restore—Hail ! sacred mines of classic lore— 100 Hail , rescued volumes ! though the strain Of Horace lives not here again . Though vainly may the Muse desire The thunders of a Virgil ' s lyre ;
Yet may perchance new Bards arise , 10 . 5 AVhere Herculaneum buried lies , Some new Catullus prove his heart The prey of Love ' s envenomed dart ; There may some new Propertius tell The wily god's o ' erpow ' ring spell , 110 And in sweet plaintive measure mourn
The beauteous Nymph ' s unbending scorn . N . L . TORRE , D . P . G . M . for AVarwickshire .
NOTES . Verse 19 . —Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius , in the first year of the reign of Titus , A . D . 79 . Pompeii , which stood near , shared the same fate . After being buried under the lava for more than sixteen centuries , these cities were accidentally discovered ; Herculaneum . in 1713 , by labourers digging for a web , and
Pompeii forty years afterwards . It appears that Herculaneum is in no part less than 70 feet , and in some places 112 feet below the surface of the ground , while Pompeii is buried at the depth of only 10 or 12 feet . Verse 71 . —The valuable remains of antiquity , statues , busts , pictures , & c . & c . ivhich have been recovered from the ruins of this ancient city , are all preserved at Portici , and form the most curious museum in the world .
Verse 105 . — " The most remarkable objects in the Museum of Portici , are the manuscripts found in two chambers of a house at Herculaneum . The person who has the direction of unfolding them by no means despairs of descyphering all the six hundred manuscripts still extant , and does not doubt of finding a Menander and an Ennius , as he flatters himself with having already discovered a Polyhius , & e . "Kotzebue .
Epigram. —Martial 20.
EPIGRAM . —MARTIAL 20 .
Madame JElia , no longer than twelve months ago . You had but four teeth , and all in the front row ; Soon after a cough took away the two best , A second cough came and demolish'd the rest : One comfort however remains , hints the Muse , Cough away clay and night , you ' ve no more teeth to lose . M .
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Herculaneum.
That kindlier fates to light restore—Hail ! sacred mines of classic lore— 100 Hail , rescued volumes ! though the strain Of Horace lives not here again . Though vainly may the Muse desire The thunders of a Virgil ' s lyre ;
Yet may perchance new Bards arise , 10 . 5 AVhere Herculaneum buried lies , Some new Catullus prove his heart The prey of Love ' s envenomed dart ; There may some new Propertius tell The wily god's o ' erpow ' ring spell , 110 And in sweet plaintive measure mourn
The beauteous Nymph ' s unbending scorn . N . L . TORRE , D . P . G . M . for AVarwickshire .
NOTES . Verse 19 . —Herculaneum was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius , in the first year of the reign of Titus , A . D . 79 . Pompeii , which stood near , shared the same fate . After being buried under the lava for more than sixteen centuries , these cities were accidentally discovered ; Herculaneum . in 1713 , by labourers digging for a web , and
Pompeii forty years afterwards . It appears that Herculaneum is in no part less than 70 feet , and in some places 112 feet below the surface of the ground , while Pompeii is buried at the depth of only 10 or 12 feet . Verse 71 . —The valuable remains of antiquity , statues , busts , pictures , & c . & c . ivhich have been recovered from the ruins of this ancient city , are all preserved at Portici , and form the most curious museum in the world .
Verse 105 . — " The most remarkable objects in the Museum of Portici , are the manuscripts found in two chambers of a house at Herculaneum . The person who has the direction of unfolding them by no means despairs of descyphering all the six hundred manuscripts still extant , and does not doubt of finding a Menander and an Ennius , as he flatters himself with having already discovered a Polyhius , & e . "Kotzebue .
Epigram. —Martial 20.
EPIGRAM . —MARTIAL 20 .
Madame JElia , no longer than twelve months ago . You had but four teeth , and all in the front row ; Soon after a cough took away the two best , A second cough came and demolish'd the rest : One comfort however remains , hints the Muse , Cough away clay and night , you ' ve no more teeth to lose . M .