appear No wailing ghost shall dare And melting virgins own their love. Lovesy, Printer, Promenade, Cheltenham. Collins. SELECTIONS FOR COMPOSITION AND TRANSLATION, IN PROSE AND VERSE, FOR THE USE OF THE HIGHER CLASSES IN CHELTENHAM COLLEGE. Third Series. BY THE REV. W. DOBSON, M.A., PRINCIPAL. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., STATIONERS' HALL COURT, CHELTENHAM : JOHN LOVESY, PROMENADE. 1846. SELECTIONS FOR COMPOSITION. MONDAY, August 10. Into Latin Elegiacs. THE sun was sunk beneath the hill, Poor Damon thus despaired of love. Who seeks to pluck the fragrant rose No herds have I, no fleecy care, WEDNESDAY, August 12. Into Latin Hexameters. No gentle breathing breeze prepares the spring, No birds within this desert region sing; The ships, unmoved, the boist'rous winds defy, While rattling chariots o'er the ocean fly. |