SELECTIONS FOR COMPOSITION AND TRANSLATION, IN PROSE AND VERSE, FOR THE USE OF THE HIGHER CLASSES IN CHELTENHAM COLLEGE. Fourth Series. BY THE REV. W. DOBSON, M.A., PRINCIPAL. LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO., STATIONERS HALL COURT. CHELTENHAM : JOHN LOVESY, PROMENADE. SELECTIONS FOR COMPOSITION. > WEDNESDAY, February 3. Into English Prose. Ω φίλαι, ἄλκιμον ἦτορ ἐπὶ στέρνοισι βαλοῦσαι Ἢ οὐχ ὁραᾶτε γυναῖκα, μέγ ̓ αἰζηῶν προφέρουσαν Ἔμπεσεν· ἐσσυμένως δὲ πρὸ τείχεος ὡρμαίνεσκον FRIDAY, February 5. Into Latin Elegiacs. When chill the blast of Winter blows, The flowers resign their sunny robes, Nipt by the year the forest fades ; The leaves toss to and fro, and streak The Winter past, reviving flowers And woods shall hear the voice of Spring, But man departs this earthly scene, Ah ! never to return! No second Spring shall e'er revive The ashes of the urn. John Logan. MONDAY, February 8. Into Latin Prose. Cæsar was endowed with every great and noble quality that could exalt human nature, and give a man the ascendant in society; formed to excel in peace as |