 | Thomas Bulfinch - 2004 - 564 ページ
...brows. And, as eternal youth is mine, you also shall be always green, and your leaf know no decay." " I espouse thee for my tree : Be thou the prize of...and renown ; The deathless poet, and the poem, crown ; Thou shall the Roman festivals adorn, And, after poets, be by victors worn."— OVID (Dryden's tr.).... | |
 | 1885 - 966 ページ
...and a favorite poet of Rome sang in these lines his devotion to the laurel : " I wed thee, laurel, as my tree ; " Be thou the prize of honor and renown; " The deathless poet and the poem crown. " Thou shalt the Roman festival adorn ! " And, after poets, be by victors worn. " With these brief... | |
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To whom the god : Because thou can'st not be My mistress, I espouse thee for my tree : Be thou the prize of honour and renown ; The deathless poet, and the poem, crown. Thou shalt the Roman festivals adorn, And, after poets, be by victors worn... 
