5. 'Tibullus addressed Cynthia in this manner: "Te spectem, suprema, mihi cum venerit hora,

Wo be to the luckless wight, who does not only not respond to his rapture, but who should drop an unseasonable intimation of preferring one of his anterior bargains to the present!The last is always his best hithis "Cynthia of the minute.

But I need not wonder, no, That thou 'rt so amused, since I Here see Cynthia with thee.

while the Parisian dames Mourn for the ravish'd glory; at her flames No less amazed than the amazèd stars, When the bold charmer of Thessalia wars With Heaven itself, and numbers does repeat, Which call descending Cynthia from her seat.