The original may be seen at Bobbio in the Apennines,--a Benedictine settlement, well known as the earliest asylum opened to learning after the fall of the Roman Empire. The Irish monk Colombanus had the merit of founding it, and it long remained tenanted by natives of Ireland. Among them it has been ascertained that DANTE lived for some time, and composed Latin verses; but I cannot recognise any trace of _his_ stern phraseology in the ballad. It appears rather the production of some rustic of the Augustan age; perhaps one of Horace's ploughmen. It is addressed to a certain Julia Callapygé, ([Greek: Kallipygê],) a name which (for shortness I suppose) the rural poet contracts into Julia "CALLAGÉ." I have diligently compared it with the vulgate version, as sung by Fitzwilliam at the Freemasons' Tavern; and little doubt can remain of its identity and authenticity. P. P. THE SABINE FARMER'S SERENADE; BEING A NEWLY RECOVERED FRAGMENT OF A LATIN OPERA. I. 1. Erat turbida nox 'Twas on a windy night, Horâ secundâ mané At two o'clock in the morning, Quando proruit vox An Irish lad so tight, Carmen in hoc inané; All wind and weather scorning, Viri misera mens At Judy Callaghan's door, Meditabatur hymen, Sitting upon the palings, Hinc puellæ flens His love-tale he did pour, Stabat obsidens limen; And this was part of his wailings:-- _Semel tantum dic_ _Only say_ _Eris nostra_ LALAGÉ; _You'll be Mrs. Brallaghan;_ _Ne recuses sic,_ _Don't say nay,_ _Dulcis Julia_ CALLAGÉ. _Charming Judy Callaghan._ II. 2. Planctibus aurem fer, Oh! list to what I say, Venere tu formosior; Charms you've got like Venus; Dic, hos muros per, Own your love you may, Tuo favore potior! There's but the wall between us. Voce beatum fac; You lie fast asleep, En, dum dormis, vigilo, Snug in bed and snoring; Nocte obambulans hâc Round the house I creep, Domum planctu stridulo. Your hard heart imploring. _Semel tantum dic_ _Only say_ _Eris nostra_ LALAGÉ; _You'll have Mr. Brallaghan;_ _Ne recuses sic,_ _Don't say nay,_ _Dulcis Julia_ CALLAGÉ. _Charming Judy Callaghan._