The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume IICrashaw, Richard
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The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II
Crashaw, Richard
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
As before, I note here the more misleading errors of Turnbull's
text. In 'Bulla,' l. 1, 'timores' for 'tumores;' l. 4, 'dextera
mihi' for 'dextra mei;' l. 54, 'nitent' for 'niteat;' l. 80, 'avis'
for 'uvis;' l. 84, 'nives' for 'niveae;' l. 85, 'sint' for 'sunt;'
l. 154, 'desinet' for 'defluet;' l. 157, 'Tempe' for 'Nempe:' in
Tranquillitas Animi,' l. 13, 'minis minisque' for 'nimis nimisque;'
l. 16, 'patrisque' for 'patreaeque;' l. 20, 'provocabit' for
'provocabat:' in 'Humanae Vitae Descriptio,' l. 13, 'more' for
'mare:' in 'Apollinea depereuntem Daphnen,' l. 12, 'ores' for
'oris:' in Phœnicis Genethliacon et Epicedion,' l. 5, 'teipsum' for
'teipsam:' in 'Epitaphium,' l. 6, 'tremulum' for 'tremulam;' l. 7,
'discas' for 'disces,' 'hinc' for 'huc,' and 'reponas' for
'repones;' l. 10, 'miseris' for 'nimis:' in 'Thesaurus Malorum
Foemina,' l. 16, 'Pietas' for 'Pectus.' G.
BULLA.
Quid tibi vana suos offert mea Bulla tumores?
Quid facit ad vestrum pondus inane meum?
Expectat nostros humeros toga fortior. Ista
En mea Bulla, lares en tua dextra mei.
Quid tu? quae nova machina, 5
Quae tam fortuito globo
In vitam properas brevem?
Qualis virgineos adhuc
Cypris concutiens sinus,
Cypris jam nova, jam recens, 10
Et spumis media in suis,
Promsit purpureum latus;
Concha de patria micas,
Pulchroque exsilis impetu;
Statim et millibus ebria 15
Ducens terga coloribus
Evolvis tumidos sinus
Sphaera plena volubili.
Cujus per varium latus,
Cujus per teretem globum 20
Iris lubrica cursitans
Centum per species vagas,
Et picti facies chori
Circum regnat, et undique,
Et se Diva volatilis 25
Jucundo levis impetu
Et vertigine perfida
Lasciva sequitur fuga,
Et pulchre dubitat; fluit
Tam fallax toties novis, 30
Tot se per reduces vias,
Erroresque reciprocos
Spargit vena coloribus;
Et pompa natat ebria.
Tali militia micans 35
Agmen se rude dividit;
Campis quippe volantibus,
Et campi levis aequore
Ordo insanus obambulans
Passim se fugit, et fugat. 40
Passim perdit, et invenit.
Pulchrum spargitur hic Chaos.
Hic viva, hic vaga flumina
Ripa non propria meant,
Sed miscent socias vias, 45
Communique sub alveo
Stipant delicias suas.
Quarum proximitas vaga
Tam discrimine lubrico,
Tam subtilibus arguit 50
Juncturam tenuem notis,
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