Ausonius

Richard Lovelace

                  AUSONIUS.

Vane, quid affectas faciem mihi ponere, pictor,
  Ignotamque oculis solicitare manu?
Aeris et venti sum filia, mater inanis
  Indicii, vocemque sine mente gero.
Auribus in vestris habito penetrabilis echo;
  Si mihi vis similem pingere, pinge sonos.

                  IN ENGLISH.

Vain painter, why dost strive my face to draw
With busy hands? a goddesse eyes nere saw.
Daughter of air and wind, I do rejoyce
In empty shouts; (without a mind) a voice.
Within your ears shrill echo I rebound,
And, if you'l paint me like, then paint a sound.

Next 10 Poems

• Richard Lovelace : Ausonius Epig
• Richard Lovelace : Ausonius Lib. Epig.
• Richard Lovelace : Ausonius Lib. I. Epig.
• Richard Lovelace : Avieni V. C. Ad Amicos
• Richard Lovelace : Being Treated. To Ellinda
• Richard Lovelace : Calling Lucasta From Her Retirement. Ode
• Richard Lovelace : Clitophon And Lucippe Translated. To The Ladies
• Richard Lovelace : Courante Monsieur.
• Richard Lovelace : Cupid Far Gone
• Richard Lovelace : De Asino Qui Dentibus Aeneidem Consumpsit.

Previous 10 Poems

• Richard Lovelace : Auson[ius]
• Richard Lovelace : Another
• Richard Lovelace : An Elegie. Princesse Katherine Borne, Christened, Buried, In One Day
• Richard Lovelace : An Elegie. On The Death Of Mrs. Cassandra Cotton, Only Sister To Mr. C. Cotton.
• Richard Lovelace : An Anniversary On The Hymeneals Of My Noble Kinsman, Tho. Stanley, Esquire.
• Richard Lovelace : Amyntor's Grove, His Chloris, Arigo, And Gratiana. An Elogie
• Richard Lovelace : Amyntor From Beyond The Sea To Alexis. A Dialogue
• Richard Lovelace : Amarantha. A Pastorall
• Richard Lovelace : Against The Love Of Great Ones.
• Richard Lovelace : Advice To My Best Brother, Coll: Francis Lovelace.