Thomas Parnell. 1679-1717.
Still an angel appear to each lover beside,
But still be a woman to you.
When thy Beauty appears.
Remote from man, with God he passed the days;
Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
The Hermit. Line 5.
We call it only pretty Fanny's way.
An Elegy to an Old Beauty.
[306]
Let those love now who never loved before;
Let those who always loved, now love the more.
Translation of the Pervigilium Veneris.[306:1]
Footnotes
[306:1] Written in the time of Julius Cæsar, and by some ascribed to Catullus:
Cras amet qui numquam amavit;
Quique amavit, cras amet
(Let him love to-morrow who never loved before; and he as well who has loved, let him love to-morrow).