i84 EXAMINATION of an HISTORICAL HTPOTHESIS 



Con lei f of to *, &c. 



'' Would that I were with her but a fingle night, alone, in dark- 



" nefs, where only the ftars fliould behold us ; and might that 



'' night lall for ever ! Might fhe never alTume a borrowed fhape, 



" (like Daphne), to efcape from my arms!" 



Deb borfofs' io con vago de la Luna-|- , &c. 



" Ah that I were along with Endymion, the beloved of Luna, 

 " laid to reft in fome green wood ; and that Ihe who confumes 

 '* my fleeting days were there alone with me, or attended only 

 " by love, for one fingle night ! But might the fun remain for 

 *' ever beneath the waves !" 

 So in the 58th fonnet, 



PiGMALiON, quanto lodar ti dei J, &c. 



" How much, O Pigmalion, hadft thou reafon to be content 



" with 



* Con leifofs' io da cbe/i parte ilfole I 

 £ non ci vedefs' altri, {he le Jlelle, 

 Sol una nctte ; e mat non fojfe I' alha, 

 E nonjttransformajje in iierde felnia 

 Per ufcirmi di braccio. ^—Canz. 3. A qualunque, &c. 



-J- Deh horfofs' io con •uago de la Luna 

 Addormentato in qualche verdi bofchi 

 E quejla ch' an%i vefpro a me fa /era 

 Can ejfa, e con amor in quella piaggia 

 Sola veniffe ajiars' ivi una notte / 

 E' I di njlejfe, e 'lfolfemprt_ ne I ' onde ! 



' . , ,. Seft. 7. Part. I. Non ha, &e. 



X Pigmalion, quanto lodar ti dei 

 Dell' imagine tua,fe mille volte 

 N' avtjli quel ch'io fol una vorrei. 



