1822.] 
Hen now methinks I hear Leander cleave, 
With vig’rous arm, the darkly heaving 
wave 5 
And see the torch, bright beaming from 
above, 
Venus’ glad signal, and the light of love.* 
After describing the situation of the 
cities in which the lovers respectively 
resided, the poet addresses his reader 
in the following strains : 
_ Bd, O fincle xeiSt maprctic, 
Aiko prot Tivee TUpyoy, Omit MOTE Insta “Hew 
“Iscilo AUy yoy Zy ove newb fryspdveve Ascydow. 
Aigo S cepxeccing arin ioe mTropS (4.0V AGL Sau, 
"Ese és Tov xAulovla f4og0y xeuk eowle, AgaySpous 
Thou, if by chance thy footsteps should 
explore 
The paths of that love-consecrated shore, 
Go, seek the tow’r, where Sestian. Hero 
stood 
To guide her lover o’er the swelling flood ; 
Go, seek Abydos’ straits, Leander’s tomb, 
Whose weeping surges yet deplore his 
doom. 
He then goes on to speak of the fes- 
tival of Venus at Sestos, and the crowd 
of congregated youths who flocked to it 
from all parts of Greece aud Asia Mi- 
nor, for the purpose of seeing the nu- 
merous females collected at the solem- 
nity. Hero makes her appearance in 
the temple, and we have the following 
equisite description of her beauty: 
“HS? Seis wie ynov 2rrwy elo rag Siv0g “Hew, 
Magpmouyhy yusleyloc dec ocirlovece mea7WmOU, 
“Oiee Te Aevxomconoe exeuy]?Ahovoe Lenin. 
“Aga 82 ytovéwy Qoviccele ubure Teooy, 
“Qe fadoy ex Hartnui Sidupsy coor. Khaya pains 
“Hebi 2v penicoor fodwy Actuwye deeyiivert. 
Xporhy yep preréwy 2ouTeelyélo. vicoouéng 82 
Kal fade Aevaoy flues Ind oQupe Aapemtlo xsupng. 
Thonrat 8° ex prtréwy Kevpiles ploy Gr dF acedeisat 
Theis yepereeg Petoaylo mepuntven Eig SE erg “Hovis 
*“Optarpnos pera Extloy Xugiteccs TEST ébe 
But now the virgin priestess with her 
train, 
Majestic moves through Venus’ sacred fane. 
Her lovely cheek displays the purest white, 
Like rising Dian’s silvery beams of light ; 
While in the midst a ruby circle glows, 
So mingling colours deck the varied rose. 
He who survey’d her motion might have 
said, 
Her limbs of roses were one beauteous 
bed, } 
Which her white robe butill conceal’dfrom 
view, 
As, from beneath, blush’d deep their roseate 
hue: 
* The want of any tolerabiy executed 
English version of Museeus, has obliged 
the writer of the present article to translate 
himself, the passages he has extracted, to 
the best of his imperfect ability. 
Leander and Hero. 
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False were the fables of antiquity, 
That made the number of the Graces three, 
For he that gaz’d on Hero’s face could spy 
A hundred graces laugh in either eye. 
The effect produced upon the youths 
of the assembly by the sight of such su- 
perior attractions, and their various 
exclamationsof surprise and admiration 
are well narrated. The impression, 
however, made upon the mind of Lean- 
der is very different from that ex- 
perienced ‘by the others; and ‘while 
they are content to admire, he instantly 
loves. . At the first view of the beauteous 
priestess, 
Luv Srepdpwy dation, aero muprac tpiIwy, 
Kal xpadin magracey dvinnrou mupac opyaii- 
The light of love beams sparkling from his 
eyes, 
And in his bosom quenchiless flames arise. 
Passion inspires him with confidence ; 
he approaches Hero, finds means to fix 
her attention, and has the gratification 
of perceiving that her looks and ges- 
tures indicate both her knowledge of 
his wishes, and her approbation of them. 
Emboldened by these symptoms, so 
favourable to his hopes, when the day 
begins to decline, and the assembly to 
disperse, he comes behind her, and, 
uttering a sigh, takes hold of her hands 
This freedom she affects to resent, and 
with assumed indignation rebukes his 
presumption in aspiring to the posses- 
sion of a priestess of Venus. Leander 
penetrates through her feigned auger; 
and replies to her repreof by a declara- 
tion of his love, which the poet has 
conceived in a strain of the most iim- 
passioned eloquence. The rhetoric of 
the youth is not lost upon his mistress, 
who imbihes deeply the “ yauximxjy”’ the 
“ bitter sweet” poison of love, as the 
author expresses it. In an altered 
tone she now remonstrates with him 
principally upon the almost invincible 
obstacles to their wishes, the nature of 
‘her functions, the opposition of her 
parents, and more particularly her 
lonely habitation, separated from his 
place of residence by the intervening 
sea. To these objections the lover 
answers with the fervour of ardent 
affection. 
Vep Sve, cov 8b Epwlee nat eyciov Oxdprce rewpsire, 
"Es mph meopraCotlo, xees amAooy ExTeTees Loup” 
“Ou rpoprtw Sear) yet pres ren prereavetpLevos evs 
* ou Frspcov ary nevre Bapuyssu moun Janaoous 
AMA ciel xara youre popiyynivog Dypos anoitnc, 
NiZoprat “ENN omay ray cyceppooy. 
For thy dear sake Plt cross the threat*ning 
£ea, 
Though 
