536 PEOSE HAXIETJTICS. 



nor the reader would rise much, the wiser, we would merely 

 observe in general, that though all flesh was there, and 

 none despised, though quadrupeds mustered strong, and 

 there was a /ieya? ovpavb<i oTTTavidmv, or whole ' heaven 



Now he is gone, my well-stored cupboard, ope 

 Thy doors, set all thy prisoners free ! 

 Fair doyley, dust our noble rbyton out, 

 And ttou, good amphora, be prompt to pour 

 One long libation down my thirsty throat. 

 In juice nectareous ; door, on oily hinge. 

 Move noiseless inward to the coming course. 

 That tracks its fragrant progress through the hall. 

 In daintiest whiffs. And now the phalanx bright 

 Enters magnificent in silvery sheen : 

 Avaunt ! ye covers, haste to disappear ! 

 And, let yon aviary of roasted birds 

 Else from their spinach to our open mouth. 

 And fluttering through the barrier of our teeth. 

 There make their nest in emulous array. 

 And now I've eaten birds and beasts enow, 

 My fancy roams to fish ; sweet conger, come ; 

 And here he comes ! but in his haste, haif-cook'd. 

 Go, gyrate, baste thee well, and then return, 

 Done to a turn, and lying upon beet. 



The following passage from Metagenes we will not venture to 

 paraphrase, but give in Mr. Yonge's translation : — 



The river Crathis bears down unto us 



Huge barley-cakes, seK-kneaded and self-baked. 



The other river, called the Tiberis, 



Eolls on large waves of meat and sausages, 



And boiled rays all wriggling the same way ; 



And all these lesser streamlets flow along 



With roasted cuttle-fish, and crabs, and lobsters; 



And on the other side with rich black -puddings 



And forced-meat stuffings ; on the other side 



Are the herbs and lettuces, and fried bits of parsley; 



Above, fish cut in slices and self-boU'd 



Hush to the mouth ; some fall before one's feet, 



And dainty cheesecakes swim around us everywhere. 



