1 84 EXAMINATION of an HISTORICAL HYPOTHESIS 



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 laft for ever ! Might fhe never aiTume a borrowed fhape, 

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



Deb bor fofs* io con vago de la Luna+ , &c. 



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

 laid to reft in fome green wood ; and that lhe 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, quanta lodar ti dei J, &c. 



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



with 



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* Con leifofs' io da cbeji parte ilfole ! 

 E non ci vedefs' altri, che lejielle, 

 Sol una notte ; e mai nonfojfe V alba, 

 K nonji transjbrmaffe in verde felva 

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



■f- Deh horfofs' io con vago de la Luna 

 Addormentato in qualche verdi bofchi 

 E quejla cb' a/izi vefpro a mefafera 

 Con ejfa, e con amor in quella piaggia 

 Sola venij/'e ajlars' ivi una notte / 

 E ' I di stjlejfe, e 'Ifolfempre ne I ' onde ! 



Seft. 7. Part. 1. Non ha, &c. 



% Pigmalion, quanta lodar ti dei 

 Dell' imagine tua, fe mille volte 

 N' avejli quel cb'io fol una vorrei. 



