Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry.
Volume IX. Tragedy: Humor. 1904. | | | | Humorous Poems: II. Miscellaneous | | Tonis ad Resto Mare | | Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) |
| | AIR: “O Mary, heave a sigh for me.” |
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O MARE æva si forme; | |
| Forme ure tonitru; | |
| Iambicum as amandum, | |
| Olet Hymen promptu; | |
| Mihi is vetas an ne se, | 5 |
| As humano erebi; | |
| Olet mecum marito te, | |
| Or eta beta pi. | |
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| Alas, plano more meretrix, | |
| Mi ardor vel uno; | 10 |
| Inferiam ure artis base, | |
| Tolerat me urebo. | |
| Ah me ve ara silicet, | |
| Vi laudu vimin thus? | |
| Hiatus as arandum sex— | 15 |
| Illuc Ionicus. | |
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| Heu sed heu vix en imago, | |
| My missis mare sta; | |
| O cantu redit in mihi | |
| Hibernas arida? | 20 |
| A veri vafer heri si, | |
| Mihi resolves indu: | |
| Totius olet Hymen cum— | |
| Accepta tonitru. | | | |
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