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DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING BREEZE AT SEA.

FROM CATULLUS.

"Qualis flatu placidum mare matutinoHorrificans Zephyrus proclives excitat undas,Aurorâ exoriente, vagi sub lumine solis;Quæ tardè primum elementi flamine pulsæProcedunt, leni resonant clamore cachinni:Post vento crescente, magis magis increbrescunt,Purpureâque procul nantes a luce refulgent."
As when beneath the morning Zephyr's breathThe calm and level ocean shuddereth;While the dawn opens, and with trembling raysThe sun-light o'er th' awakened ripples plays.Slowly at first beneath the gentle breezeThe waves flow murmuring o'er the laughing seas.Soon the wind freshens. Loftier swells the deep;Faster and faster on the billows sweep;And, struck by the bright day-spring's rosy beams,Each foaming crest with far-seen lustre gleams.
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