—his kisses too intemperate grow,
Not such as maids on maidens do bestow.
[8] Hippodameia. According to the fable, a Centaur carried her off at her marriage feast. This occasioned the battle between the Lapithæ, over whom her husband ruled, and the Centaurs.
JANUARY AND MAY:
OR,
THE MERCHANT'S TALE.
FROM CHAUCER.
This translation was done at sixteen or seventeen years of age.—Pope.