ANOTHER ON THE SAME SUBJECT BY S. T. C. HIMSELF

Semper Elisa! mihi tu suaveolentia donas:
Nam quicquid donas, te redolere puto.

Translation

Whate'er thou giv'st, it still is sweet to me,
For still I find it redolent of thee.

1833, 4. Now first published from an MS.


51

PROFUSE KINDNESS

Νήπιοι οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὅσῳ πλέον πλέον ἥμισυ πάντος.

Hesiod. [Works and Days, l. 40.]