Quem Di diligunt

Adolescens moritur

(He whom the gods favor dies in youth).

Plautus: Bacchides, act iv. sc. 7.

[480:1] See page [465].

[480:2]

But I have sinuous shells of pearly hue;

.   .   .   .   .

Shake one, and it awakens; then apply

Its polisht lips to your attentive ear,