“Quel Saturno briccon ti guarda trino.”
Gli Zingari in Fiera, A. I.
Contecta levi velatum pectus amictu,
Et tereti strophio luctantes vincta papillas.
Catullus.
[(h)] Alluding to the fascinating Ballet of Paul et Virginie. Bacchus and Ariadne too are now constrained to appear in patch-work dresses. The Costume is lost, and the Graces mourn. Jacet semisepulta Venus. So says the D. of Q. and many others of the ton hold the same doctrine.
If Propertius were Ballet Master he would cast the parts of the Hillisberg toujours gaie et intéressante, of the Parisot au geste animé et sublime, and of the Laborie à sourire doux et enchanteur, with exquisite and appropriate taste.
Hæc hederas legat in thyros, Hæc carmina nervis
Aptet, et Illa manu texat utraque rosam!
[(i)] Lord William Gordon.
[(k)] Pere Elise’e, Conoscente e Medico di camera al Serenissimo Duca.