Calendar: 1868-1869 Page 534

THE SCHOOL airattS or fttjranuttnt With that saw two swans of goodly hue Come softly swimming down along the lea Two fairer hirds never yet did see The snow which doth the top of Pindus strew Did never whiter show So purely white they were That even the gentle stream the which them bare Seemed foul to them and bade the billows spare To wet their silken feathers IV -Cvanslate into rttfe igroSe The epistle of Belisaritis to the emperor announced his victory his danger and his resolution According to your commands we have entered the dominions of the Goths and reduced to your obedience Sicily Campania and the city of Rome hut the loss of these conquests will be more disgraceful than their acquisition was glorious Hitherto we have sue- cessfully fought against the multitudes of the barbarians but their multitudes may finally prevail Victory is the gift of Providence but the reputation of kings and generals depends on the success or the failure of their designs Permit me to speak with freedom if you wish that we should live send us subsistence if you desire that we should conquer send us arms horses and men The Romans have received us as friends and deliverers but in our present distress they will be either betrayed by their confidence or we shall be oppressed by their treachery and hatred For myself my life is conse- crated to your service it is yours to reflect whether my death in this situation will contribute to the glory and prosperity of your reign -gopijocltsl ajar- Translate with very brief notes where requisite ή fta re Τανροπόλα Aibs "Αρτεμις ca peyaha parts ω ματερ αισχννας μας