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Rh appears as an Oxford racing-boat, dear to its own college for victories innumerable over such rivals as

But the intrinsic charm of the original consists in the fond ownership which breathes in it; and the same is the case with the poet's address to Sirmio, his marine estate, on his return from his voyage in it, which we give in the version of Professor Robinson Ellis:—

Mr Ellis's expression for the last line of the Latin sets