Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Latin Morphology
John O'Keefe (1747-1833), Agreeable Surprise, II, 2:
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Amo, amas, I love a lass
As a cedar tall and slender;
Sweet cowslip's grace is her nominative case,
And she's of the feminine gender.
Rorum, corum, sunt divorum!
Harum, scarum divo!
Tag-rag, merry-derry, periwig and hat-band,
Hic hoc horum genitivo!
Can I decline a Nymph divine?
Her voice as a flute is dulcis!
Her oculus bright, her manus white!
And soft, when I tacto, her pulse is!
Rorum, corum, sunt divorum!
Harum, scarum divo!
Tag-rag, merry-derry, periwig and hat-band,
Hic hoc horum genitivo!
O, how bella my puella,
I'll kiss saecula saeculorum!
If I've luck, sir, she's my uxor!
O, dies benedictorum!
Rorum, corum, sunt divorum!
Harum, scarum divo!
Tag-rag, merry-derry, periwig and hat-band,
Hic hoc horum genitivo!
