No counters of shops, nor yet stalls, shall my books thus pos- 71 sess e'er, For hands that are sweating and vulgar: * * * Nor will I recite but to friends, and then only when forced to; * * * He then, who the absent reviles, and Who fails to defend thus, when others are blaming: who futile, Or ribald applause of mankind seeks: and fame as a jester; guarding, Makes free of, is truly black-hearted! Ye Romans, avoid 81 85 This, then, the black essence of envy is: ay, and as well, too, 100 promised Should promised be things of myself, thus—if I then, in frankness, Aught say by some chance too jocosely, the liberty, pray, now, Forgivingly grant: Nay, my excellent father so trained me 105 That vices might better be shunned thro' examples he'd point to; He likewise exhorting that sparing and frugal in all things Said he "the philosophers, what to avoid or seek for— With best of good reasons-will tell you: enough 'tis for me, if 115 Traditum ab antiquis morem servare tuamque Incolumem possum ; simul ac duraverit aetas. 120 Membra animumque tuum nabis sine cortice." Sic me Formabat puerum dictis; et sive jubebat Ut facerem quid: "Habes auctorem quo facias hoc;" Sive vetabat: “An hoc inhonestum et inutile factu Largiter abstulerit longa aetas, liber amicus, * * * * * Haec ego mecum Compressis agito labris; ubi quid datur oti 137 Traditions of ancestors' morals to keep-and yourself, thus, Whilst needing a guardian, in life and repute both preserve--I Am able, in safety. For then, when your age shall have strengthen'd Both sinews and mind, without corks you'll swim freely." And so thus He formed me, a lad, with his sayings, and, had he then aught that He wished me to do, "You've a pattern before you," he'd tell me, "To do thus, and so"; first selecting from judges an instance. 120 Again, if forbidding: "How, whether t'is flagrant or futile, Can doubt you, when branded with character evil it hap- 125 pens The person concerned is?" As scared are the grasping, when ill, by The fun'rals of neighbors, and, better will care for them selves, so Tenderer minds are full oft by disgraces of others Deterred from their vices. With all this thus sounder I keep now, And guarded from what else might bring my destruction. The 130 smaller Of faults that I have you should pardon. Though haply e'en these will Diminish, through age, and frank friends, and a proper reflec With shut lips I'll ponder these things. Or, where leisure is 5 IO 15 CARM. I. V. Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa Cui flavam religas comam Simplex munditiis? Heu quoties fidem Nigris aequora ventis Emirabitur insolens Qui nunc te fruitur credulus aurea; Fallacis. Miseri quibus Intentata nites! Me tabula sacer Votiva paries indicat uvida Suspendisse potenti Vestimenta maris deo. 5 ΙΟ CARM I. XXIII. VITAS hinnuleo me similis, Chloë, Aurarum et silüae metu. Nam seu mobilibus veris inhorruit Et corde et genibus tremit. Tempestiva sequi viro. ODE I. V. (TO PYRRHA.) What slender young stripling, amidst many roses, O Pyrrha; in grotto delightful, For whom thy fair tresses entwin'd are With art of the simplest? Alas, how oft faith, and Who, credulous, precious as gold now enjoys thee, Deceitful. Ah, wretched are those who Untried hold thee fair! Lo, my own votive tablet 5 ΙΟ 15 ODE I. XXIII. (To Chloe.) Alike as a fawn might-thou shunn'st me, fair Chloe- But vainly, of gales and of forests; When leaves, all aflicker—at breath of Spring's advent The boscage they stir, e'er prolong in Nay, cease thus thy mother to haunt, and, 5 ΙΟ |