Præliis audax neque te filebo, Dicam & Alciden, puerofque Ledæ; ; Defluit faxis agitatus humor Romulum poft hos prius, an quietum Nobile lethum. Regulum, et Scauros, animæque magnæ Fabriciumque. Hunc, & incomtis Curium capillis Sæva paupertas, & avitus apto Crefcit, occulto velut arbor ævo 25 30 35. 40 45 Fama Marcelli: micat inter omnes Julium fidus, velut inter ignes Luna minores. Gentis humanæ pater atque cuftos, (a) Sic Di voluere. HEINS. BENTL. 50 Cæfaris Neither will I pafs thee by in filence, O Bacchus, bold in combat: nor thee, O virgin,* who art an enemy to the favage beafts: nor thee, O Phoebus, formidable for your unerring dart. I will fing alfo of Hercules, and the two foast of Leda, the one illuftrious for his atchievements on horfeback, the other on foot; whofe benign conftellation, as foon as it has fhone forth to the failors, the troubled furge falls down from the rocks, the winds ceafe, the clouds vanifh, and the threatening waves fubfide in the fea, becaufe it was their will. After thefe, I am in doubt whom 1 fhall first commemo. rate, whether Romulus, or the peaceful reign of Numa, or the haughty enfigns of Tarquinius, or the glorious death of Cato? I will celebrate, out of gratitude, with the choiceft verfes, Regulus, and the Scauri, and Paulus, prodigal of his great foul, when Carthage conquer'd, and alfo Fabricius. Severe poverty, and an hereditary farm, with a dwelling adapted to it, form'd this hero ufeful in war, as it did alfo Curius with his rough locks, and Camillus. The fame of Marcellus increafes, as a tree does in the infenfible progrefs of time. But the Julian constellation fhines amidst them all, as the moon amongst the leffer stars. O thou fon of Saturn, the author and preferver of the human race; the protection of Cæfar is committed to thy VOL, I. charge * Diana. C + Caftor and Pollux, Tarquinius Prifcus, Emilius Paulus. Cæfaris fata data: tu fecundo Cæfare regnes. Ille feu Parthos Latio imminentes Te minor latum (a) reget æquus urbem: Tu grayi curru quaties Olympum; CARMEN XIII. UM tu, Lydia, Telephi AD LYDIAM. Cervicem rofeam, cerea Telephi Laudas, brachia, væ, meum Fervens difficili bile tumet jecur. Tunc nec mens mihi, nec color Certa fede manet: humor et in genas Furtim labitur, arguens Quam lentis penitus macerer ignibus. Uror, feu tibi candidos Turparunt humeros immodica mero Rixe; five puer furens Impreffit memorem dente labris notam. Non, fi me fatis audias, Speres perpetuum, dulcia barbare Ladentem ofcula, quæ Venus Quinta (b) parte fui nectaris imbuit. Felices ter, & amplius, Quos irrupta tenet copula; nec malis Divulfus querimoniis, Suprema citius folvet amor die. (a) Lætum. (b) Quanta. de Prado, CARMEN charge by the fates: thou fhalt reign fupreme with Cæfar for thy fecond. Whether he fhall fubdue with a juft victory the Parthians making inroads upon Italy, or fhall render fubject the Seres and Indians on the eastern coafts; he fhall rule the wide world with equity, in fubordination only to thee: thou shalt shake Olympus with thy tremendous car thou fhalt hurl thy hoftile thunderbolts against the polluted groves. ODE XIII. To LYDIA. Horace defcribes his own Jealoufy. LYDIA, when you commend Telephus's rofy neck, and the waxen arms of Telephus, alas my inflamed liver fwells with bitter choler, At that time, neither is my mind firm, nor does my colour maintain a certain fituation:* and the involuntary tears glide on my cheek, demonftrating with what lingering flames I am inwardly confumed. I am on fire, whether exceffive quarrels in your cups have flained your fair fhoulders; or whether the youth, in his fury, has impreffed with his teeth a memorial of himself on your lips. If you'll give due attention to my advice, never expect that he will be conftant, who inhumanly wounds thofe fweet kiffes, which Venus has steep'd in the quinteffence of her own nectar. O more than thrice happy are those, whom an indiffoluble connection binds together; and whofe love, undivided by impious complainings, does not feparate them fooner than the day of death. Cz ODE * That is, my reafon is confused, and my colour comes and goes. CARMEN XIV. NAVIS, referent in mare novi Fluctus? O quid agis? Fortiter occupa Et malus celeri faucius Africa, Poffint imperiofius Equor? Non tibi funt integra lintea; Quamvis Pontica pinus, Silvæ filia nobilis Jactes & genus, & nomen inutile: Nil pictis timidus navita puppibus Debes ludibrium, cave. Nuper follicitum quæ mihi tædium,. Nunc defiderium, curaque non levis, Interfufa nitentes Vites æquora Cycladas. CARMEN XV. Nerei vaticinium de ruina Troja. PASTOR cum traheret per freta navibus Ingrato celeres obruit otio Ventos, ut caneret fera Nereus fata. Mala ducis avi domum, 5 Quam |