Book I. ODE II. TO CRISPUS SALLUSTIUS. CRISPUS! thou foe to hoarded wealth Renown shall Proculeius find,— The brother with a father's mind! Whose name, upborne upon the wind, Shall reach the skies. O'er either Carthage didst thou reign, Wider thy rule! The dropsy, self-indulged, still grows; In vain its victim seeks repose, Fugerit venis, et aquosus albo Corpore languor. Redditum Cyri solio Phraatem1 Vocibus, regnum et diadema tutum Spectat acervos. Phraates was nominated king of Parthia by Orodes his father, whom he soon after murdered, as also thirty of his own Till from his veins the fever goes, And leaves him cool. Stern Virtue, spite the people's voice, Lets not Phraates' heart rejoice When raised to Persia's throne by choice 1: Virtue dissents, And teaches that to him alone Secure shall stand the laurel throne, Who views, as though they never shone, Wealth's ornaments. brothers, that he might the more securely possess the supreme power. ODE IV. AD XANTHIAM PHOCEUM. Ancillam ab eo sine nota posse adamari. NE sit ancillæ tibi amor pudori, Movit Achillem: Movit Ajacem Telamone natum Forma captivæ dominum Tecmessæ ; Arsit Atrides medio in triumpho Virgine raptâ ; Barbaræ postquam cecidere turmæ Thessalo victore, et ademptus Hector Tradidit fessis leviora tolli Pergama Graiis. Nescias an te generum beati Phyllidis flavæ decorent parentes : Regium certè genus, et Penates Moret iniquos. Crede non illam tibi de scelestâ Sic lucro aversam potuisse nasci Matre pudendâ. ODE IV. TO XANTHIAS PHOCEUS. PHOCEUS! nor blush, nor be afraid Achilles moved; Captive Tecmessa's beauteous frame When Peleus' son swept foes away, To wearied Greeks. Thou know'st not but her friends are great : Phyllis for kings is proper mate! Misfortune speaks. O! think her not of vulgar race; |