SATIRA V. AD ANNÆUM CORNUTUM, CUJUS FUIT AUDITOR. V. I-14. VATIBUS hic mos est, centum sibi poscere voces, Si quibus aut Prognes, aut si quibus olla Thyeste SATIRE V. PERSIUS AND CORNUTUS. V. I-16. PERSIUS. POETS, whene'er they sing, do still invite C. But wherefore thus? for what bombast of thine If such there be, who loving things obscure, Ore teres modico, pallentes raderè mores But thee the Muses and the arts engage, Well taught to lash the vices of the age; Skill'd in smooth words keen satire to convey, For praising thee becomes thy poet's task: From harsh restraint the first enlargement knew, |