Janum Contri ciansit et ordinem Rectum evaganti frena licentiae Iniecit emovitque culpas Et veteres revocavit artes, BOOK IV. ODE XV. When I was listful to indite Cæsar, thy age hath made the field Made wars to cease; shut Janus; reined Licence beyond the rule ordained Wandering at large; ejected crime; Recalled the arts of olden time, Per quas Latinum nomen et Italae Solis ab Hesperio cubili. Custode rerum Caesare non furor Non ira, quae procudit enses Non qui profundum Danuvium bibunt Non Tanain prope flumen orti. Nosque et profestis lucibus et sacris Inter iocosi munera Liberi, . Cum prole matronisque nostris Rite deos prius adprecati, Virtute functos more patrum duces Troiamque et Anchisen et almae Progeniem Veneris canemus. By which grew up the Latin name, While Cæsar doth the State protect, Nor force, nor wrath, the sword which whets Not they who Danube's deep partake On workdays, aye, and feastdays, we, Will, like our sires, to Lydian airs EPODON LIBER. CARMEN I. Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium, Amice, propugnacula, Paratus omne Caesaris periculum Subire, Maecenas, tuo. Quid nos? quibus te vita si superstite An hunc laborem mente laturi, decet Feremus et te vel per Alpium juga Vel occidentis usque ad ultimum sinum |