Q. HORATII FLACCI CARMINUM LIBER I. CARMEN I. 'AD CILNIUM MECENATEM. Alios aliis ftudiis duci: fe lyrici vatis gloriam ambire, unius Mæcenatis judicio obtinendam. ECENAS atavis edite regibus, O et præfidium et dulce decus meum! Collegiffe juvat, metaque fervidis Evitata rotis, palmaque nobilis Terrarum dominos evehit * ad Deos. Hunc, fi mobilium + turba Quiritium *Evehere. Bentl. † Nunc, fi nobilium, 'To MÆ CENA S. All men have different attachments: HORACE'S tafte is for Lyric poetry, for the fuccefs of which he depends upon the patronage of ME CENAS. M ECENAS, defcended from royal anceftors, O both my protection and my darling honour! There are fome whose delight it is to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race; and whom the goal nicely avoided by glowing wheels, and the noble palm, exalts to the Gods-the governors of the world. This man, if an affembly of the capricious Roman commonalty be bent to raise him to the highest dignities; B 2 Illum, fi proprio condidit horreo + Te. Hare. 10 15 20 25 30 35 CARMEN |