Q. HORATII FLACCI CARMINUM LIBER I. CARMEN I. 'AD CILNIUM MECENATE M. Alios aliis ftudiis duci: Je lyrici vátis 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 Certat tergeminis tollere honoribus; *Evehere. Bentl. 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. t 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 Nunquam dimoveas, ut trabe Cypria + Te. Hare. 10 15 20 25 30 35 CARMEN |