NURE the rawbon'd lad to bear 2. Encamp him in raw midnight cold, a By frequent dangers grow him bold, 3. Whom, shall the matron queen behald, 4. O fpouse th' unequal fight forbear, 4 Or growing bold. a roufe Nor can bafe flight the coward fave, Nor spares, in pitylefs decree, 6. VIRTUE, in her own native light, a deny'd in Hor. Bafe tenement of clay; 8. To breast, in facred filence, true, 25 30 40 I'll fhun-who Ceres' rites betray, Oft do involve th' innoxious man ; a halting 45 ODE Involve the good innoxious uncautious man. Neglectus diefpiter, is here to be conftrued, the God of Fate, presiding over the events of the day, whom the good (too uncautiously) neglect, and by keeping wisked company are involved in the fame com. mon deftruction. The first part of this Ode feems to be the Eulogy of Cato; the fecond the Apotheófis of Romulus, with the approbation of Juno, who affents to it, and the univerfal dominion of the Romans,on condition that they never rebuild, or transfer the feat of empire, to Troy; which Julius, and Anguftus Cæfar (it is faid) had fome thoughts of doing, and to deter him from his purpofe, feems to have been the defign of this Ode. T Iuftum & tenacem propofiti virum,| Mente quatit Solida; neque Aufter, HE ftedfaft man, in honor'd trust, 2. Nor tyrant of impending brow, Of Jove, in firmamental roll, Can fhake the folid basis of his foul." 3: Let frame of nature round him break, I ཀ ་ ་ ཊཱ་" 4. Unmov'd, in elemental wreck, He falleth with the falling world. Thus arm'd, far-vague, by virtue led, And twins of the Ledéan bed, In ftarry honors rife; 15 Midf 5. Midft whom the Godlike Cæfar lies, And quaffs with purple lip immortal joys; Bore to the gates of light; In chariot of Paternal God, 6. Fled o'er the Acherontic flood, Quirinus, a heavenly bright, To Juno, no ungrateful gueft, a Romulus, Who thus, the council'd Gods addrefs'd, 7. O Ilion, Ilion, whom thy own Incestuous, fatal-judging son, Defrauding Gods, of promis'd fums, a The Dardan war, and blood is quell'd, Nor Hector's bloody arm; P a Paris. n Helena, 20 25 ვი 35 40 45 Rank Rankt with the bleft, in placid reign, Inftall'd henceforth, a God we deign; 11. Rule happy, reign ye exile race, O'er any land or any feas, And spread to Scythian realms extremė, Ye daring, dreadful bands; 12. Provided-length of OCEAN roar, And savage herds, insulting, spurn 50 55 a Bathes 60 a Paris And beasts, their cubs, unvengéd, hide, In his incestuous tomb ; Effulgent Capitolium ftand, To earth, tremendous Dome, 65 70 To Gaul, and Mede, in triumph" led, zp'er triumph'd in H 13. Far nobler Roman, fpurning proud, 75 14. Whatever Stanza 10, 11, 12, are tranfpofed in this tranflation, but without altering the fenfe and the connection, I hope, is as well preserved, |