328 THE SPIRIT AND THE MUSE. LIBER II. CARMEN XIV. Eheu fugaces, Postume Postume, Afferet indomitaeque morti; Non si trecenis quotquot eunt dies, Geryonen Tityonque tristi Compescit unda, scilicet omnibus, Sive inopes erimus coloni. Alas! how swiftly glide the years away! age fast pressing on, Not if three hundred bulls each day, my friend, Who Tityos, and that monstrous birth, Confines by sullen wave, o'er which, be sure, upon earth’s bounteous store, Must sail perforce, whether kings we be, Or husbandmen of low degree. Frustra cruento Marte carebimus Corporibus metuemus austrum. Visendus ater flumine languido Linquenda tellus et domus et placens Uxor, neque harum quas colis arborum Te praeter invisas cupressos Ulla brevem dominum sequetur. Absumet heres Caecuba dignior In vain shall we from bloody Mars be free, Visit we must the slow meandering flood, Aye, leave thou must earth, house, and consort dear, And of these trees which thou dost fondly rear, None but the cypresses abhorred Shall follow thee, their shortlived lord. A worthier heir shall draw off to the lees And choicer wine the floor shall stain LIBER II. CARMEN XVI. Otium divos rogat in patenti Prensus Ægaeo, simul atra nubes Otium bello furiosa Thrace, Otium Medi pharetra decori, Grosphe, non gemmis neque purpura venale neque auro. Non enim gazae neque consularis |