Od. iii. 13. O FONS Bandusiæ, splendidior vitro, Dulci digne mero, non sine floribus, Cras donaberis hædo, Fies nobilium tu quoque fontium, Me dicente cavis impositam ilicem Saxis, unde loquaces Lymphæ desiliunt tuæ. 15 Od. iii. 13. BANDUSIA, purest fount, as crystal bright, A kid, whose newly budding horn Gives hopes of future loves, and battle's shock: Vain hopes the scion of the wanton flock, With the red tribute of his blood Must stain thy cold and silv'ry flood. Thou by the fiery Dog-Star's fiercest heat 5 Remain'st untouch'd; thy shelt'ring cool retreat 10 Is welcome to th' o'er-labour'd ox, Loos'd from the plough, and wand'ring flocks. Nor shalt thou want, 'mid founts, an honour'd name; While I, thy bard, consign to future fame The cavern'd rocks, with ilex crown'd, Down which thy babbling waters bound. 15 Od. ib. 2. PINDARUM quisquis studet æmulari, Iule, ceratis ope Dædalea Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus Nomina ponto. Monte decurrens velut amnis, imbres 5 Quem super notas aluere ripas, Fervet immensusque ruit profundo Laurea donandus Apollinari, Seu per audaces nova Dithyrambos Verba devolvit, numerisque fertur Seu deos, regesve canit, deorum Flamma Chimæræ ; 10 15 Od. iv. 2. WHO seeks to rival Pindar's fame With waxen wings, Iulus, flies; To seas, where quench'd his folly lies. As mountain torrents, swoll'n by rain, With Phoebus' laurel justly crown'd, Whether in Dithyrambics free, From trammels loos'd, with words new-found, He pour his lawless harmony: Whether of Gods, or kings, the seed And quench'd Chimera's fiery breath; 5 10 15 Sive, quos Elea domum reducit Palma cœlestes, pugilemve equumve Dicit, et centum potiore signis Munere donat; Flebili sponsæ juvenemve raptum Plorat; et vires animumque moresque aureos educit in astra, nigroque invidet Orco. Multa Dircæum levat aura cycnum, Nubium tractus: ego, apis Matinæ Grata carpentis thyma per laborem Tiburis ripas operosa parvus Carmina fingo. |