Q. HORATII FLACCI CARMINUM LIBER I. CARMEN I. AD CILNIUM MECENATEM. Alios aliis ftudiis duci: fe lyrici vatis gloriam ambire, unius Mæcenatis judicio obtinendam. MR ECENAS, atavis edite regibus, Collegiffe juvat; metaque fervidis Evehere. Bentl. † Nunc, fi nobilium, 5 Quidquid 5 All men have different attachments: HORACE'S tafte is for Lyric poetry, for the fuccefs of which he depends upon the patronage of MECENAS.. 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 duft 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 higheft dignities; another, if he hath * ftored up in his B 2 own Hath imported vast quantities of corn from Africa. Quidquid de Libycis verritur areis ; 15 20 25 30 35 †Te. Hare. CARMEN |