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Charioteer

Mæcēnās ātăvis ēdītě Rēgìbus.
ÆCENAS my support and grace,

Of kings a long descended race,
What various life we frame?

a Olympian
Some praise the proud 4 Olympic space,
And gather dusty fame.

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Away the wingéd chariot flies,

The dusky clouds arise ;
The fervid wheels eschew the pole,
And reach, 'mid shouting crowds, the goal,
These lords of earth the victor prize

Elates--triumphant to the fkies.
2. This courting dignities supreme,

In giddy noise, and popu'lar fame,
All Rome in fermert with his name,
Another bent on sordid gains,

1 Engrossing

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Sweeps all the grain of Libyan plains;
One ploughs the old paternal field,
Well pleas'd with what his acres yield;

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Engrossing the grain from Lybia. Before Ægype becaine a province,

Africa was the granary of the Romans.

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