O quisquis volet impias Caedes et rabiem tollere civicam, Si quaeret Pater urbium' Subscribi statuis, indomitam audeat Refrenare licentiam, Clarus postgenitis: quatenus, heu nefas, Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatam ex oculis quaerimus, invidi. Quid tristes querimoniae, Si non supplicio culpa reciditur; Quid leges sine moribus Vanae proficiunt? si neque fervidis Pars inclusa caloribus Mundi nec Boreae finitimum latus Durataeque solo nives Quo clamor vocat et turba faventium, Vel nos in mare proximum Gemmas et lapides aurum et inutile, Summi materiem mali, Mittamus, scelerum si bene paenitet. Eradenda cupidinis 50 Pravi sunt elementa et tenerae nimis a) Whither, Bacchus, dost thou hurry me through wood and glen in fresh inspiration, planning to sing great Caesar's praise? 1-8; b) Like a Bacchanal beholding Hebrus's flood and the snowy plains of Thrace, I love to gaze on grove and river bank. Suffer me, O mighty God, to strike no mortal note, as I follow thee, my temples wreathed with vine leaves, 9-20. 2. Time: Uncertain; not after 23 B.C. 3. Metre: Second Asclepiadean. Introd. § 46. Quo me, Bacche, rapis tui Plenum? Quae nemora aut quos agor in specus, Velox mente nova? Quibus Antris egregii Caesaris audiar Aeternum meditans decus Stellis inserere et consilio Iovis ? Dicam insigne, recens, adhuc Indictum ore alio. Non secus in iugis Exsomnis stupet Euhias, Hebrum prospiciens et nive candidam Lustratam Rhodopen, ut mihi devio Ripas et vacuom nemus Mirari libet. O Naiadum potens Proceras manibus vertere fraxinos, Nil parvom aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar. Dulce periculum est, O Lenaee, sequi deum Cingentem viridi tempora pampino. ? XXVI. LOVE'S TRIUMPHS ARE ENDED. 1. Outline of the Poem: 10 15 20 a) Not long ago I served with glory in the lists of Love; but now I offer up at Venus's shrine all tokens of my former triumphs, lyre, and torch, and bar, 1-8; b) But yet, one final boon; touch Chloe's stubborn heart, before I go, 9-12. 2. Time: Uncertain; not later than 23 B.C. 3. Metre Alcaic. Introd. § 43. Vixi duellis nuper idoneus Et militavi non sine gloria; Laevom marinae qui Veneris latus Oppositis foribus minacis. 5 O quae beatam diva tenes Cyprum et Tange Chloen semel arrogantem. 10 XXVII. BON VOYAGE! 1. Outline of the Poem: A a) May evil omens attend the wicked, fair ones my friends. blessing on thee, Galatea, wherever thou goest, and may no ill betide, 1-16; b) Yet beware the rising storm. 'Twas such rashness sealed Europa's doom, 17-28; c) Europa's lament: Whence, whither, have I come, abandoning home and duty? One death is too little for such a sin. Do I wake, or am I dreaming? Let me become the prey of lions or of tigers! Or swing my body from the limb of yonder ash, or cast it on the jagged rocks!' 29-66; 6 d) But Venus: Thou art the spouse of Jove invincible. Come, stay thy sobs! A district of the world shall bear thy name,' 66-76. 2. Time: Uncertain; not after 23 B.C. 3. Metre Sapphic and Adonic. Introd. § 44. Impios parrae recinentis omen Ducat et praegnas canis aut ab agro Rumpat et serpens iter institutum, 5 |