Curatve myrto? Quem Venus arbitrum

Dicet bibendi ? Non ego sanius
Bacchabor Edonis: recepto

Dulce mihi furere est amico.

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VIII.

THE BALEFUL CHARMS OF BARINE.

1. Outline of the Poem:

a) Faithless art thou, Barine; yet not less fair than faithless, 1-8;

b) Thou profitest by violating the most solemn pledges; Venus, too, and the nymphs, and Cupid lend thee encouragement, 9-16;

c) Not only dost thou hold the slaves thou hast, but the new generation growing up seems doomed to yield to thy enchantments, 17–24.

2. Time: Uncertain; not later than 23 B.C.

3. Metre Sapphic and Adonic. Introd. § 44.

Ridet hoc, inquam, Venus ipsa; rident
Simplices Nymphae ferus et Cupido,
Semper ardentis acuens sagittas

Cote cruenta.

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a) Nature's phases, Valgius, are not always those of gloom, 1–8; b) Yet thou art ever sorrowful, 9-12;

c) Others have found consolation in their bereavement, 13-17; d) Cease thy laments, therefore; let us sing the glories of great Caesar, 17-24.

2. Time: Probably 24 B.C.

3. Metre Alcaic. Introd. § 43.

Non semper imbres nubibus hispidos

Manant in agros aut mare Caspium

Vexant inaequales procellae
Usque nec Armeniis in oris,

Amice Valgi, stat glacies iners
Menses per omnis, aut Aquilonibus
Querqueta Gargāni laborant

Et foliis viduantur orni:

Tu semper urges flebilibus modis
Mysten ademptum, nec tibi Vespero

Surgente decedunt amores

Nec rapidum fugiente solem.

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a) Not too far out to sea, Licinius, nor yet too near the shore ; so let thy dwelling be neither a hovel nor a palace, 1–8; b) The loftier thy aspirations, the greater the possible disaster, 9-12;

c) Be on thy guard in prosperity; in adversity cherish hope. Nature is not ever sad; nor the gods always hostile, 13-24. 2. Time: Before 23 B.C.

3. Metre: Sapphic and Adonic. Introd. § 44.

Rectius vives, Licini, neque altum

Semper urgendo neque, dum procellas
Cautus horrescis, nimium premendo
Litus iniquom.

Auream quisquis mediocritatem

Diligit, tutus caret obsoleti

Sordibus tecti, caret invidenda
Sobrius aula.

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Saepius ventis agitatur ingens
Pinus et celsae graviore casu
Decidunt turres feriuntque summos
Fulgura montis.

Sperat infestis, metuit secundis
Alteram sortem bene praeparatum
Pectus. Informis hiemes reducit
Iuppiter; idem

Summovet. Non, si male nunc, et olim
Sic erit: quondam cithara tacentem
Suscitat Musam neque semper arcum
Tendit Apollo.

Rebus angustis animosus atque

Fortis appare: sapienter idem

Contrahes vento nimium secundo
Turgida vela.

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'CARPE DIEM.'

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1. Outline of the Poem:

a) Away with all useless worry, Hirpinus; youth and beauty are gliding swiftly by; nothing endures, 1-12;

b) Rather under plane and pine let us have garlands and perfumes, wine and music, 13-24.

2. Time: Somewhere between 26 and 24 B.C.

3. Metre: Alcaic. Introd. § 43.

Quid bellicosus Cantaber et Scythes,
Hirpine Quincti, cogitet Hadria

Divisus obiecto, remittas

Quaerere, nec trepides in usum