EPISTLES OF HORACE. BOOK I. EPISTLE I, T. JOHN, whofe love indulg'd my labours paft, RIMA dicte mihi, fummâ dicende Camenâ! PR 2 Spectatum fatis, & donatum jam rude, quæris (Macenas) iterum antiquo me includere ludo? Non eadem eft atas, non mens. 3 Vejanius Armis 4 Herculis ad poftem fixis, latet abditus agro, B4 5 Our Our Gen'rals now, 4 retir'd to their Eftates, Hang their old Trophies o'er the Garden gates, In Life's cool Evening fatiate of Applaufe, Nor 5 fond of bleeding, ev'n in BRUNSWICK's cause. 6 A Voice there is, that whispers in my ear, ('Tis Reafon's voice, which fometimes one can hear) "Friend Pope! be prudent, let your 7 Muse take breath, "And never gallop Pegasus to death; 15 "Left ftiff, and ftately, void of fire or force, The Rhymes and Rattles of the Man or Boy, To lay this for this is All: 20 What ev'ry day will want, and most, the last. But afk not, to what 11 Doctors I apply? Sworn to no Mafter, of no Sect am I : 25 As drives the 12 ftorm, at any door I knock, Ne populum 5 extremâ, toties, exoret arenâ, 6 Eft mihi, purgatam crebro qui personet aurem ; "Salve 7 fenefcentem mature fanus equum, ne "Peccet ad extremum ridendus, & ilia ducat." Nunc itaque, & 8 verfus, & cætera ludicra pono, Quid 9 verum atque decens, curo & rogo, & omnis in boc fum. 10 Condo & compono quæ mox depromere poffim. Acne forte roges, i quo me duce, quo Lare tuter? Nullius additus jurare in verba Magiftri, 12 Quo me cunque rapit tempeftas, deferor Hofpes. Some Sometimes a 13 Patriot, active in debate, 16 Long, as to him who works for debt, the Day, Long as the Night to her whofe Love's away, Long as the Year's dull circle feems to run, That 18 tafk, which as we follow, or despise, Nunc agilis fio, & mer for 13 civilibus undis, * 16 Ut nox longa quibus mentitur amica, diefque Longa videtur opus debentibus, ut piger annus Pupillis, quos dura premit cuftodia matrum: Sic mibi tarda 17 fluunt ingrataque tempora, que fpem Confilium morantur agendi gnaviter 18 id, quod 36 40 Which Omnis Ariftippum decuit color, & ftatus, & rcs. |