Q. Horatius Flaccus, Odes, ed. Paul Shorey, ed. Gordon J. Laing, 1.36.12

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neu morem in Salium sit requies pedum

Odes. Q. Horatius Flaccus. ed. Paul Shorey, ed. Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. 1919.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Carmina (Horace, Odes and Epodes. Shorey, Paul,editor; Laing, Gordon Jennings, joint editor. Chicago: B.H. Sanborn and Company, 1919.)

Translations (1)

Odes Perseus (Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882.) — 1.36 focus

Bid the lyre and cittern play;

Enkindle incense, shed the victim's gore;

Heaven has watch'd o'er Numida,

And brings him safe from far Hispania 's shore.

Now, returning, he bestows

On each dear comrade all the love he can;

But to Lamia most he owes,

By whose sweet side he grew from boy to man.

Note we in our calendar

This festal day with whitest mark from Crete :

Let it flow, the old wine-jar,

And ply to Salian time your restless feet.

Damalis tosses off her wine,

But Bassus sure must prove her match tonight.

Give us roses all to twine,

And parsley green, and lilies deathly white.

Every melting eye will rest

On Damalis' lovely face; but none may part

Damalis from our new-found guest;

She clings, and clings, like ivy, round his heart.

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