Cerva plagis, erit ille fortis, When the fair fleece imbibes the dyer's stain, And valour, failing in the soldier's breast, Scorns to resume what cowardice possess'd. When from toils escaped the hind shall turn Fierce on her hunters, he the prostrate foe may spurn In second fight, who felt the fetters bind His arms enslaved; who tamely hath resign'd His sword unstain'd with blood; who might have died, Yet on a faithless foe, with abject soul, relied. EVILS OF LIFE. Od. iii. 6. 19. Hoc fonte derivata clades In patriam populumque fluxit. That various and unnumber'd rose From this polluted fountain-head, O'er Rome and o'er the nations spread. MANKIND BECOME MORE DEGENERATE. Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What feels not Time's consuming rage? Our sons shall mark the coming age their own. ENJOY THE PRESENT. Od. iii. 8. 27. Dona præsentis cape lætus horæ, ac Be not too anxious then with private cares, A NOBLE VIRGIN. Od. iii. 11. 35. Splendide mendax, et in omne virgo And nobly meriting a deathless name, PASSIONS OF YOUTH. Od. iii. 14. 27. Non ego hoc ferrem, calidus juventâ, Such treatment Horace would not bear, When warm with youth, when Plancus fill'd the consul's chair. POWER OF GOLD. Od. iii. 16. 9. Aurum per medios ire satellites, Stronger than thunder's winged force AVARICE. Od. iii. 16. 17. Crescentem sequitur cura pecuniam, Yet anxious care, and thirst of more, ADVANTAGES OF MODERATION. Quanto quisque sibi plura negaverit, The more we to ourselves deny, The more the gods our wants supply. Desunt multa. AVARICE. Od. iii. 16. 42. Multa petentibus Bene est, cui deus obtulit Parcâ, quod satis est, manu. For sure the state of man is such, PLEASURES OF LIFE. Parcentes ego dexteras I hate all the slaves who are sparing of labour: CATO'S CHARACTER. Narratur et prisci Catonis For of old Cato's virtue, we are told, Often with a bumper glow'd, And with social raptures flow'd. PURITY OF LIFE. Od. iii. 23. 17. Immunis aram si tetigit manus, Farre pio et saliente micâ. WOMAN'S DOWRY. Od. iii. 24. 21. Dos est magna parentium Virtus, et metuens alterius viri G Certo fœdere castitas, Et peccare nefas, aut pretium emori. O quisquis volet impias Cædes et rabiem tollere civicam; Si quæret PATER URBIUM Subscribi statuis, indomitam audeat Refrenare licentiam, Clarus postgenitis. The lovers there for dowry claim His name, the Father of the State, enroll'd! LIVING MERIT. Od. iii. 24. 31. Virtutem incolumem odimus, Sublatam ex oculis quærimus, invidi. Though living Virtue we despise, We follow her, when dead, with envious eyes. MORAL VIRTUES. Od. iii. 24. 35. Quid leges, sine moribus Vanæ, proficiunt. And what are laws, unless obey'd By the same moral virtues they were made. POVERTY. Od. iii. 24. 42. Magnum pauperies opprobrium jubet Virtutisque viam deserit arduæ ? If want, ah, dire disgrace! we fear, From thence with vigour act, with patience bear, While Virtue's paths untrodden lie, Those paths that lead us upwards to the sky! THE EDUCATION OF THE YOUNG. Eradenda cupidinis Pravi sunt elementa; et teneræ nimis Mentes asperioribus Formandæ studiis. If you indeed your crimes detest, Tear forth, uprooted from the youthful breast, THE MISER. Od. iii. 24. 62. Scilicet improbæ Crescunt divitiæ, tamen Curta nescio quid semper abest rei. But, while in heaps his wicked wealth ascends, There's something wanting still to make him blest. THE NOISE AND CROWDS OF A CITY. Od. iii. 29. 12. Omitte mirari beatæ Fumum et opes strepitumque Romæ. From Rome and its tumultuous joys, FRUGAL SUPPERS. Od. iii. 29. 14. Plerumque gratæ divitibus vices; Sollicitam explicuere frontem. Where health-preserving plainness dwells, With grateful change the wealthy fly. |