Brachia et vultum, teretesque suras Integer laudo. Fuge suspicari, Cujus octavum trepidavit ætas

Claudere lustrum.

Safely I praise her various charms,

Her polish'd limbs, her face, her arms; Have none of jealousy's alarms,

For I am old!

ODE VI.

AD TITUM SEPTIMIUM.

SEPTIMI, Gades aditure mecum, et Cantabrum indoctum juga ferre nostra, et Barbaras Syrtes, ubi Maura semper Estuat unda;

Tibur, Argæo positum colono,
Sit meæ sedes utinam senectæ ;
Sit modus lasso maris, et viarum,
Militiæque.

Unde si Parcæ prohibent iniquæ ;
Dulce pellitis ovibus Galesi

Flumen, et regnata petam Laconi
Rura Phalanto.

Ille terrarum mihi præter omnes
Angulus ridet; ubi non Hymetto
Mella decedunt, viridique certat

Bacca Venafro;

Ver ubi longum, tepidasque præbet
Jupiter brumas; et amicus Aulon
Fertili Baccho minimum Falernis

Invidet uvis.

ODE VI.

TO SEPTIMIUS.

SEPTIMIUS! prompt to go with me
Where'er the Spanish foe may be,

Or where the Mauritanian sea

Incessant boils;

May I at Tibur find, at last,

A safe retreat from wintry blast;

Where, war's rough hazards being past,

I'll rest from toils.

But if the Fates severe deny,—

To smooth Galesus will I fly,

And seek those lands where, 'neath the sky,

Phalantus reigns.

That corner-spot hath charms for me

Which ne'er in other parts I see;

Where olives flourish, and the bee

Rich harvest gains ;

There genial spring her blessing pours,
And winter smiles-e'en out of doors;
Grapes like the rich Falernian stores

Mount Aulon gives.

Ille te mecum locus, et beatæ Postulant arces; ibi tu calentem Debitâ sparges lacrymâ favillam Vatis amici.