Serves iturum Cæsarem in ultimos Partibus, Oceanoque rubro. Eheu! cicatricum et sceleris pudet, Fratrumque-Quid nos dura refugimus Etas? quid intactum nefasti Liquimus? Unde manum juventus Metu Deorum continuit? quibus CARMEN XXXVI. AD NUMIDAM. Er thure et fidibus juvat Placare, et vituli sanguine debito, Oh! preserve thou our Cæsar, whose sail is unfurl'd 'Gainst the Britons, remotest of men in the world! Save our new-levied youth, to be dreaded in war, In the land of the East, and the Red Sea afar ! Oh! it shames me to think of the scars, and the guilt, The blood of our brothers by brothers' hand spilt From what, harden'd age, have our bosoms recoil'd? Oh! what has impiety left us unsoil'd? From what have the hands of our youth been restrain'd, Through fear of the Gods? from what altars refrain'd? 'Gainst the Arabs, I pray, and Massagetan hordes, Rather forge on the anvil our now blunted swords. ODE XXXVI. A WELCOME TO NUMIDA. "Tis fitting now, in joyous mood, Custodes Numidæ Deos; Qui nunc, Hesperiâ sospes ab ultimâ, Caris multa sodalibus, Nulli plura tamen dividit oscula, Quàm dulci Lamiæ; memor Actæ non alio rege puertiæ, Mutatæque simul togæ. Cressâ ne careat pulchra dies notâ ; Neu promptæ modus amphoræ, Neu morem in Saliûm sit requies pedum : Neu multi Damalis meri Bassum Threïciâ vincat amystide; Neu desint epulis rosæ, Neu vivax apium, neu breve lilium. And gladly, for their guardian care To his lov'd companions all, But by far the most are found Let not this day, so brightly fair, And let not Damalis, the lass The victory o'er Bassus gain, When match'd the Thracian bowl to drain. Let roses not be wanting there Our festal banqueting to grace, And with the long-liv'd parsley bear Omnes in Damalin putres Deponent oculos: nec Damalis novo Divelletur adultero, Lascivis hederis ambitiosior. CARMEN XXXVII. AD SODALES. NUNC est bibendum, nunc pede libero Pulsanda tellus, nunc Saliaribus Ornare pulvinar Deorum Tempus erat dapibus, sodales. Antehac nefas depromere Cæcubum Cellis avitis, dum Capitolio Regina dementes ruinas Funus et imperio parabat, |