Translated into English verse by John Conington, M.A. Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford. Edition.
The Latin text comes from The Latin Library.
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The Odes of Horace Book III.21
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Book III. Notes
XXI. O born in Manlius' year with me, Whate'er you bring us, plaint or jest, Or passion and wild revelry, Or, like a gentle wine-jar, rest; Howe'er men call your Massic juice, Its broaching claims a festal day; Come then; Corvinus bids produce A mellower wine, and I obey. Though steep'd in all Socratic lore He will not slight you; do not fear. They say old Cato o'er and o'er With wine his honest heart would cheer. Tough wits to your mild torture yield Their treasures; you unlock the soul Of wisdom and its stores conceal'd, Arm'd with Lyaeus' kind control. 'Tis yours the drooping heart to heal; Your strength uplifts the poor man's horn; Inspired by you, the soldier's steel, The monarch's crown, he laughs to scorn. Liber and Venus, wills she so, And sister Graces, ne'er unknit, And living lamps shall see you flow Till stars before the sunrise flit. | O Nate Mecum. O nata mecum consule Manlio, seu tu querellas siue geris iocos seu rixam et insanos amores seu facilem, pia testa, somnum, quocumque lectum nomine Massicum 5 seruas, moueri digna bono die, descende, Coruino iubente promere languidiora uina. Non ille, quamquam Socraticis madet sermonibus, te negleget horridus: 10 narratur et prisci Catonis saepe mero caluisse uirtus. Tu lene tormentum ingenio admoues plerumque duro; tu sapientium curas et arcanum iocoso 15 consilium retegis Lycaeo. Tu spem reducis mentibus anxiis uiresque et addis cornua pauperi, post te neque iratos trementi regum apices neque militum arma. 20 Te Liber et si laeta aderit Venus segnesque nodum soluere Gratiae uiuaeque procucent lucernae, dum rediens fugat astra Phoebus. |
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