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XI.

And, your train, Nymph, attending,
Place me in plains, where Thāměsĭs1

Glides with many a winding through

Pleasant fields.

XII.

Whence if cruel Fates forbid me,

Stay me where yellow Sābrīnē

Rolls herself through meadows with a

More violent tide.

XIII.

Here may I be free from diseases, and may Repose and peace of mind, bringing healthful Slumbers, dwell with me, and plenty with full

Horn.

XIV.

But far may luxury fly, and the gifts
Of Bacchus; the river will yield its wave,
And generous earth will supply corn

And bread.

XV.

If, Hygiea, you hear my prayers,

You shall receive a fair shrine,

You shall be duly enthronedd among

My penates.

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EXERCISE XXXV.

AD ETONAM.

(GRAY.)

I.

O distant Tower, O ancient Column,

Commanding the meadows, where Thamese smiles, Where the shade of a Sacred Parent grateful

To Sciencef is cherished;

II.

And ye, who overhanging the lofty brow

Behold the valley's wider expanse,

And plains, and groves, and wood, and happy

Country's delights.

III.

Moreover here the shades, adorned with

Varied flowers, the Father of Rivers rolling along Cherishes with admiration, and winds about them

With crystal stream.

IV.

Thrice happy shade, and placid hills,

And field recalling vain love,

Where with too bold step my early

Youth has strayed !

V.

Banished griefs have left my mind:

Again the well-known Zephyrs I salute,
And the renewed joys of life again

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VI.

You, O day, floating on early wing,
You banish heavy clouds: now infant
Pleasure is redolent of fresh roses in a

Second2 spring.

VII.

One on serious cares of business

Clings intent; returning liberty

Loosens for him the chains of graver hour

With kind influence.b

VIII.

Another disdains the limits of too narrow

Reign, seeking in unknown region
Credulously a fairer shining sun;

Bold he flies,

IX.

Often looking with eye turned-back :
The scarce breathing gale thunders to him
A sound of peril; pleasure mixed with

Fear is stealthily snatched.

X.

To them is genial day, and strength of fresh1
Spirit: easy slumbers of serene

Night; to them Aurora returning opens

Pleasing light.

XI.

To them bright image of glad fancy
Glows: to them the gift of rosy Health;

Strength of intellect, mind vigorous

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XII.

Ah! little cautious against future lot,

They sport as victims easily-learning) amusements:

The care of fleeting day passes

With no sad augury!

J Dociles.

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Heroes sleep in moist dust,

If poets' lyresk have ceased,

And liquid voices hushed:

II.

Yet with a pure sky and golden waves

Playing on thy shores Ocean leaps,

And murmuring1 fountains are not absent,
And the tremulous whispers of lakes,

III.

And (with) whatever lovelinessm the air, whatever
The flowery" soil's delights have smiled,

And whatever Camona's holy love
Immortalises; there glows and will glow

IV.

Ever Camona's fiery spirit,

And lingering in legendary seats

Through rocks, through vales, and

Meadows worshipped by her3 lyre it flies.

k Plectra. I Loquax. m Quicquid amabile. n Pictus.

o Chorda.

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