EXERCISE XII. "Eheu! fugaces, Posthume, Posthume, I. Live distrustfulk of happy youth, Swift in revolutions." II. What (one) hour hath given you with lavish right-hand (Another) hour will snatch away with lying left-hand : Like a mother tantalizing? in-sports her Tender nursling. III. Inconstant and uncertain casualtiesTM Holds empiret [over] mortal life: Nearing" the goal the rapid-course of fleeting Time hastens on. IV. The ruler of the world bestows on all the seasons Future years. k Metuens with gen. 1 Lunæ. m Volatus. a Lubricus volvi. P Fallo. q Jocosus. I Rerum casus. s Perf. t Regna. • More, with gen. u Imminens., EXERCISE XIII. "Mitte civiles super Urbe curas." I. Why do we long aim wishes (2) with a treacherous Or why do we delay to lay aside too Troublesome cares? II. Begone, O biting cares, begone far: Helicon with its famousa shrubberiesb calls me: Cave of Phocis. III. O where are the soft shades of Helicon, O where Cydnus, and, dark with violets, The peak of the Thespian rock, and streams of The sounding Pindus? IV. What Aquilo shall bear3 me to your recesses, Or what Zephyr on winged car, And placed me by the cool streams Of Cirrha? V. You represent2f to me Rome, and the Temples" Propped by a hundred1 Phrygian1 blocks :h VI. Here where virgin waves falli on smooth Moss; and with crystal mouth3 VII. Here at the grove of Empusa, and the verdant Sportive wave. VIII. Here is a gentle warmth of air, here grace, Streams. IX. Here (is) polished wit, and ready smiles: Gathereds flowers.t X. Here to me the seven hills of Romulus Shine better, and the light" winds Breathe more gently over the cool heightsTM Of sloping Tibur. XI. O glory of the sacred hill, O master Deity, O minstrel of the Grecian Muse, Phœbus, if it hath pleased you wandering to leave Beloved Cynthus: XII. Come hither as a witness of my long repose: Repose my white locks demand: And old age relaxing with exhaustion EXERCISE XIV. AD VILLAM. 1. O guardian of the sacred rock and the sea, II. Now only a rest for my Muses, As often as I leave4b the hated complaints of the City, And the little-trusted tides of Popular favour.c III. You give me solitary recesses of groves, Rocks; you open fountains, and caves Loved by Muses. IV. You (are) to me ase Helicon and the lawns 2 Of moist1 Phocis, and the grove of (3) Thespian rock Dark with ivy and Pindus with Snowy peak. V. Go, slave, bring from (2) the nearest column The harp, companion of (1) my gentle toil : Bring flowers too: let all care Withdraw far from me! VI. Let Fame, stalking through the wide earth, His reins. a Una. b Plur. c Aura. d Per. e Quales. f Primus. VII. And where unknowng nations and cities Auster scatters. VIII. He, respectingh the increasing years Of powerful ancestors, IX. Has himself bestowed gifts2 with no sparing hand, And stimulated youth, Affording woods and leisure For the Muses. EXERCISE XV. "Sperat infestis, metuit secundis Alteram sortem."-HORACE. I. Whether the breeze shall bear you on a soft wing, Conquer Fortune, Publius, and elude her through II. Does she smile ?o turn-away your face with-pride :P |