 | The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719) |  |
ODE X. Ligurinus.
Lovely Boy! as Venus fair,Cruel Boy! as false as Air;
When with hoary Honours dy'd,
Age shall triumph o'er your Pride,
When your Locks their Beauties lose,
And your Cheeks the fading Rose;
Then, when all your Bloom is gone,
Scarce you'll think your Face your own:
But, with Wonder and Amaze,
Fixing on the faithful Glass,
Thus exclaim; Ah! tell me why,
Love must live, and Beauty die?
Why, when Youth adorn'd my Brow,
Was I not as Kind as now?
Or, since Age has banish'd Scorn,
Why should not my Charms return?
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