A Miscellany of Poems consisting of Original Poems, Translations, Pastorals in the Cumberland Dialect, Familiar Epistles, Fables, Songs, and Epigrams, by the late Reverend Josiah Relph ... With a Preface and a Glossary |
Horace Book III. Ode 21. translated. |
A Miscellany of Poems | ||
Horace Book III. Ode 21. translated.
Thou cask, that life with me didst share,When Manlius fill'd the Consul's chair,
Whether thy lovely circle keep
Laughter or strife, or love or sleep,
Whatever be thy freight, descend,
Corvinus bids the worthiest friend,
Proud to be mov'd in such an hour
Descend and mildest Massick pour.
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Will not severe thy fruits detest,
Old Cato's self would oft resign
His roughness, warm'd with generous wine.
'Tis thine to use a gentle power
To smooth the wrinkles of the sour;
To thee their cares the wise impart,
And open all the hidden heart;
Hope to the anxious thou canst give,
And bid the poor in plenty live.
They heed not, when thy liquor warms,
The Prince's frown, or Soldiers arms.
Venus, if here she deign to be,
The God of wine, the Graces three,
And lamps shall lengthen out thy stream,
Till fly the stars the rising beam.
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