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Horace's well wishes to a scurvy Poet gone to Sea, Epode 10. in Mævium.
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Horace's well wishes to a scurvy Poet gone to Sea, Epode 10. in Mævium.
Mala soluta navis exit alite,
Ferens olentem Mævium, &c.
Ferens olentem Mævium, &c.
With an unhappy Freight that Ship is stor'd,
That took the fulsom Mævius aboard.
Auster remember what you have to do,
'Tis in your power to split the Ship in two.
Eurus the Black, this your Command shall be,
To spoil the Tackle, and disturb the Sea.
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As much as when you Trees have overthrown.
And in dark night no friendly Star appear,
As when Orion leaves the Hemisphere.
Nor more of Calm at Sea let him enjoy,
Than conquering Grecians when they sail'd from Troy;
When Pallas to avenge the sin of Fire,
By water made Ajax's Crew expire.
What sport 'twoud be t'observe the Sailers sweat,
And see thy Earthen Face look paler yet!
To hear thy Howlings and unmanly Cries,
In vain beseeching angry Deities!
Or let the Southern Winds drive thee away
Into the bellowing Gulph of Adria.
But if thy Carcase should be cast on shore,
That Cormorants the Carrion may devour:
To th' Tempests then a Holyday we'll keep,
By offering up a Ram or some black Sheep.
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