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The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719) | ||
ODE XXVI. To Venus.
Once I was fam'd in Cupid's War,
And could oblige and serve the Fair;
But now before this Shrine I've hung
My useless Arms, and Lyre unstrung.
And could oblige and serve the Fair;
But now before this Shrine I've hung
My useless Arms, and Lyre unstrung.
Close by the Sea-born Queen I throw
My smoaking Torch, and flagging Bow,
And the rough Club which once I bore,
To force a haughty Damsel's Door.
My smoaking Torch, and flagging Bow,
And the rough Club which once I bore,
To force a haughty Damsel's Door.
O Goddess of the Cyprian Grove,
And sunny Memphis, Queen of Love!
Hear my last Pray'r, and aim a Dart
At Chloe's proud disdainful Heart.
And sunny Memphis, Queen of Love!
Hear my last Pray'r, and aim a Dart
At Chloe's proud disdainful Heart.
The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719) | ||