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Q. Horatius Flaccus, Odes (ed. John Conington)
Editions and translations: Latin (ed. Paul Shorey, Gordon Lang) | English (ed. John Conington)
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What slender youth, besprinkled with perfume,
Courts you on roses in some grotto's shade?
Fair Pyrrha, say, for whom
Your yellow hair you braid,
So trim, so simple! Ah! how oft shall he
Lament that faith can fail, that gods can change,
Viewing the rough black sea
With eyes to tempests strange,
Who now is basking in your golden smile,
And dreams of you still fancy-free, still kind,
Poor fool, nor knows the guile
Of the deceitful wind!
Woe to the eyes you dazzle without cloud
Untried! For me, they show in yonder fane
My dripping garments, vow'd
To Him who curbs the main.
There are a total of 5 comments on and cross references to this page.
Further comments from Paul Shorey, Commentary on Horace, Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare:
book 1 (general note)
book 1, poem 5 (general note)
Cross references from Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898):
horatius [Horatius]
lacunaria [Lacunaria, Lacuaria]
vitrum [Vitrum]
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This text is based on the following book(s): Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. John Conington. trans. London. George Bell and Sons. 1882. OCLC: 32370960
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