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TRANSLATIONS FROM HORACE.

Cedes coëmtis saltibus, et domo,
Villâque, flavus quam Tiberis lavit:
    Cedes; et exstructis in altum
        Divitiis potietur heres.
Divesne prisco natus ab Inacho,
Nil interest, an pauper et infimâ
    De gente, sub divo moreris,
        Victima nil miserantis Orci.
Omnes eodem cogimur: omnium
Versatur urnâ, serius, ocius
    Sors exitura, et nos in æternum
        Exsilium impositura cymbæ.



Book III. Ode XIII.

TO THE FOUNTAIN OP BANDUSIA.

Oh, worthy fragrant gifts of flowers and wine,
    Bandusian fount, than crystal far more bright!
To-morrow shall a sportive kid be thine,
    Whose forehead swells with horns of infant might: