The Odes and Carmen Saeculare/Book 1/Part 38

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The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace
by Quintus Horatius Flaccus, translated by John Conington
Book I, Ode XXXVIII: Persicos odi
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XXXVIII.

Persicos odi.

NO Persian cumber, boy, for me;
I hate your garlands linden-plaited;
Leave winter's rose where on the tree
⁠It hangs belated.
Wreath me plain myrtle; never think
⁠Plain myrtle either's wear unfitting,
Yours as you wait, mine as I drink
⁠In vine-bower sitting.

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