Audivere, Lyce, &c. HOR. Book 4. Ode 13. IMITATED. Richard Roderick Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Audivere , Lyce , &c. HOR. Book 4. Ode 13. IMITATED . By the Same . LYCE , at length my vows are heard , My vows so oft to heaven preferr'd ; Welcome , thy silver'd hairs ! a In vain thy affectation gay To hide the manifest decay , In vain thy youthful airs . — a fis anus , et tamen Vis formosa videri Ludisque — If still thy cheeks preserve a blush , With b heat of wine , not youth they flush , c Unamiable stain ! If still thou warblest , harsh the note When d trembling age shakes in the throat Th' involuntary strain . Think'st thou can these my love prolong ? ( Ungrateful blush ! untuneful song ! ) Or rival Hebe's charms ? Hebe melodious , Hebe fair , For e judgment swells her rapt'rous air , For f youth her blushes warms . The rosy cheek , the forehead smooth , Those native ornaments of youth , Once lost , are lost for aye . No art can smooth g , no paint repair The furrow'd face ; h no diamond's glare Give lustre to decay . — et b bibis impudens . Cantu d tremulo b pota Cupidinem c Lentum solicitas — — f virentis et e Doctae psallere Chiae Pulchris excubat in genis . Nec g Coae referunt jam tibi purpurae , Nec h clari lapides , tempera quae semel Notis condita fastis Inclusit volucris dies . What now of all which once was thine , i Feature , k Complexion , l Mien divine , Remains the sense to charm ? m Why now command they not my love ? Once could they — n even tho' Cloe strove Their empire to disarm , Cloe ! — alas , thou much-lov'd name ! o Thou , full of beauty , full of fame , Found'st an untimely urn ! p Whilst Lyce , reft of every grace T' enrich th' mind , t' adorn the face , Still lives , the public scorn . The contemptuous satire at the conclusion of the ori ginal , is preserved in the English , but a graver turn is given to it , instead of the more ludicrous one of Horace . Whether judiciously or no , may be better determined by any body , than by the author . Quo i Venus fugit , ah ! quo k color decens , Quo l motus ? quid habes illius Quae spirabat amores ? m Quae me surpuerat mihi ? n Faelix post Cynaram . — o sed Cynarae breves Annos fata dedere : Sevatura diu p parem Cornicis vetulae temporibus Lycen .