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Book I, 37: Cleopatra The Odes ~ Book I, 38: The Simple Myrtle
written by Horace
Book II, 1: To Pollio, Writing His History of the Civil Wars
Translated by A. S. Kline - Latin original text - French Ulysse de Séguier's translation




The Simple Myrtle



 
 
 
My child, how I hate Persian ostentation,
garlands twined around lime-tree bark displease me:
forget your chasing, to find all the places
where late roses fade.
 
You’re eager, take care, that nothing enhances
the simple myrtle: it’s not only you that
it graces, the servant, but me as I drink,
beneath the dark vine.

 


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