Living
To His Slave
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1862) · From Verses and Translations (1862)
Living
PERSIAN grandeur I abhor;
Linden-wreathèd crowns, avaunt:
Boy, I bid thee not explore
Woods which latest roses haunt:
Try on nought thy busy craft
Save plain myrtle; so arrayed
Thou shalt fetch, I drain, the draught
Fitliest ’neath the scant vine-shade.
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MLA
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “To His Slave.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/109/.
Chicago
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “To His Slave.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/109/.
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