Love

Odes 1.23 (Creech): Vitas Hinnuleo

by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65–8 BC

Translated by Thomas Creech (1684) · From Odes, Book I (Creech, 1684)

Love

YOu fly me, Maid, as tender Fawns
Seek absent Dams in deep despair;
O're craggy Rocks, o're Woods and Lawns,
And idly fear at every breath of Air.

If Winds do whistle thrô the Grove,
Or ruffle Vin[...]s; they quickly start,
If Lizzards in a Bramble move,
An Icy trembling runs thrô every part.

Not Tyger I or angry Bore
Pursue Thee, Chloe, to destroy,
Attend thy Mother's heels no more
Now grown mature for Man, and ripe for Joy.

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He tells his young Mistriss that she is now of Age, and need not be affraid of him.

MLA

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 1.23 (Creech): Vitas Hinnuleo.” Translated by Thomas Creech. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/171/.

Chicago

Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 1.23 (Creech): Vitas Hinnuleo.” Translated by Thomas Creech. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/171/.

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