Love
Odes 1.23 (Creech): Vitas Hinnuleo
Translated by Thomas Creech (1684) · From Odes, Book I (Creech, 1684)
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.
Codex Note
He tells his young Mistriss that she is now of Age, and need not be affraid of him.
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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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