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Odes 3.22 (Creech): Montium Custos
Translated by Thomas Creech (1684) · From Odes, Book III (Creech, 1684)
KInd Guardian of my Hills and Grove
Who thrice implor'd dost hear, and save
The teeming Women from the Grave,
Great here on Earth, in Hell, and great Above.
This Tree be thine that long hath stood
To shade my House; as Years roul round
A Bore that Aims a side-ways wound
Shall Yearly stain the Trunk with offer'd Blood.
Codex Note
He Dedicates his Pine to Diana.
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MLA
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 3.22 (Creech): Montium Custos.” Translated by Thomas Creech. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/225/.
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Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 3.22 (Creech): Montium Custos.” Translated by Thomas Creech. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/225/.
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