Odes 1.21 (Gladstone): Dianam Tenerae

Ye tender maids, of Dian tell,
Ye youths commend the Cynthian well,
And both Latona, who from Jove
Hath all the strength of all his love.

Tell of her joy in streams and groves,
How on cool Algidus she loves
The sombre wood; how pleased hath seen
Dark Erymanthus, Cragus green.

Nor less, ye youths, of Tempe's worth,
Delos, that gave Apollo birth,
The quiver to his shoulder brought,
And lyre his brother Hermes wrought.

Famine, and plague, and tearful war,
Moved by your prayer, from Rome afar
Let him, our Caesar still alive,
On Persians and on Britons drive.