Love
Odes 1.30 (Martin): O Venus
Translated by Theodore Martin (Boston, 1866) · From Odes, Book I (Martin, 1866)
O Venus, queen of Gnidos Paphos fair,
Leave thy beloved Cyprus for a while,
And shrine thee in that bower of beauty, where
With incense large woos Glycera thy smile!
O come, and with thee bring thy glowing boy,
The Graces all, with kirtles floating free,
Youth, that without thee knows but little joy,
The jocund Nymphs, and blithesome Mercury!
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MLA
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 1.30 (Martin): O Venus.” Translated by Theodore Martin. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/478/.
Chicago
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus). “Odes 1.30 (Martin): O Venus.” Translated by Theodore Martin. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/horace/478/.
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