Social Commentaries
Book IV, Epigram 57 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
While the seductive waters of the wanton Lucrine lake keep me here, and the grots warm with their volcanic springs, you, Faustinus, sojourn in the realm of the Argive colonist, whither the twice-tenth milestone draws you from the city. But terribly glows the heart of Nemea's monstrous lion, and Baiae is not content with her own fire. So, ye sacred founts and pleasant shores, farewell, the abode alike of Nymphs and of Nereids! Surpass ye the hills of Hercules in cold winter; now yield ye to Tibur's cool!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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