A TRANSLATION.
Dianam tenera: dieite virgines.—lionAcs, Odes, Book I., 21.
VIRGINS.
Ye maidens fair ! the Maiden Goddess praise.
YOUTHS.
Your voice, ye youths! to youthful Phoebus raise.
BOTH.
Of maids and youths Latona be the theme, Loved in his heart of hearts by Jove supreme !
VIRGINS.
The Rivers bright the bright Diana loves, Cool Latian shades, and thick Arcadian groves ; And Cragus green no less is her delight- Hers—who on high gladd'neth the starry night.
YOUTHS.
Let not fair Teuipe's vale be here unsung, Nor Delos, whence Day's mighty ruler sprung, Whose shoulders bright beam with celestial fire, And bear—his brother's craft—the tuneful lyre.
130TH.
Our prayers lie hears : to Caesar and to Rome, While Phcebus guards us, never harm shall come ; But famine's pangs and battle's murderous steel Persia's and Britain's barbarous sons shall feel.
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