FROM HORACE.
" Ovid dedicatuin poscit Apollinom Yatea?" (Lib. 1, Carmen 31.) For what shall I— a poet— pray, In kneeling at Apollo's shrino? Shall I entreat that fortune may In cloudless radiance on me shine? Shall I desire the golden grain That clothes Sardinia's fertile soil? Such harvests as Calabria s p ain Brings forth as recompense for toil? Or gold, or ivory, or fields Like thoso where Liri'o waters flow. Where summer to no north-wind yields. Where roses throughout winter blow? Oh ! no ! I prize not such ; but give, Ye goda above, this gift to me, That I a spotless life may live ; And give my lyre sweet melody.
O. E. Hugo
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 3
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113FROM HORACE. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 3
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