Audivere
,
Lyce
,
&c.
HOR.
Book
4.
Ode
13.
IMITATED
.
By
the
Same
.
LYCE
,
at
length
my
vows
are
heard
,
My
vows
so
oft
to
heaven
preferr'd
;
Welcome
,
thy
silver'd
hairs
!
a
In
vain
thy
affectation
gay
To
hide
the
manifest
decay
,
In
vain
thy
youthful
airs
.
—
a
fis
anus
,
et
tamen
Vis
formosa
videri
Ludisque
—
If
still
thy
cheeks
preserve
a
blush
,
With
b
heat
of
wine
,
not
youth
they
flush
,
c
Unamiable
stain
!
If
still
thou
warblest
,
harsh
the
note
When
d
trembling
age
shakes
in
the
throat
Th'
involuntary
strain
.
Think'st
thou
can
these
my
love
prolong
?
(
Ungrateful
blush
!
untuneful
song
!
)
Or
rival
Hebe's
charms
?
Hebe
melodious
,
Hebe
fair
,
For
e
judgment
swells
her
rapt'rous
air
,
For
f
youth
her
blushes
warms
.
The
rosy
cheek
,
the
forehead
smooth
,
Those
native
ornaments
of
youth
,
Once
lost
,
are
lost
for
aye
.
No
art
can
smooth
g
,
no
paint
repair
The
furrow'd
face
;
h
no
diamond's
glare
Give
lustre
to
decay
.
—
et
b
bibis
impudens
.
Cantu
d
tremulo
b
pota
Cupidinem
c
Lentum
solicitas
—
—
f
virentis
et
e
Doctae
psallere
Chiae
Pulchris
excubat
in
genis
.
Nec
g
Coae
referunt
jam
tibi
purpurae
,
Nec
h
clari
lapides
,
tempera
quae
semel
Notis
condita
fastis
Inclusit
volucris
dies
.
What
now
of
all
which
once
was
thine
,
i
Feature
,
k
Complexion
,
l
Mien
divine
,
Remains
the
sense
to
charm
?
m
Why
now
command
they
not
my
love
?
Once
could
they
—
n
even
tho'
Cloe
strove
Their
empire
to
disarm
,
Cloe
!
—
alas
,
thou
much-lov'd
name
!
o
Thou
,
full
of
beauty
,
full
of
fame
,
Found'st
an
untimely
urn
!
p
Whilst
Lyce
,
reft
of
every
grace
T'
enrich
th'
mind
,
t'
adorn
the
face
,
Still
lives
,
the
public
scorn
.
The
contemptuous
satire
at
the
conclusion
of
the
ori
ginal
,
is
preserved
in
the
English
,
but
a
graver
turn
is
given
to
it
,
instead
of
the
more
ludicrous
one
of
Horace
.
Whether
judiciously
or
no
,
may
be
better
determined
by
any
body
,
than
by
the
author
.
Quo
i
Venus
fugit
,
ah
!
quo
k
color
decens
,
Quo
l
motus
?
quid
habes
illius
Quae
spirabat
amores
?
m
Quae
me
surpuerat
mihi
?
n
Faelix
post
Cynaram
.
—
o
sed
Cynarae
breves
Annos
fata
dedere
:
Sevatura
diu
p
parem
Cornicis
vetulae
temporibus
Lycen
.