. Lays of ancient Rome, with Ivry, and The Armada;. Sc HORATIUS. ii From seagirt Populonia,Whose sentinels descry Sardinias snowy mountain-topsFringing the southern sky ; v. From the proud mart of Pisre, Queen of the western waves,Where ride Massilias triremes Heavy with fair-haired slaves ;From where sweet Clanis wanders Through corn and vines and flowers ;From where Cortona lifts to heaven Her diadem of towers. VI. Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Ausers rill ;Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill;Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear ;Best of
. Lays of ancient Rome, with Ivry, and The Armada;. Sc HORATIUS. ii From seagirt Populonia,Whose sentinels descry Sardinias snowy mountain-topsFringing the southern sky ; v. From the proud mart of Pisre, Queen of the western waves,Where ride Massilias triremes Heavy with fair-haired slaves ;From where sweet Clanis wanders Through corn and vines and flowers ;From where Cortona lifts to heaven Her diadem of towers. VI. Tall are the oaks whose acorns Drop in dark Ausers rill ;Fat are the stags that champ the boughs Of the Ciminian hill;Beyond all streams Clitumnus Is to the herdsman dear ;Best of all pools the fowler loves The great Volsinian mere. 12 LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME. VII. But now no stroke of woodman Is heard by Ausers rill ;No hunter tracks the stags green path Up the Ciminian hill ;Unwatched along Clitumnus Grazes the milk-white steer ;Unharmed the water fowl may dip In the Volsinian VIII. The harvests of Arretium, This year, old men shall reap,This year, young boys in Umbro Shall plunge the struggling sheep ;And in the vats of Luna, This year, the must shall foamRound the white feet of laughing girls Whose sires have marched to Rome. HORATIUS.
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