Ode, in imitation of Horace / [William Browne].

  • Browne, William, 1692-1774.
Date:
1768
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Ode, in imitation of Horace / [William Browne]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    £>ua pinus ingens albaqne populus Umbram hofpitalem confociare amant Ra?nis, et obliquo labor at Lymph a fugax trepidare rivo : Hue vina, et unguent a ^ et nimium breves Flores amoenae ferre jube rofae, Dum reSy et a etas, et fororum Fila trium patiuntur atra. Cedes Ctiufe then fome hofpitable fhade, By the old Knight’s plantations made, Trees clofe with trees uniting : Where your fine water’s peaceful wave Glides foftly, as if loth to leave A landfkip fo delighting. Here take your glafs, and ftrew your rofes, Whofe fliort life warns, with hearty dofes, To fieze the prefent minute : Injoy, like them, now while you may, A i ife though fhort, yet fweet and gay, Tis all that life has in it. Since