The poems of Horace consisting of odes, satyres, and epistles / rendred in English verse by several persons.

ODE XVII. To TYNDARIS.

Argument.

The Lyric Tyndaris invites Vnto Lucretile. Recites What profits and delights abound, And in what Climate may be found.

Velox amaenum. FRom mount Lyaeus, to sweet Lucretile, Swift-footed Pan is flitting ev'ry while, And is still my Goats defence From storms, and Sols hot influence. Dams from their noisom leaders stray'd away, O're all the woods securely forrage may, Seeking Thyme and VVildings there; Nor do the Kids infolded fear Green-speckled-snakes, nor wolfs to Mars assign'd. VVhere e'r vales (Tyndaris) and the steep inclin'd

Mount Ustica's fleek Rocks bound, Again the Pipes harmonious sound. Me, Gods protect, and in my pietie, And Lyric-Muse, they much delighted be: Rural wealth here plenty grows, And with a bounteous horn o'r-flows. Here in Maeandrian-vale may'st thou decline The Dog-stars heat; and chaunt in Teyan line Penelope, and Circe clear, VVho both for one man anxious were. Here may'st thou prostrate in a shadie bower▪ Bolls of unnauseous Lesbian-wine devour: Nor shall Bacchus juice excite Thee to outragious brawls and fight. Nor shalt thou 'f jealous Cyrus fearful stand, Lest he o'r-lay thee with lascivious hand, Rending chaplets from thy crown, And undeserv'dly tear thy gow••▪