Excerpt from Various Verses Come, Lydia, tell me why, By all the mighty gods I thee entreat, Young Sybaris should fly The sunny plain, once wont to dust and heat Now hurried by thy love to ruin fleet? Why no more is he fain In knightly jousts for mastery to strive, And by sharp bits restrain The mouths of Gallic steeds with fire alive But in the yellow Tiber fears to dive? But why should he now dread The athlete's ointment more than serpent's gore, Whose white arms then were red With dart or discus hurled ...
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Excerpt from Various Verses Come, Lydia, tell me why, By all the mighty gods I thee entreat, Young Sybaris should fly The sunny plain, once wont to dust and heat Now hurried by thy love to ruin fleet? Why no more is he fain In knightly jousts for mastery to strive, And by sharp bits restrain The mouths of Gallic steeds with fire alive But in the yellow Tiber fears to dive? But why should he now dread The athlete's ointment more than serpent's gore, Whose white arms then were red With dart or discus hurled across the floor, Beyond the mark, as oft his fame of yore? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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