CHLOE MONITA.

Gressibus invalidis conjux cum conjuge reptat ;

Aut simul apricans considet ante fores;

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Cumque ille extremum cyathi desumpserit haustum,
Deponit, certa lege, Joanna tubum.

Cum nulla utrivis, quicquid delinquit utervis,
Corporis excusent ingeniive bona;

Quas esse aut illi veneres aut conjicis illi ?
Unde fit, alterius tam sit ut alter amans?
Dulce recordari est actos felicit r annos,

Quam sensim ad canam consenuere fidem;
Inde sacrum fœdus, firmoque est copula nexu ;
Qua melius terris Dii tribuere nihil.

Longum illa, in longum, quæ nulla aboleverit ætas,
Nullaque morborum vis, monumenta manent:
Namque decor simul omnis abest et gratia formæ ;
Fitque, quod ætatis restat, amoris hyems;
Crescit amicitiæ suavis reputantibus usus,
Quam vel adhuc ́grati præteriere dies.
Quæque retardari possunt per nulla senectæ
Frigora, perpetuo gaudia fonte fluunt.

THE FLY.

BUSY, curious, thirsty fly,
Drink with me, and drink as I;
Freely welcome to my cup,
Could'st thou sip and sip it up ;
Make the most of life you may,
Life is short, and wears away.

Both alike, both thine and mine,

Hasten quick to their decline

Thine's a summer, mine's no more,
Though repeated to threescore:

Threescore summers, when they're gone,

Will appear as short as one.

MUSCA.

POTARE, musca, de meo aut quovis scypho
Vocata, non vocata, præsens advena,
Lubens libensque curiosam exple sitim,
Siccare totum si valebis poculum :
Ævi fugacis punctulum carpe, arripe ;
Ævi, quod interire pergit indies.

Utriusque vita properat, et tua et mea,
Ad exitum cursu incitato vergere;
Estas tuæ, nec amplius spatium est meæ,
Ad bis tricenas usque si redit vices :
Cum præteribit bis tricena, sicuti

Unius æstatis videbitur fuga.

THE INVITATION

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ROBIN-RED-BREAST.

DOMESTIC bird, whom wintry blas's
To seek for human aid compel,
To me for warmth and shelter fly,
Welcome beneath my roof to dwell
Supplies, thy hunger to relieve,

I'll daily at my window lay,
Assur'd that daily those supplies

With grateful song thou wilt repay.

Soon as the new-returning spring

Shall call thee forth to woods and groves,

Freely revisit then the scene,

Which notes as sweet as thine approves :

But if another winter's blast

Should bring me back my guest again,

Again with music come prepar'd

Thy friendly host to entertain.

AD

RUBECULAM

INVITATIO.

HOSPES avis, conviva domo gratissima cuivis, Quam bruma humanam quærere cogit opem, Huc O! hyberni fugias ut frigora cœli, Confuge, et incolumis sub lare vive meo : Unde tuam esuriem releves, alimenta fenestræ Apponam, quoties itque reditque dies;

Usu etenim edidici, quod grato alimenta rependes
Cantu, quæ dederit cunque benigna manus.

Vere novo, tepidæ spirant cum molliter auræ,
Et suus in quavis arbore vernat honos,
Pro libitu ad lucos redeas, sylvasque revisas,

Læta quibus resonat musica parque tuæ :
Sin iterum, sin forte iterum, inclementia brumæ
Ad mea dilectam tecta reducat avem,

Esto, redux, grato memor esto rependere cantu Pabula, quæ dederit cunque benigna manus.