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ODES I, 37 by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS

First Line: BOY, I DETEST ALL PERSIAN STATE
Last Line: THE TRELLISED VINE.
Boy, I detest all Persian state,
And crowns with linden-bark entwined;
Seek not the rose that lingers late
For me to find.

Enough; this simple myrtle-wreath
Which decks not ill thy brows and mine,
As, served by thee, I drink beneath
The trellised vine.



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