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ODES I, 38. TO HIS SLAVE by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS

First Line: PERSIAN GRANDEUR I ABHOR
Last Line: FITLIEST 'NEATH THE SCANT VINE-SHADE.
Subject(s): SLAVERY; SERFS;

PERSIAN grandeur I abhor:
Linden-wreathed crowns, avaunt:
Boy, I bid thee not explore
Woods which latest roses haunt:

Try on naught thy busy craft
Save plain myrtle; so arrayed
Thou shalt fetch, I drain, the draught
Fitliest 'neath the scant vine-shade.



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