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Not long now and our princely buildings will leave
Not long now and our princely buildings will leave
few acres under the plough, ornamental
few acres under the plough, ornamental
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Revision as of 15:11, 6 December 2012

Book II, 14: Eheu Fugaces The Odes
Book II, 15: Exces
written by Horace 		Book II, 16: Contentment
Translated by A. S. Kline Latin original text - French Ulysse de Séguier's translation




Excess


Not long now and our princely buildings will leave
few acres under the plough, ornamental
waters appearing everywhere, spread
wider than the Lucrine Lake is, plane trees,
 
without vines, will drive out the elms: and violet
beds, and myrtles, and all the wealth of perfumes
will scatter their scent through olive groves
that gave their crops for a former owner.
 
Then thick laurel branches will shut out the sun’s
raging. It wasn’t the case under Romulus,
or long-haired Cato, it wasn’t the rule,
that our ancient predecessors ordained.
 
Private property was modest in their day,
the common lands vast: no private citizen
had a portico, measuring tens
of feet, laid out facing the shady north,
 
nor did the laws allow ordinary turf
to be scorned for altars, ordering cities
and the gods’ temples, to be adorned,
at public expense, with rarest marbles.

 


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