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THE ODES AND CARMEN SAECULARE OF HORACE

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O VENUS.


Come, Cnidian, Paphian Venus, come,

Thy well-beloved Cyprus spurn,

Haste, where for thee in Glycera's home

Sweet odours burn.

Bring too thy Cupid, glowing warm,

Graces and Nymphs, unzoned and free,

And
Youth, that lacking thee lacks charm, And Mercury.



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