Horace, Ode I. Lib. III - A Fragment

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Title:     Horace, Ode I. Lib. III - A Fragment
Author: Thomas Moore [More Titles by Moore]

_odi profanum, valgus et arceo;
favete linguis: carmina non prius
audila Musarum sacerdos
virginibus puerisque canto.
regum timendorum in proprios greges,
reges in ipsos imperium est Jovis_.

1813.

I hate thee, oh, Mob, as my Lady hates delf;
To Sir Francis I'll give up thy claps and thy hisses,
Leave old Magna Charta to shift for itself,
And, like Godwin, write books for young masters and misses.
Oh! it _is_ not high rank that can make the heart merry,
Even monarchs themselves are not free from mishap:
Tho' the Lords of Westphalia must quake before Jerry,
Poor Jerry himself has to quake before Nap.

[The end]
Thomas Moore's poem: Horace, Ode I. Lib. III - A Fragment

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