Horace The Wise

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Title:     Horace The Wise
Author: Franklin P. Adams [More Titles by Adams]

AD PYRRHAM

Horace: Book I, Ode 5.

"Quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa"

What lady-like youth in his wild aberrations
Is putting cologne on his brow?
For whom are the puffs and the blond transformations?
I wonder who's kissing you now.
[1]

Tee hee! I must laugh when I think of his finish,
Not wise to your ways and your rep.
Ha! ha! how his fancy for you will diminish!
I know, for I'm Jonathan Hep.

[Footnote 1: Paraphraser's note: Horace beat the modern song writers to this. The translation is literal enough--"Quis...gracilis te puer...urget?".]

[The end]
Franklin P. Adams's poem: Horace The Wise

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