Drugs which Canidia bad employed in her Enchantment; and ironically calls thofe magic Drugs Odours. Thus alfo he gives them the Name of Nard in the fifth Ode of this Book. 6 Infamis Helene, &c.] Stefichorus, having written Verfes on Helen, and afterwards lofing his Sight, imagined that Caftor and Pollux punished him, to revenge their Sifter. He was right in his Conjecture; for, as foon as he had fung a Recantation, his Sight was reftored. Plate has preferved this Story in his Phedon, where he fets down the Beginning of this PALINODIA. WH ODE XVIII. CANIDIA'S Anfwer. HY do thy Prayers thus ftun my Ear? Sooner th' obdurate Rocks fhall hear, When loud the wintry Billows roar, And fhipwreck'd Sailors feek the Shore. Safely fhalt thou Cotytto's Rites Divulge, and lawless Love's Delights ; And, Pontiff-like, the City fill 2 With Secrets of th' Efquilian Hill ? Enrich'd, and brew'd the speedy Bane ?-- And wear out Life in Mifery. With endless Thirst and Hunger preft, The Sire of Pelops prays for Reft; For Reft the Wretch pours forth his Prayers, In vain the Stone's recoiling Weight NOTES. Cotyttia.] Cotytto was a lewd and abandoned Goddefs, worshipped by the Athenians, Corinthians, &c. with all kind of impurities. See Juv. Sat. II. 92. 2 Pontifex] i. e. Shalt thou pretend to affume to thyfelf the Authority of a High-Prieft, or Cenfor, and, in Confequence of that, arraign my Proceedings ?.' The END of the FIFTH BOOK. THE THE I SECULAR OD E. By Mr. DUNCOMBE fen. Choir of Youths and Virgins. 2 PHœbus! and Cynthia o'er the Chace Prefiding; Heaven's eternal Grace! 3 Whom as paft Times, the future fhall adore, Grant what, this facred Season, we implore! Now when the Sibyl's Lines command, That Youths and Maids, a 4 chofen Band! Shall to the Gods, whom our feven Hills delight, A choral Hymn alternately recite. Choir of Youths. Indulgent Sun! whofe various Ray Now spreads, and now withdraws the Day, Another and the fame; may Years to come No Prospect yield thee more august than Rome ! Choir of Virgins. Your Aid, mild Ilithyia, give To Matrons, and their Pangs relieve; 5 Whether you chufe Lucina for your Name, Or rather that of Genetyllis claim. Το To pregnant Wives give large Increase ; Both Choirs. · Oft as th' allotted Term of Years Events infallibly fulfill; Whofe Word once fpoken ftill unchang'd fhall last, Let Earth, with Corn and Flocks o'erfpread, Let wholefome Streams, fweet Air, and verdant Cherish the Herds, the Flocks, and tender Brood. Choir of Youths. With Bow unftrung, and favouring Ear, Kindly the fuppliant Youths, Apollo! hear. Choir of Virgins. Horn'd Queen of Stars! the Maids attend, Who to thy Throne, with humble Homage, bend. Both Choirs. If Rome was rear'd by your Command; If Trojans fought th' Etruscan Land, Enjoin'd " Enjoin'd by You to leave their native Shore, plore ; Whom fafely through devouring Flame, * The Chief, immortalis'd by Fame, Led to a fairer Soil, a happier Coast, To Age, ye Gods! give needful Reft; Who bids the milk-white Victims bleed; Cafar, who triumphs o'er his ftubborn Foes, But generous Mercy to the Suppliant shows. The "Mede now fears, by Sea and Land, 12 Th' Albanian Axe, and Cæfar's Hand: 13 Scythians, and Indians, late so haughty, wait From Rome's rever'd Decrees to learn their Fate. Now Honour, Truth, and ancient Shame, And Peace, our favage Paffions tame: Virtue unveils her Face, fecure from Scorn, And Plenty scatters Fruits with plenteous Horn. Choir of Youths. The 14 Prophet-God, with golden Bow, Dear to the Nine, who well can show The healing Power of every Herb and Plant, And fprightly Health to languid Mortals grant; * Eneas, who planted a Colony of Trojans in Italy. |