Part 10 (1/2)
Thence from the midst o'th'hill all _Vilna_ shall Our prospect be; our eye shall lower fall-- On _Vilia_'s cooler streames, that wind, And with embraces _Vilna_ bind.
Illinc picta procul quae radiantibus Fulgent fana tholis, & geminam super Despectabimus arcem, Magni regna Palaemonis.
Ut longo faciles Pacis in otio Se tollunt populi! nam tria tertio Surrexere sub anno Priscis templa Quiritibus; Et qua conspicuis se Gediminia Jactant saxa jugis, & Capitolium, Et quae tecta superbis Intrant nubila turribus.
From thence, farre off, the Temples wee'l behold, And radiant Scutcheons all adorn'd with gold; Then wee'l looke o're that double towre, Th'extent of great _Palaemon_'s pow're.
How in a settled peace, and kingdomes rest The easie people raise themselves, so blest!
Three Temples in three yeares w'have seen To th'Citizens have reared been; Where _Gediminian_ Rocks themselves extoll With their plaine tops, and then the Capitol, Those buildings, whose proud turrets stretch Themselves to th'Cloudes, and stars doe reach:
Auget magna, Quies: exiguus labor In majus modico provenit otio.
Hinc & terga virentum Late prospice collium.
Quae nunc mobilibus nutat Etesiis, Segni cana stet.i.t sub nive populus: Qui nunc defluit, alta Haesit sub glacie latex: Qui nunc purpureis floret ager rosis, Immoto sterilis delituit gelu: Verno quae strepit ales, Hiberno tacuit die.
Erg rumpe moras, & solidum gravi Curae deme diem, quem tibi candidus Spondet vesper, & albis Cras Horae revehent equis.
Great things to greater growth doe thus increase, And with least paines, improve themselves by peace.
Here, tops of Hills, themselves behold, In all their flowry pride unfold.
The Poplar now that shakes, when th'East winds blow Stood cloth'd in gray, under the ling'ring snow: The Springs that now so nimbly rise, Were all of late lock'd up, in Ice: The fields that now with blus.h.i.+ng Roses spread, Lay barren, and in hardest frost all hid: The birds which chirping sit i'th'Spring; When Winter comes, forget to sing.
Breake off delayes then, and from grievous care A constant day, set by; which th'ev'ning faire Doth promise, and the next dayes Sun With his white Steeds will freely run.
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_Ad Paulum Iordanum Vrsinum Bracciani Ducem._ Bracciani agri amnitatem commendat, ad quam per ferias Septembres secesserat Roma.
_Ode 1. Lib. Epod._
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To _Paulus Iorda.n.u.s Vrsinus_, Duke of _Bracciano_.
Hee commends the pleasantnesse of the Countrey, where in the feasts of _September_, he retyred from _Rome_.
_Ode 1. Lib. Epod._
Huc o quietis apta Musis otia, Levesque Ludorum chori; Huc feriantum Phbe Musarum pater, Huc hospitales Gratiae; Huc delicatis ite permisti Jocis Non inverecundi Sales: Hic otiosi mite Bracciani solum Vago coronemus pede.
Appeare ye spritefull Quire with choicest sports, All pastime fit for _Phbus_ Courts; And Thou great Master of the Revels, joyne The Graces, to thy Daughters nine; Witt pure and quaint, with rich conceits and free From all obscaene scurrilitie: Here free from care, nimbly let's dance a round Upon _Bracciano_'s softer ground.
Clemens supino clivus a.s.surgit jugo, Caelumq; paulatim subit, Et solida subter terga scopulorum arduo Securus insessu premit: Arcisq; jactat inter alta turrium Insigne propugnacula, Timenda quondam Caesarum turmis duc.u.m, Timenda magno Borgiae, c.u.m per minantum militum aratos globos Metuenda jaceret fulmima, Ageretque profugum Caesarem, & qua.s.sum metu; Adusque promissum _Nihil_.
A gentle Cliffe from a steep Hill doth rise That even to Heaven, mounts by degrees, And safe, with uncouth pa.s.sage, leanes upon The solid backs, of Rocks and stone: Whence 'mid'st the Bulwark'd Forts, we may descry A displayd Banner from on hye, Which to th'Imperiall force a terrour was, A terrour to great _Borgias_, When through the brasen troops of's threatning foes, His fearfull thunder-bolts he throwes, Pursuing routed _Caesar_, whom he brought To that he promis'd him, to _nought_.
Hic ille magnus fraenat Etruscas opes _Ursinus_ Heroum decus, Haeres avitae laudis, & princeps caput Magnaeq; laus Oenotriae.
Circ.u.m coruscis scena quercetis viret, Caelumque verrit frondibus, Suoque colles vest.i.t, & patentibus Sese theatris explicat.
Admota muris pone Nympharum domus Aprica praebet littora: Ripamque Baccho jungit, & vallum prope.
Lentis flagellat fluctibus.
Great _Ursin_ here puts reynes toth'_Tuscan_ pow're The grace of _Heroes_ and the flow're; Heire to his father's worth, chiefe guide and stay And praise of great _Oenotria_.
A Bow're growes green, set round with trembling Okes Which fanns the Heavens with gentle strokes.
It clothes the Hills, and spreads it selfe all over To th'open Theaters a cover.