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Minor Latin poets; with introductions and English translations

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FLORUSi«I've no mind to be a Caesar,Strolling round amono; the Britons,Victim of the Scythian hoar-frosts.^II-IX. The Quality of Life ^IIBacchus, of the vine revealer, let thy fullness aidthe vineSend the dulcet juice aflowing which no nectar canoutshine.Grant it ever-mellowing storage lest in veins inimicalIt produce a smack of roughness turned to vinegar<strong>with</strong>al.IllEvery woman in her bosom hides a poisonous pestilence:Though the lips speak ne'er so sweetly, yet the heartcontrives offence.*The MS. heading for the 26 verses in II-IX is soinappropriate that Luoian Mueller by emending vitae intovitium suggested that it meant "On the Nature of Vines"<strong>and</strong> -svas appUcable only to poem II.427

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