Novit, et Arctoïs fi quis de folibus horret,
Quique bibit Gangen, aut nigrum occafibus intrat
Oceanum, et fi quos
incerto littore Syrtes 815
Deftituunt, ne perge queri, cafufque priorum
Annumerare tibi. noftro quoque fanguine multum
Erravit pietas. nec culpa nepotibus obstat.
Tu modo diffimilis rebus mereare fecundis
Excufare tuos. fed jam temone fupino
Languet Hyperboreae glacialis portitor ursae. 825
Fundite vina focis, fervatoremque parentum
Latoïden votis iterumque iterumque canamus.
Phoebe parens, feu te Lyciae Pataraea nivosis
Exercent dumeta jugis, feu rore pudico
Caftaliae flavos amor eft tibi mergere crines;
Seu Trojam Thymbraeus habes, ubi fama volentem
Ingratis Phrygios humeris fubiiffe molares :
Fame, that delights around the world to stray, Scorns not to take our Argos in her way. 811 Ev'n those who dwell where funs at distance roll, In northern wilds, and freeze beneath the pole; And those who tread the burning Libyan lands, The faithlefs Syrtes and the moving fands; 815 Who view the western fea's extremest bounds, Or drink of Ganges in their eastern grounds; All these the woes of Oedipus have known, Your fates, your furies, and haunted town.
If on the fons the parents crimes defcend, 820
What Prince from those his lineage can defend?
Be this thy comfort, that 'tis thine t'efface
With virtuous acts thy ancestor's disgrace,
And be thyself the honour of thy race.
But fee! the ftars begin to steal away,
And shine more faintly at approaching day;
Now
pour the wine; and in your
tuneful lays
Once more refound 'the great Apollo's praise.
Oh father Phœbus! whether Lycia's coaft 829 And fnowy mountain, thy bright presence boast ; Whether to sweet Caftalia thou repair,
And bathe in filver dews thy yellow hair ;
Seu juvat Aegaeum feriens Latonius umbra
Cynthus, et affiduam pelago non quaerere Delon :
Tela tibi, longeque feros lentandus in hoftes
Arcus, et aetherii dono ceffere parentes
Aeternum florere genas. tu doctus iniquas
Parcarum praenôffe minas, fatumque quod ultra eft,
Et fummo placitura Jovi. quis letifer annus, 840
Bella quibus populis, mutent quæ fceptra cometae.
Tu Phryga fubmittis citharae. tu matris honori
Terrigenam Tityon Stygiis extendis arenis.
Te viridis Python, Thebanaque mater ovantem,
Horruit in pharetris. ultrix tibi torva Megaera 850
Jejunum Phlegyam fubter cava faxa jacentem
Aeterno premit accubitu, dapibufque profanis
Inftimulat: fed mifta famem faftidia vincunt.
Adfis o, memor hofpitii, Junoniaque arva
Or pleas'd to find fair Delos float no more,
Delight in Cynthus, and the shady shore;
Or chuse thy feat in Ilion's proud abodes,
The shining structures rais'd by lab'ring Gods :
By thee the bow and mortal shafts are born;
Eternal charms thy blooming youth adorn:
Skill'd in the laws of fecret fate above,
And the dark counsels of almighty Jove,
"Tis thine the feeds of future war to know,
The change of Sceptres, and impending woe;
When direful meteors spread thro' glowing air
Long trails of light, and shake their blazing hair.
Thy rage the Phrygian felt, who durst aspire 845
T'excel the mufic of thy heav'nly lyre;
Thy shafts aveng'd lewd Tityus' guilty flame,
Th' immortal victim of my mother's fame;
Thy hand flew Python, and the dame who loft
Her num'rous offspring for a fatal boast.
In Phlegyas' doom thy just revenge appears,
Condemn'd to Furies and eternal fears;
He views his food, but dreads, with lifted eye,
The mouldring rock that trembles from on high.
Propitious hear our pray'r, O Pow'r divine!
And on thy hospitable Argos shine,
Dexter ames; feu te rofeum Titana vocari Gentis Achaemeniae ritu, feu praeftat Ofirin Frugiferum, feu Persei sub rupibus antri Indignata fequi torquentem cornua Mitram.
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