PERSIAN FOPPERIES (ODES, I, 38)

by: Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65-8 B.C.)

      OY, I hate their empty shows,
      Persian garlands I detest,
      Bring not me the late-bloom rose
      Lingering after all the rest:
       
      Plainer myrtle pleases me
      Thus outstretched beneath my vine,
      Myrtle more becoming thee,
      Waiting with thy master's wine.

This English translation of "Persian Fopperies" was composed by William Cowper (1731-1800).

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