| I TO MY PERILS ... | FELICI, VENUS ... |
| A.E.Housman | trans. Colin Sydenham |
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I to my perils .....Of cheat and charmer .....Came clad in armour ..........By stars benign. Hope lies to mortals .....And some believe her, .....But man’s deceiver ..........Was never mine. The thoughts of others .....Were light and fleeting, .....Of lovers’ meeting ..........Or luck or fame. Mine were of trouble, .....And mine were steady, .....So I was ready ..........When trouble came. |
.....Felici, Venus, ad tuas tutus blanditias et mala sidere .....falsorum subii, velut munitus clipeo. Perfida credulos .....Spes fictis homines capit plerumque illecebris; talibus at meum .....cor deludere somniis non unquam potuit. Frivola nam levi .....dum sub pectore cogitat vulgus, quos fragilis fervor amantium, .....quos vanum decus attrahit, quos fortuna brevis, me potius gravi .....assuevi ad venientium curarum monitu verbera pertinax, .....assuetumque ita verticem curis opposui mox ferientibus. |
Trans. copyright © Colin Sydenham 2006