TO CHLOE (ODES, I, 23)

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

      OU shun me, Chloë, wild and shy,
      As some stray fawn that seeks its mother
      Through trackless woods. If spring winds sigh
      It vainly strives its fears to smother.
       
      Its trembling knees assail each other
      When lizards stir the brambles dry;--
      You shun me, Chloë, wild and shy,
      As some stray fawn that seeks its mother.
       
      And yet no Libyan lion I,--
      No ravening thing to rend another;
      Lay by your tears, your tremors dry,
      A husband's better than a brother;
      Nor shun me, Chloë, wild and shy,
      As some stray fawn that seeks its mother.

This English translation of "To Chloe" was composed by Austin Dobson (1840-1921).

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