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TRANSLATIONS.
To boast a man more frank to impart
Kind offices to friends with open Heart,
Or, with hand amidst his store,
Delighting to distribute more
Kind offices to friends with open Heart,
Or, with hand amidst his store,
Delighting to distribute more
EPODE V.Measures 10.
Than Theron: yet foul calumny, injurious blame, 200
Did the men of rancour raise
Against his fair renown,
Defamers who by evil Actions strove to drown
His good, and to conceal his praise.
Can the sand, 205
On the strand,
Be numbered o'er? Then, true to Theron's fame,
His favours showering down delight
On thousands who is able to recite?
Did the men of rancour raise
Against his fair renown,
Defamers who by evil Actions strove to drown
His good, and to conceal his praise.
Can the sand, 205
On the strand,
Be numbered o'er? Then, true to Theron's fame,
His favours showering down delight
On thousands who is able to recite?
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