Note 516 — PART THE SECOND. (continued 12)
Reading edition
These Odes proved to be forgeries. They were reported to have been found in the Palatine Library, and communicated to the public by Gasper Pallavicini, the sub-librarian. We have room only for the following:—
AD SALIUM FLORUM. Discolor grandem gravat uva ramum; Instat Autumnus; glacialis anno Mox hyems volvente adiret, capillis Horrida canis. Jam licet Nymphas trepidè fugaces Insequi, lento pede detinendas, Et labris captæ, simulantis iram, Oscula figi. Jam licit vino madidos vetusto De die lætum recinare carmen; Flore, si te des hilarum, licebit Sumere noctem. Jam vide curas Aquilone sparsas Mens viri fortis sibi constat, utrum Serius lethi citiusve tristis Advolat hora.
There is a false quantity in the first stanza, which affords presumptive evidence of forgery.
The title of the second Ode is, "Ad Librum Suum."