<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390907" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Horace to phyllis</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Come, Phyllis, I've a cask of wine<br> That fairly reeks with precious juices,<br>And in your tresses you shall twine<br> The loveliest flowers this vale produces.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">My cottage wears a gracious smile,--<br> The altar, decked in floral glory,<br>Yearns for the lamb which bleats the while<br> As though it pined for honors gory.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hither our neighbors nimbly fare,--<br> The boys agog, the maidens snickering;<br>And savory smells possess the air<br> As skyward kitchen flames are flickering.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You ask what means this grand display,<br> This festive throng, and goodly diet?<br>Well, since you're bound to have your way,<br> I don't mind telling, on the quiet.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Tis April 13, as you know,--<br> A day and month devote to Venus,<br>Whereon was born, some years ago,<br> My very worthy friend Maecenas.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Nay, pay no heed to Telephus,--<br> Your friends agree he doesn't love you;<br>The way he flirts convinces us<br> He really is not worthy of you!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Aurora's son, unhappy lad!<br> You know the fate that overtook him?<br>And Pegasus a rider had--<br> I say he had before he shook him!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Haec docet (as you must agree):<br> 'T is meet that Phyllis should discover<br>A wisdom in preferring me<br> And mittening every other lover.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So come, O Phyllis, last and best<br> Of loves with which this heart's been smitten,--<br>Come, sing my jealous fears to rest,<br> And let your songs be those I've written.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Eugene+Field">Eugene Field</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=390907" data-title="Horace to phyllis de Eugene Field" data-description="Come, Phyllis, I've a cask of wine That fairly reeks with precious juices, And in your tresses you shall twine The loveliest flowers this vale produces. My cottage wears a gracious smile,-- The altar, decked in floral glory, Yearns for the lam..."></div> </div> </div>

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