Vitas hinnuleo me similis, Chloe, quaerenti pavidam montibus aviis matrem non sine vano aurarum et siluae metu. nam seu mobilibus veris inhorruit adventus foliis seu virides rubum dimovere lacertae, et corde et genibus tremit. atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo frangere persequor: tandem desine matrem tempestiva sequi viro.
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Confirmed with Horace, Odes and Epodes. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 1919. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text for the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Vitas hinnueleo (Book 1, 23)" [ chorus ], from Odes of Horace, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Conington)
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 51
You fly me, Chloe, as o'er trackless hills A young fawn runs her timorous dam to find, Whom empty terror thrills Of woods and whispering wind. Whether 'tis Spring's first shiver, faintly heard Through the light leaves, or lizards in the brake The rustling thorns have stirr'd, Her heart, her knees, they quake. Yet I, who chase you, no grim lion am, No tiger fell, to crush you in my gripe: Come, learn to leave your dam. For lover's kisses ripe.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. John Conington, translator, London. George Bell and Sons. 1882.
Text Authorship:
- by John Conington (1825 - 1869) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 81