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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ODES I, 23. TO CHLOE (4), by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS Poet's Biography
First Line: How happens it, my cruel miss
Last Line: You'll find the poet's love is metre.
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Courtship; Fear
First Line: How happens it, my cruel miss
Last Line: You'll find the poet's love is metre.
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Courtship; Fear
HOW happens it, my cruel miss,
You're always giving me the mitten?
You seem to have forgotten this:
That you no longer are a kitten!
A woman that has reached the years
Of that which people call discretion
Should put away all childish fears
And see in courtship no transgression.
A mother's solace may be sweet,
But Hymen's tenderness is sweeter;
And though all virile love be meet,
You'll find the poet's love is metre.
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