Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VITAS HINNULEO ME SIMILIS, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS



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VITAS HINNULEO ME SIMILIS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Why, chloe, like a timid hind
Last Line: That thou shouldst own a lover.
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Courtship; Fear; Love; Man-woman Relationships; Mothers & Daughters; Male-female Relations


WHY, Chloe, like a timid hind
Upon the rugged mountains flying
At every motion of the wind
Affrighted to its mother hieing,—
Why dost avoid me?
If but the tender branches move
Upon the zephyr gently swaying,
Should lizard rustle in the grove,—
Through all thy form, see, terror playing!
No lion, I, from Afric's clime;
No tiger from the jungle's cover.
Leave then thy mother; it is time
That thou shouldst own a lover.





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