Charles Larcom Graves, Odes of Horace, Book 5 — Ode VII (1921)
“ Bright purples of Cos and of Sidon unrolled Work havoc in many a brain; For whenever extravagance urges "Be bold !" Economy whispers "Refrain!" Collectors of taxes, impartial as Death, Stalk forth on their pitiless rounds; And the lark, inexhaustively lavish of breath, In lyrical rapture abounds. Old vernal disorders unsettle the health Of those who have time to be ill, And in those who have not, the conscription of wealth Strikes home with a glacial chill. ”
