Charles Larcom Graves

Summary

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.
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