In Other Words/A Sealed Proposal

by Franklin P. Adams

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A Sealed Proposal

AD CHLOËN
Horace: Book I, Ode 23.
“Vitas hinnuleo me similis, Chloë—”

 

Nay, Chloë, dear, forget your fear, Nor like a frightened fawn outrun me;No savage I to horrify—You shouldn’t shun me.

Come, Chloë, queen, you’re seventeen; There’s many a precedent to back us.Why shouldn’t you be Mrs. Q. Horatius Flaccus?