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TRANSLATIONS.
A life unintangled with woe; 70
For none are able to disclose
The seasons of the uncertain ebbs and flows
Now of pleasures, now of pains,
Which hidden fate to men ordains:
For none are able to disclose
The seasons of the uncertain ebbs and flows
Now of pleasures, now of pains,
Which hidden fate to men ordains:
EPODE II.Measures 10.
Thus providence, that to thy ancestry, long-famed, 75
Portions out a pleasing share
Of heaven-sprung happiness,
Does, ceasing in another turn of time to bless,
Distribute some reverse of care,
As from years 80
Pass'd appears,
Since the predestin'd son, at Pytho named,
Did Laius, blindly meeting, kill,
And the oracle, of old pronounc'd, fulfil:
Portions out a pleasing share
Of heaven-sprung happiness,
Does, ceasing in another turn of time to bless,
Distribute some reverse of care,
As from years 80
Pass'd appears,
Since the predestin'd son, at Pytho named,
Did Laius, blindly meeting, kill,
And the oracle, of old pronounc'd, fulfil:
STROPHE III.Measures 16.
Fell Erinnys, quick to view 85
The deed, his warlike sons in battle slew,
Each by the other's rage:
But to Polynices slain
Survived Thersander, glory of his age,
The deed, his warlike sons in battle slew,
Each by the other's rage:
But to Polynices slain
Survived Thersander, glory of his age,
For
