Heathcote William Garrod, comp. (1878–1960). The Oxford Book of Latin Verse. 1912.

Maecenas d. 8 B.C.

To Horace

LVCENTES, mea uita, nec smaragdos,

beryllos neque, Flacce mi, nitentes

nec percandida margarita quaero

nec quos thunica lima perpoliuit

anulos neque iaspios lapillos.

Any Life is better than no life
ii

DEBILEM facito manu, debilem pede, coxa,

tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentis:

vita dum superest, bene est.