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NUNC EST BIBENDUM.

TRANSLATION.




Horace, Ode 37, Book I.




Now drink and dance, my comrades,
    And spread the splendid feast,
The haughty Queen of Egypt
    Is fleeing to the East.

When Caesar led his war-ships,
    Spread far in battle line,
A panic fell upon her,
    Half mad with lust and wine.

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