165. To Cedars.
If 'mongst my many poems I can see
One only worthy to be wash'd by thee,
I live for ever, let the rest all lie
In dens of darkness or condemn'd to die.
Cedars, oil of cedar was used for preserving manuscripts (carmina
linenda cedro. Hor. Ars Poet., 331.)
One only worthy to be wash'd by thee,
I live for ever, let the rest all lie
In dens of darkness or condemn'd to die.
Cedars, oil of cedar was used for preserving manuscripts (carmina
linenda cedro. Hor. Ars Poet., 331.)
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