ODE XXXVI.— A WELCOME TO NUMIDA .

Burn frankincense! blow fife
A merry note!—and quick devote
A victim to the knife.

To thank the guardian powers
Who led from Spain—home once again,
This gallant friend of ours.

Dear to us all; yet one
Can fairly boast—his friendship most:
Oh, him he doats upon!

The gentle Lamia, whom,
Long used to share—each schoolday care,
He loved in boyhood's bloom.

One day on both conferred
The garb of men—this day, again,
Let a “white chalk” record.
Then send the wine-jar round,
And blithely keep—the “Salian” step
With many a mirthful bound.