Horace, Carm. 2.3 [ed. Shorey and Laing]
Aequam memento
rebus in arduis
servare mentem,
non secus in bonis
ab insolenti temperatam
laetitia, moriture Delli,
//seu maestus omni tempore vixeris, 5
//seu te in remoto
gramine [per dies
festos] reclinatum bearis
interiore nota Falerni.
quo pinus ingens albaque populus
umbram hospitalem consociare
amant 10
ramis? quid obliquo
laborat
lympha fugax trepidare rivo?
huc vina et unguenta et nimium breves
flores amoenae
ferre iube
rosae,
[dum res et aetas et sororum 15
fila trium patiuntur
atra.]
cedes coemptis saltibus et domo
villaque, [flavus
quam Tiberis
lavit,]
cedes, et exstructis {in altum}
divitiis potietur heres. 20
[divesne prisco natus
ab Inacho]
nil interest [an pauper
et infima
de gente sub divo moreris,
victima nil miserantis Orci.]
omnes eodem cogimur, || omnium 25
versatur urna
serius ocius
sors exitura et nos
in aeternum
exsilium impositura cumbae.
insolens, -ntis : overweening
interiore nota = ?
trepido, -are : be agitated; bustle about; move
confusedly
lympha, -ae (f.) : water; spring/river water
fugax, fugacis : fleeing, speeding; fleeting
co‘mo, -ere, -emi, -emptum : buy up, buy in bulk
saltus, -us (m.) : forest/mountain pasture; glade,
dale
interest, -esse (impers.) : it makes a difference, it
is of importance
divum, -i (n.) : the sky
cumba, -ae (f.) : small boat, skiff [here = Charon's
ferryboat]