26. To Nerva -
Send verse to Nerva? Nay, a bard so bold
Might give cheap scent to Cosmus, hope to please
Paestum with privet flowers or marigold,
Send bitter honey to Hymettus' bees.
Yet is there grace in humbler lines — for these
Are olives taken after daintier cheer;
Yet wonder not should my Thalia fear
(Knowing her meaner power) your face to see;
Did not a Nero dread your taste austere,
Reading his merry verse? and so doth she.
Might give cheap scent to Cosmus, hope to please
Paestum with privet flowers or marigold,
Send bitter honey to Hymettus' bees.
Yet is there grace in humbler lines — for these
Are olives taken after daintier cheer;
Yet wonder not should my Thalia fear
(Knowing her meaner power) your face to see;
Did not a Nero dread your taste austere,
Reading his merry verse? and so doth she.
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