AVIENI V. C. AD AMICOS. <br /> <br />Rure morans, quid agam, respondi, pauca rogatus: <br />Mane, deum exoro famulos, post arvaque viso, <br />Partitusque meis justos indico labores; <br />Inde lego, Phoebumque cio, Musamque lacesso; <br />Tunc oleo corpus fingo, mollique palaestra <br />Stringo libens animo, gaudensque ac foenore liber <br />Prandeo, poto, cano, ludo, lavo, caeno, quiesco. <br /> <br /> ENGLISHED. <br /> <br />Ask'd in the country what I did, I said: <br />I view my men and meads, first having pray'd; <br />Then each of mine hath his just task outlay'd; <br />I read, Apollo court, I rouse my Muse; <br />Then I anoynt me, and stript willing loose <br />My self on a soft plat, from us'ry blest; <br />I dine, drink, sing, play, bath, I sup, I rest.<br /><br />Richard Lovelace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/avieni-v-c-ad-amicos/
