And days as well there are, when the farm feasts,

The host reclining amid friends, his guests;

High flame the hissing logs, wine-cups are crowned,

And vows and healths to Gods and men go round;

On equal terms master with shepherds vies,

As archer, or as wrestler, for a prize.

Thus sprang a race, the wonder of the earth,

Suckled by Sabine mothers—as, at birth,

Their king by wild werewolf—twin strains with those,

Blending of Tuscan lords, high Lucumos;