Horace, Ode 38
Persicos odi, puer, apparatus...
My
boy, let's not dress up.
Let's let flowers live elsewhere than our hair.
Stop looking for where the late rose delays.
Plain,
dumb, plentiful myrtle's enough.
See how it reaches from your head to mine,
like an arm joining us.
Join me, boy. Join me for a drink.