that holds the Libyan breed, and, as he coils his tail upon the stern, a lion stretches to the prow; that single beast the labouring bark can scarce uplift; deep down below the waters is heard the roaring. Out rushes the leviathan. Neptune compares these land prodigies to his and admits that his are not their equal. So whene’er victorious Bacchus ploughs the Red Sea’s waves, Silenus sways the helm, the urgent Satyrs sweat upon their oars and the oxhide drums, smitten by the Bacchants, summon the rowers of Bromius to toil at the thwarts; ivy-wreaths deck the benches, the pliant vine entwines the mast; a drunken snake glides out upon the yardarms; lynxes run and leap along the sheets that drip with wine, and unaccustomed tigers stare in amaze at the canvas. * * * * * Page 70 PANEGYRICUS DE SEXTO CONSULATU HONORII AUGUSTI PRAEFATIO (XXVII.) Omnia, quae sensu volvuntur vota diurno, pectore sopito reddit amica quies. venator defessa toro cum membra reponit, mens tamen ad silvas et sua lustra redit. iudicibus lites, aurigae somnia currus 5 vanaque nocturnis meta cavetur equis. furto gaudet amans, permutat navita merces et vigil elapsas quaerit avarus opes, blandaque largitur frustra sitientibus aegris inriguus gelido pocula fonte sopor. 10 Me quoque Musarum studium sub nocte silenti artibus adsuetis sollicitare solet. namque poli media stellantis in arce videbar ante pedes summi carmina ferre Iovis; utque favet somnus, plaudebant numina dictis 15 et circumfusi sacra corona chori. Enceladus mihi carmen erat victusque Typhoeus: hic subit Inarimen, hunc gravis Aetna domat. * * * * * Page 71 PANEGYRIC ON THE SIXTH CONSULSHIP OF THE EMPEROR HONORIUS (A.D. 404) PREFACE (XXVII.) All things that with waking sense desire ponders kindly repose brings back to the slumbering mind. The huntsman stretches his weary limbs upon the couch, yet his mind ever returns to the woods where his quarry lurks. The judge dreams of law-suits, the charioteer of his chariot the nightly steeds of which he guides past a shadowy turning-point. The lover repeats love’s mysteries, the merchant makes exchange of goods, the miser still watchfully grasps at elusive riches, and to thirsty sufferers all-pervading sleep offers from a cooling spring idly alluring draughts.