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O fons Bandusiae splendidior vitrodulci digne mero non sine floribus,cras donaberis haedo,cui frons turgida cornibusprimis et venerem et proelia destinat;frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibirubro sanguine rivoslascivi suboles gregis.te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculaenescit tangere, tu frigus amabilefessis vomere taurispraebes et pecori vago.fies nobilium tu quoque fontiumme dicente cavis impositam ilicemsaxis, unde loquaceslymphae desiliunt tuae.
The Spring of Bandusium is a natural water source in rural Italy, to which the Roman poet Horace addressed a well-known ode. The location of the spring is unknown: speculation has centered on Apulia, the poet's birthplace, and the neighborhood of an archaeological ruin east of Rome, thought to be the site of poet's beloved Sabine farm in what is now the commune of Licenza. In the poem Horace promises to sacrifice a young goat to the spring and praises the spring's constancy in the hottest days of summer. The poem ends with Horace promising to immortalize the spring through his song.