to bulls tired from the plow
and to the wandering herd.
You will become one of the noble fountains
as I sing of the ilex tree hanging over
the hollow rocks from where
your waters leap with voices.
Erik P. Fredericksen is a Classics concentrator in Quincy house who just completed a thesis on Horace’s Odes and problems of translation. Next year, Erik plans to continue studying Classics at Oxford.