Horace on maidenhood

 

Nondum subacta ferre iugum valet cervice, nondum munia comparis   aequare nec tauri ruentis     in venerem tolerare pondus.

Not yet subdued, too young for the wedding yoke, not yet can she take all of the cares of a   woman; nor can she bear on her the     weight of the bull and in love its thrusting.

circa virentis est animus tuae compos iuvencae, nunc fluviis gravem   solantis aestum, nunc in udo     ludere cum vitulis salicto

Now thoughts of green things fill all the mind of your girl calf, and cool streams, soothing and free of the   sun's burning heat; in marshy willow     groves with the heifers she plays and shares their

praegestientis. Tolle cupidinem immitis uvae: iam tibi lividos   distinguet Autumnus racemos     purpureo varius colore.

delight. Give up your eager desire for grapes which are unripe: soon Autumn will bring for you   new clusters, dark-blue, heavy, swollen,     dashed with the purple of ripeness bursting.

(Note: The English stress pattern matches the quantity pattern in the original - as long as you read it:

	Nòt yèt subdùed, tòo yòung for the wèdding yoke,
	nòt yèt can shè tàke àll of the càres of a
	wòmàn, nor càn shè bèar on hèr the
	wèight of the bùll and in lòve its thrùsting.

with the same scheme for the remaining stanzas. But if you can't take three successive stressed syllables, just stress the first and third.)