Examination in Latin Composition
November 6, 1868
Develop in Latin verses the theme outlined by Horace in the following lines from Ode IV, Book III:

Me fabulosae, Vulture in Apulo,
Altricis extra limen Apuliae,
Ludo fatigatumque somno
Fronde nova puerum palumbes
Texere....
...Ut premerer sacra
Lauroque collataque myrto
Non sine Dis....

(As a boy, once, beside the Vultur
In Apulia, not far from my house,
Tired of games and of sleep,
Wonderful doves covered me
With new leaves....
...I was crowned with sacred laurel
And with myrtle, not without
Divine intent....)

Note: Three and a half hours are allowed for the examination in composition.