Horace, Odes 1.23

Carm. 1.23.1Vītās hinnuleō mē similis, Chloē,
quaerentī pavidam montibus āviīs
mātrem nōn sine vānō
aurārum et siluae metū.

You avoid me, Chloe, like a fawn searching on the pathless mountains for its frightened mother, not without empty fear of the breezes and the wood.

Note. Metre: Fourth Asclepiadean. Vītās ... mē, 'you avoid me'. hinnuleō similis, 'like a fawn'. quaerentī ... mātrem, 'seeking its mother'; pavidam, 'frightened'; montibus āviīs, 'on the pathless mountains'. nōn sine vānō ... metū, 'not without empty fear'.

Carm. 1.23.5Nam seu mōbilibus vēris inhorruit
adventus foliīs seu viridēs rubum
dīmōvēre lacertae,
et corde et genibus tremit.

For if the arrival of spring has shivered in the moving leaves, or green lizards have pushed the bramble aside, it trembles in heart and knees.

Note. The text here is disputed; with this reading: seu ... vēris inhorruit adventus foliīs, 'whether the coming of spring has shivered in the moving leaves'. lacertae, 'lizards'. dīmōvēre = dīmōvērunt. et corde et genibus tremit, 'it trembles in heart and knees' (the fawn).

Carm. 1.23.9Atquī nōn ego tē tigris ut aspera
10Gaetūlusve leō frangere persequor:
tandem dēsine mātrem
tempestīva sequī virō.

And yet I am not chasing you like a fierce tiger or a Gaetulian lion to crush you: stop following your mother at last, now that you are ripe for a husband.

Note. Atquī, 'and yet'. nōn ego tē ... frangere persequor, 'I am not pursuing you to crush you'; ut tigris aspera Gaetūlusve leō, 'like a fierce tiger or a Gaetulian lion'. tempestīva ... virō, 'ripe for a husband'; virō is dative with tempestīva.