The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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... Bound light , running along , o'er the forbidden main ! Mankind fearlessly dares to do Aught , and rushes a dark list of offences through . Bold Iäpetus son could dare Lightning , by a foul fraud , down upon earth to bear . Disease ...
... Bound light , running along , o'er the forbidden main ! Mankind fearlessly dares to do Aught , and rushes a dark list of offences through . Bold Iäpetus son could dare Lightning , by a foul fraud , down upon earth to bear . Disease ...
Page 44
... bound The pure from the impure . But I shall ne'er , beau- tiful Bassareus , Move thee ' gainst thy desire ; or what is hid ' neath the close leaves produce Rashly unto the day . Silence thou that horn's Berecyntian strain Which , with ...
... bound The pure from the impure . But I shall ne'er , beau- tiful Bassareus , Move thee ' gainst thy desire ; or what is hid ' neath the close leaves produce Rashly unto the day . Silence thou that horn's Berecyntian strain Which , with ...
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... bound . Say where Modesty e'er , -sister of Justice found , Good Faith , knowing no scathe , -Truth with un- veiled limb E'er found any to equal him ? He slept , sadly bewept : many a noble breast , But not deeper I wot , Virgil , than ...
... bound . Say where Modesty e'er , -sister of Justice found , Good Faith , knowing no scathe , -Truth with un- veiled limb E'er found any to equal him ? He slept , sadly bewept : many a noble breast , But not deeper I wot , Virgil , than ...
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... citizen attuned ; Who , though in war fierce , yet ' mid armour glancing , Or when he fast bound to the wat'ry sea - shore His betossed vessel , Then , would discourse of Liber , and the Muses 68 THE ODES OF HORACE . XXXII. ...
... citizen attuned ; Who , though in war fierce , yet ' mid armour glancing , Or when he fast bound to the wat'ry sea - shore His betossed vessel , Then , would discourse of Liber , and the Muses 68 THE ODES OF HORACE . XXXII. ...
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... bound garlands are to me unpleasing ; Cease , then , thy searching whereabouts the rose may Linger the latest ! Nought shalt thou bring beside the simple myrtle , Anxiously careful : neither thee , my servant , Myrtle disgraceth , nor ...
... bound garlands are to me unpleasing ; Cease , then , thy searching whereabouts the rose may Linger the latest ! Nought shalt thou bring beside the simple myrtle , Anxiously careful : neither thee , my servant , Myrtle disgraceth , nor ...
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Apollo arbutus ARCHYTAS Bacchus Barbiton beauteous billows breast bright Cæcuban Cæsar calm canst cruel Cyprus Damalis dare death Deity dispel Dost thou doth dread dust e'en e'er earth ENGLISH VERSE Eurus ev'ry fate Faunus fear fetters fire friends Gainst glad wine glide Glycera Gods grace grove hath haughty triumph head upraise hostile hurled ICCIUS implore Jove Lamia Latium Lesbian lest LEUCONOË Life's little span locks loveth LYDIA maid MECENAS MERCURY mind Muse myrtle ne'er neath the green NEREUS nought o'er o'erthrow ODES OF HORACE once original measures paternal Pholoë plain pow'r praise prayers proud Pyrrha realms RICHARD O'BRIEN sailor Salian Scythian seek shalt thou Shining ships sing Sire sportive echo steeds sunny sweet swift winds tender Teucer THALIARCHUS Thessalian Thou dost thou shalt thou shouldst Thracian thy love Tibur toil TYNDARIS unto unwarlike lyre Venus Vesta virgins waves whate'er whence whilst wont youth