The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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Page 11
... breezes ; Vast engines draw adown the beach the dry ships ; Nor doth the ploughman delight in fires now , nor the flock in stables ; No more the meads with hoary frost now whiten . Now the dance leads Cytherean Venus , ' neath the glimm ...
... breezes ; Vast engines draw adown the beach the dry ships ; Nor doth the ploughman delight in fires now , nor the flock in stables ; No more the meads with hoary frost now whiten . Now the dance leads Cytherean Venus , ' neath the glimm ...
Page 41
... breezes . Safely , through calm grove , seek for the arbutus Which there concealed lurks , straying in search of thyme , The spouses of a lusty husband , Fearing no longer the green - backed lizards ; Nor more the young goats dread the ...
... breezes . Safely , through calm grove , seek for the arbutus Which there concealed lurks , straying in search of thyme , The spouses of a lusty husband , Fearing no longer the green - backed lizards ; Nor more the young goats dread the ...
Page 51
... breezes of the summer freshened ; That of earth's climes which low'ring clouds , and angry Jupiter trouble : Place me beneath the sun's bright car too closely , In a dread region , as our home forbidden : With her sweet laughter ...
... breezes of the summer freshened ; That of earth's climes which low'ring clouds , and angry Jupiter trouble : Place me beneath the sun's bright car too closely , In a dread region , as our home forbidden : With her sweet laughter ...
Page 52
... breezes and waving woods . For , if , at the approach of the spring - time , the leaves , Rustling , shall have been stirred , or if the green- backed snakes , Gliding , shall have a branch moved , A thrill runs through her heart and ...
... breezes and waving woods . For , if , at the approach of the spring - time , the leaves , Rustling , shall have been stirred , or if the green- backed snakes , Gliding , shall have a branch moved , A thrill runs through her heart and ...
Page 56
... breezes At the moon's changes , Then burning love , with hot outbursts of passion , Such as are wont t ' inspire the dams of horses , Spendeth its fury round thy wounded liver : Not without plainings , That the gay youths delight in ...
... breezes At the moon's changes , Then burning love , with hot outbursts of passion , Such as are wont t ' inspire the dams of horses , Spendeth its fury round thy wounded liver : Not without plainings , That the gay youths delight in ...
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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