The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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Page 38
... cruel , Tydides fierce Burneth , seeking thee out ; whom thou ( As , when seeing a wolf in the vale's farthest part , A stag trembles with fear , nor of the pasture thinks ) Timid , then shalt avoid , panting with deep - heaved breath ...
... cruel , Tydides fierce Burneth , seeking thee out ; whom thou ( As , when seeing a wolf in the vale's farthest part , A stag trembles with fear , nor of the pasture thinks ) Timid , then shalt avoid , panting with deep - heaved breath ...
Page 39
... which neither Noric blade Averteth ever , nor the ship - wrecking deep , Nor cruel fire , nor Jove descending With the fierce elements ' boist'rous strivings . ' Tis said , Prometheus unto his first - formed THE ODES OF HORACE . 39.
... which neither Noric blade Averteth ever , nor the ship - wrecking deep , Nor cruel fire , nor Jove descending With the fierce elements ' boist'rous strivings . ' Tis said , Prometheus unto his first - formed THE ODES OF HORACE . 39.
Page 61
... cruel Proserpina spareth . Me has the rapid attendant of the declining Orion , Notus , in waters Illyrian o'erwhelmed . But thou , sailor , refuse not , cruel , THE ODES OF HORACE . 61.
... cruel Proserpina spareth . Me has the rapid attendant of the declining Orion , Notus , in waters Illyrian o'erwhelmed . But thou , sailor , refuse not , cruel , THE ODES OF HORACE . 61.
Page 62
Quintus Horatius Flaccus. But thou , sailor , refuse not , cruel , to cast a small portion , Over my bones and my head all - unburied , Of the loose sea - sand : so , whate'er may be threat- ened by Eurus To the Hesperian billows , be ...
Quintus Horatius Flaccus. But thou , sailor , refuse not , cruel , to cast a small portion , Over my bones and my head all - unburied , Of the loose sea - sand : so , whate'er may be threat- ened by Eurus To the Hesperian billows , be ...
Page 71
... cruel jest , Ill - joined , body and mind , loveth to have compressed , Under her brazen yoke , a host . For , e'en when a less mean Venus was seeking me , In kind fetters confined freedwoman Myrtale ; Though far fiercer than are ...
... cruel jest , Ill - joined , body and mind , loveth to have compressed , Under her brazen yoke , a host . For , e'en when a less mean Venus was seeking me , In kind fetters confined freedwoman Myrtale ; Though far fiercer than are ...
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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