The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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... 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 , then , and , in hideous band , Fevers , strange and unknown , brooded o'er ev ...
... 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 , then , and , in hideous band , Fevers , strange and unknown , brooded o'er ev ...
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... dare . Trust not , if thou but list to me , That he constant will prove who can so brutal be , To cause loveliest lips a smart , To which nectar's full store Venus did once impart ! Oh ! thrice , are they , and yet more blest , Whom ...
... dare . Trust not , if thou but list to me , That he constant will prove who can so brutal be , To cause loveliest lips a smart , To which nectar's full store Venus did once impart ! Oh ! thrice , are they , and yet more blest , Whom ...
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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