The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 8
Page 9
... death's forms can fright Whoe'er sea - monsters views with an unfailing sight , Billows swelling across the main , And those ill - renowned cliffs , Acroceraunia ? Vain , Ah ! vain is it that Jove divides Earth's realms prudently by ...
... death's forms can fright Whoe'er sea - monsters views with an unfailing sight , Billows swelling across the main , And those ill - renowned cliffs , Acroceraunia ? Vain , Ah ! vain is it that Jove divides Earth's realms prudently by ...
Page 12
... Death with a foot impartial knocks at paupers ' hovels , And at the tow'rs of kings . O happy Sextius ! Life's little span forbids our indulging distant aspi- rations : Soon Night o'erwhelms thee , and the fabled Manes ; Soon the dark ...
... Death with a foot impartial knocks at paupers ' hovels , And at the tow'rs of kings . O happy Sextius ! Life's little span forbids our indulging distant aspi- rations : Soon Night o'erwhelms thee , and the fabled Manes ; Soon the dark ...
Page 30
... death . I in a lofty strain rehearse with rapture Regulus , Scauri , and , when Carthage conquered , Paulus , unsparing of his noble heart's - blood , Also Fabricius . He and Camillus for the battle's hardships ( And , with uncombed ...
... death . I in a lofty strain rehearse with rapture Regulus , Scauri , and , when Carthage conquered , Paulus , unsparing of his noble heart's - blood , Also Fabricius . He and Camillus for the battle's hardships ( And , with uncombed ...
Page 37
... deaths shalt thou not cause ofthe Dardanian race ! E'en now , ægis and helm and her swift chariot , too , Pallas , with her fierce ire , prepares ! In vain , placing thy trust firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks ...
... deaths shalt thou not cause ofthe Dardanian race ! E'en now , ægis and helm and her swift chariot , too , Pallas , with her fierce ire , prepares ! In vain , placing thy trust firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks ...
Page 60
... Death having claimed thee , to have thy way tracked through the air's regions , Mentally traversing all the round pole o'er ! DIED , too , the father of Pelops , fellow - guest with the Immortals ; Even Tithonus , up - wafted on ether ...
... Death having claimed thee , to have thy way tracked through the air's regions , Mentally traversing all the round pole o'er ! DIED , too , the father of Pelops , fellow - guest with the Immortals ; Even Tithonus , up - wafted on ether ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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