The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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... firmly has promised That in some foreign region shall a new Salamis rise up . O brave hearts ! who worse woes have suffered , And in my cause , oft : now with wine your troubles dispel ye , For the wide sea we must traverse to - morrow ...
... firmly has promised That in some foreign region shall a new Salamis rise up . O brave hearts ! who worse woes have suffered , And in my cause , oft : now with wine your troubles dispel ye , For the wide sea we must traverse to - morrow ...
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... firmly maintains : or my cheek's dye ; and o'er My face tear - drops do secret steal , And prove ling'ring and slow are the hid fires I feel ! I burn , if the wine's boist'rous broil Should those 32 33 THE ODES OF HORACE .
... firmly maintains : or my cheek's dye ; and o'er My face tear - drops do secret steal , And prove ling'ring and slow are the hid fires I feel ! I burn , if the wine's boist'rous broil Should those 32 33 THE ODES OF HORACE .
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... blest , Whom join bands firmly knit ; thrice happy , too , are they , While strifes ne'er interrupt their rest , Whom love never divides unto their latest day ! D XIV . TO THE REPUBLIC . O SHIP ! shall THE ODES OF HORACE . 333.
... blest , Whom join bands firmly knit ; thrice happy , too , are they , While strifes ne'er interrupt their rest , Whom love never divides unto their latest day ! D XIV . TO THE REPUBLIC . O SHIP ! shall THE ODES OF HORACE . 333.
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... Firmly thy harbour . keep . For , lo ! canst thou not see how Thy side's stripped of its oars , and now Thy yards creak their alarm , and , by the rapid blast Of winds borne from the south , sorely distressed , thy mast : Thy keel can ...
... Firmly thy harbour . keep . For , lo ! canst thou not see how Thy side's stripped of its oars , and now Thy yards creak their alarm , and , by the rapid blast Of winds borne from the south , sorely distressed , thy mast : Thy keel can ...
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... firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks , and dost divide the strains , Grateful unto the maids , on the unwarlike lyre ; In vain shalt , in thy chamber , shun The spears hurled with dread force - darts of the Gnossian ...
... firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks , and dost divide the strains , Grateful unto the maids , on the unwarlike lyre ; In vain shalt , in thy chamber , shun The spears hurled with dread force - darts of the Gnossian ...
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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