The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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... dust from the plain , in the Olympic fields : The crown , bringing renown , -goals by the hot wheels grazed , Each , oft , earth's lords aloft up to the Gods hath raised . B For one , if have begun vain Roman crowds to THE FIRST BOOK ...
... dust from the plain , in the Olympic fields : The crown , bringing renown , -goals by the hot wheels grazed , Each , oft , earth's lords aloft up to the Gods hath raised . B For one , if have begun vain Roman crowds to THE FIRST BOOK ...
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... hath essayed , Which ne'er were for a mortal meant . Down to Pluto's grim realms Hercules , toiling , went . For man's daring there's nought too high : In our folly we e'en venture to scale the sky ; And ne'er by our impiety Do we ...
... hath essayed , Which ne'er were for a mortal meant . Down to Pluto's grim realms Hercules , toiling , went . For man's daring there's nought too high : In our folly we e'en venture to scale the sky ; And ne'er by our impiety Do we ...
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... laugh of some youthful maid Hath her retired nook where she was hid betrayed ; And from her arms a pledge she loses , Or from her finger that scarce refuses . X. TO MERCURY . MERCURY ! grandson eloquent of Atlas THE ODES OF HORACE . 23.
... laugh of some youthful maid Hath her retired nook where she was hid betrayed ; And from her arms a pledge she loses , Or from her finger that scarce refuses . X. TO MERCURY . MERCURY ! grandson eloquent of Atlas THE ODES OF HORACE . 23.
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... hath e'er fostered Juba's land , the arid Nurse of the lion . Place me on barren plains , where trees are never With the mild breezes of the summer freshened ; That of earth's climes which low'ring clouds , and angry Jupiter trouble ...
... hath e'er fostered Juba's land , the arid Nurse of the lion . Place me on barren plains , where trees are never With the mild breezes of the summer freshened ; That of earth's climes which low'ring clouds , and angry Jupiter trouble ...
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... hath our Quinctilius bound . Say where Modesty e'er , -sister of Justice found , Good Faith , knowing no scathe , -Truth with un- veiled limb E'er found any to equal him ? He slept , sadly bewept : many a noble breast , But not deeper I ...
... hath our Quinctilius bound . Say where Modesty e'er , -sister of Justice found , Good Faith , knowing no scathe , -Truth with un- veiled limb E'er found any to equal him ? He slept , sadly bewept : many a noble breast , But not deeper I ...
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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