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... , Who ne'er , kind to our prayer , doth the Fates ' will direct . Hard lot ! yet doth it not lighten our grief t'endure Whate'er we have no pow'r to cure ! XXV . TO LYDIA . Now do the wanton youths 54 THE ODES OF HORACE .
... , Who ne'er , kind to our prayer , doth the Fates ' will direct . Hard lot ! yet doth it not lighten our grief t'endure Whate'er we have no pow'r to cure ! XXV . TO LYDIA . Now do the wanton youths 54 THE ODES OF HORACE .
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... pow'r of making The lowest lot change : he can abase the proud , And bring th ' obscure forth : Fortune , with clamour loud , From one the crown , so rapid , teareth , Which to another she gladly beareth . XXXV . TO FORTUNE . GODDESS ...
... pow'r of making The lowest lot change : he can abase the proud , And bring th ' obscure forth : Fortune , with clamour loud , From one the crown , so rapid , teareth , Which to another she gladly beareth . XXXV . TO FORTUNE . GODDESS ...
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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