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... prayers Vesta shall her virgins weary , Of their hymns heedless ? Whom will Jove grant the task of expiation ? Oh ! do thou come then , suppliant we pray thee , With thy bright shoulders in a cloud enveloped , Augur Apollo ! Or , if ...
... prayers Vesta shall her virgins weary , Of their hymns heedless ? Whom will Jove grant the task of expiation ? Oh ! do thou come then , suppliant we pray thee , With thy bright shoulders in a cloud enveloped , Augur Apollo ! Or , if ...
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... Prince , Cæsar , against his foes , Persians and the far Britons , He then , moved by your prayers , will turn . E XXII . TO ARISTIUS FUSCUS . He who a life THE ODES OF HORACE . 49 From us and from our Prince, Cæsar, against ...
... Prince , Cæsar , against his foes , Persians and the far Britons , He then , moved by your prayers , will turn . E XXII . TO ARISTIUS FUSCUS . He who a life THE ODES OF HORACE . 49 From us and from our Prince, Cæsar, against ...
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... collect , 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 .
... collect , 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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... prayers shall not be left unavenged : Never shall victim in sacrifice free thee . Though thou dost hasten , short the delay is : thrice be the sand thrown ; Then ' tis allowed thee to speed thy departure ! XXIX . TO ICCIUS . Dost thou ...
... prayers shall not be left unavenged : Never shall victim in sacrifice free thee . Though thou dost hasten , short the delay is : thrice be the sand thrown ; Then ' tis allowed thee to speed thy departure ! XXIX . TO ICCIUS . Dost thou ...
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... glebe , implore With anxious prayers , oft : thee , ocean's mistress , too , Whoever with Bithynian vessel Doth upon waters Carpathian venture . Thee Dacians savage , wandering Scythians thee , And towns 74 THE ODES OF HORACE . XXXV. ...
... glebe , implore With anxious prayers , oft : thee , ocean's mistress , too , Whoever with Bithynian vessel Doth upon waters Carpathian venture . Thee Dacians savage , wandering Scythians thee , And towns 74 THE ODES OF HORACE . XXXV. ...
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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