The Odes of Horace: tr. into Engl. verse, with the orig. measures preserved throughout, by R.W. O'Brien |
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... swift ether Bear thee away back ! Choose thou here the triumph : Here to be styled our Father and our Leader ; Nor that the Medes should e'er advance unpunished , Suffer thou , Cæsar ! III . TO A SHIP . So So may Cypria's THE ODES OF ...
... swift ether Bear thee away back ! Choose thou here the triumph : Here to be styled our Father and our Leader ; Nor that the Medes should e'er advance unpunished , Suffer thou , Cæsar ! III . TO A SHIP . So So may Cypria's THE ODES OF ...
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... aspirations vain ; For now , e'en whilst we speak , time , envious time , wings its swift flight away : Then trust least as you may unto the next , seize on the present day ! XII . TO JOVE . WHAT man or hero , THE ODES OF HORACE . 27.
... aspirations vain ; For now , e'en whilst we speak , time , envious time , wings its swift flight away : Then trust least as you may unto the next , seize on the present day ! XII . TO JOVE . WHAT man or hero , THE ODES OF HORACE . 27.
Page 28
... God delaying Rivers ' so rapid glidings , and the swift winds ; Suasive , and skilled to lead the list'ning oak - trees With the sweet lute - strings . What should I sing before the wonted praises Of the 28 THE ODES OF HORACE .
... God delaying Rivers ' so rapid glidings , and the swift winds ; Suasive , and skilled to lead the list'ning oak - trees With the sweet lute - strings . What should I sing before the wonted praises Of the 28 THE ODES OF HORACE .
Page 36
... swift winds to an unwished - for calm , That he fearsome events might sing : - Thou dost , with a dire fate , unto thy home conduct Whom Greece shall re - demand with a vast armèd force , All Greece , pledged with an oath these thy fond ...
... swift winds to an unwished - for calm , That he fearsome events might sing : - Thou dost , with a dire fate , unto thy home conduct Whom Greece shall re - demand with a vast armèd force , All Greece , pledged with an oath these thy fond ...
Page 37
... swift chariot , too , Pallas , with her fierce ire , prepares ! In vain , placing thy trust firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks , and dost divide the strains , Grateful unto the maids , on the unwarlike lyre ; In ...
... swift chariot , too , Pallas , with her fierce ire , prepares ! In vain , placing thy trust firmly in Venus ' aid , Thou comb'st fair flowing locks , and dost divide the strains , Grateful unto the maids , on the unwarlike lyre ; In ...
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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