The Odes of Horace: Translated Into English Verse with a Life and NotesWm. Blackwood and Sons, 1866 - 368 pages |
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Page 41
... shore My Virgil , to thy care intrusted now , And to its love my soul's dear half restore ! In oak or triple brass his breast was mail'd , Who first committed to the ruthless deep His fragile skiff , nor inly shrank and quail'd , To ...
... shore My Virgil , to thy care intrusted now , And to its love my soul's dear half restore ! In oak or triple brass his breast was mail'd , Who first committed to the ruthless deep His fragile skiff , nor inly shrank and quail'd , To ...
Page 43
... shore ; Now the ox forsakes his byre , and the husbandman his fire , And daisy - dappled meadows bloom where winter frosts lay hoar . By Cytherea led , while the moon shines overhead , The Nymphs and Graces , hand - in - hand , with ...
... shore ; Now the ox forsakes his byre , and the husbandman his fire , And daisy - dappled meadows bloom where winter frosts lay hoar . By Cytherea led , while the moon shines overhead , The Nymphs and Graces , hand - in - hand , with ...
Page 54
... shore . Be wise , your spirit firing With cups of temper'd wine , And hopes afar aspiring In compass brief confine . Use all life's powers , The envious hours Fly as we talk ; then live to - day , Nor fondly to to - morrow trust more ...
... shore . Be wise , your spirit firing With cups of temper'd wine , And hopes afar aspiring In compass brief confine . Use all life's powers , The envious hours Fly as we talk ; then live to - day , Nor fondly to to - morrow trust more ...
Page 87
... shore , Did hymns to Bacchus and the golden Muses pour . And Venus , and that source of many sighs , The Boy , who from her side is parted ne'er , And Lycus famed for his black lustrous eyes , And for the glory of his deep dark hair ...
... shore , Did hymns to Bacchus and the golden Muses pour . And Venus , and that source of many sighs , The Boy , who from her side is parted ne'er , And Lycus famed for his black lustrous eyes , And for the glory of his deep dark hair ...
Page 88
... was held , which I cheerfully bore , By that common chit , Myrtale , though she was cruel As waves that indent the Calabrian shore . ODE XXXIV . THE POET'S CONFESSION . UNTO the gods 888 ODE XXXIII . TO ALBIUS TIBULLUS .
... was held , which I cheerfully bore , By that common chit , Myrtale , though she was cruel As waves that indent the Calabrian shore . ODE XXXIV . THE POET'S CONFESSION . UNTO the gods 888 ODE XXXIII . TO ALBIUS TIBULLUS .
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Apollo Attalus Augustus Bacchus bard bear beauty beneath blest brave breast brow Cæsar Canidia Catullus charms chaste Chimæra curious fool dear death deep delight divine doom'd dost doth dread e'er earth EPODE eyes F. W. Newman fair fame fancy fate FAUNUS fear fell fierce fire flame Gelonian gods gold gore grace Greek Gyges hand hast hath heart honours Horace Horace's hymn Jove Jove's Julius Cæsar king kiss land Latium Lesbia lord lover Lydia lyre Mæcenas mistress Muse ne'er never night noble numbers o'er ODE VII once Orcus passion poem poet praise pray'r rich roar Roman Rome Sabine Satires scorn Scythians Sextus Pompeius shalt shame shine shore sing sire slaves smile song soul star strain stream sweet Telephus Teucer thee thine thou Thrace thrice Tyndaris unto Venus Venusia verse vile Virgil wealth Whilst wild wine youth