The Odes of Horace. Complete in English Rhyme And Blank Verse
The Odes of Horace. Complete in English Rhyme And Blank Verse
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Ah ! when shall Meekness find his modest peer ?
Or spotless Faith discover one so pure ?
Or Truth unsullied meet his equal here ?
Around the sleeper good men bowed the head.
Yet none, O Virgil, mourned his fate. like thee !
Thy rare devotion cannot wake the dead.
His life was loaned on other terms than these.
Although thy finger sweep the magic lyre With greater skill than charmed the listening trees When minstrel ardor thrilled the bard of Thrace, The blood no more shall warm his empty shade ;... Or paint the whiteness of that marble face 1 Digitized by VjOOQIC 52 ODES OF HORACE.
The soul by Hermes sent to gloom profound With wand relentless is forever lost.
A bitter thought, and hard to bear, my friend.
Yet patience lightens every earthly lot Beyond the power of mortal grief to mend.
NOTES.
* Melpomene.
a Quinctilius Varus, a poet and critic of Cremona, and an intimate friend of Virgil's. He died about the tenth consulship of Augustus.
— Watson, Digitized by VjOOQIC ODES OF HORACE. 53 ODE XXV.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Ah ! when shall Meekness find his modest peer ?
Or spotless Faith discover one so pure ?
Or Truth unsullied meet his equal here ?
Around the sleeper good men bowed the head.
Yet none, O Virgil, mourned his fate. like thee !
Thy rare devotion cannot wake the dead.
His life was loaned on other terms than these.
Although thy finger sweep the magic lyre With greater skill than charmed the listening trees When minstrel ardor thrilled the bard of Thrace, The blood no more shall warm his empty shade ;... Or paint the whiteness of that marble face 1 Digitized by VjOOQIC 52 ODES OF HORACE.
The soul by Hermes sent to gloom profound With wand relentless is forever lost.
A bitter thought, and hard to bear, my friend.
Yet patience lightens every earthly lot Beyond the power of mortal grief to mend.
NOTES.
* Melpomene.
a Quinctilius Varus, a poet and critic of Cremona, and an intimate friend of Virgil's. He died about the tenth consulship of Augustus.
— Watson, Digitized by VjOOQIC ODES OF HORACE. 53 ODE XXV.
What to read after The Odes of Horace. Complete in English Rhyme And Blank Verse?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Horace to read onlineMoreLess
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