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... the time when he began to write satire , Horace also attempted to introduce into Latin a new form of verse , the epodic couplet , consisting of two verses , the second of which 15 $$ 4-5 ] INTRODUCTION forms a refrain ( epōdus ,
... the time when he began to write satire , Horace also attempted to introduce into Latin a new form of verse , the epodic couplet , consisting of two verses , the second of which 15 $$ 4-5 ] INTRODUCTION forms a refrain ( epōdus ,
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... verses — iambi— can a erly to only the first ten of the seventeen in the present The remaining seven are in different measures , but on seventeenth , lacks the epodic form ; so that in time Epodes drove out Horace's designation . While ...
... verses — iambi— can a erly to only the first ten of the seventeen in the present The remaining seven are in different measures , but on seventeenth , lacks the epodic form ; so that in time Epodes drove out Horace's designation . While ...
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... verses himself ; but it was by his wise patronage of men of letters that he won a permanent place in the grateful memory of men . He had no doubt a political pur- pose in his patronage also , for he saw that literature might be used to ...
... verses himself ; but it was by his wise patronage of men of letters that he won a permanent place in the grateful memory of men . He had no doubt a political pur- pose in his patronage also , for he saw that literature might be used to ...
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... offset the serious notes in odes 35 and 37 , Horace 1 The tenth ode , while in Sapphic measure like the second , still exhibits certain metrical peculiarities . placed at the end of his book the dainty verses 19 THE ODES [ $ 7.
... offset the serious notes in odes 35 and 37 , Horace 1 The tenth ode , while in Sapphic measure like the second , still exhibits certain metrical peculiarities . placed at the end of his book the dainty verses 19 THE ODES [ $ 7.
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... verses nowhere excelled . The unity of the entire collection he emphasized by the form of his epilogue in which he repeats the lesser Asclepiadic measure used in the opening ode of the first book , but not elsewhere in the first three ...
... verses nowhere excelled . The unity of the entire collection he emphasized by the form of his epilogue in which he repeats the lesser Asclepiadic measure used in the opening ode of the first book , but not elsewhere in the first three ...
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9 ff adjective aequor aetas Alcaeus amor anaphora Anth Apollo Apulia aquae atque Augustus Caesar caesura Canidia Carmen Saeculare carmina Catull Catullus celebrate contrast curas date of composition dative death deorum Diana domos emphatic Epist Epod equivalent Eurip expression Faunus fides goddess gods Greek Hadriae haec Haedi Homeric honor Horace Horace's hymn impia inter Intr Iovis Iuppiter Latin Livy lyric Maecenas manus mare Metre mihi Muses neque nihil nunc Octavian omne omnis Ovid pater pede phrase Pindar poem poet Porphyrio probably puer quae quam quid quis quod reference rich Roman Rome semel semper sive song strophe tamen terra thee theme thou tibi Tibur tion Venus Verg Vergil verses wine word γὰρ δὲ ἐν ΙΟ καὶ μὲν τε τὸ
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Page 169 - Divesne prisco natus ab Inacho Nil interest an pauper et infima De gente sub divo moreris, Victima nil miserantis Orci. Omnes eodem cogimur, omnium Versatur urna serius ocius Sors exitura et nos in aeternum Exilium impositura cumbae.
Page 93 - Et minax — quod sic voluere — ponto Unda recumbit. Romulum post hos prius, an quietum Pompili regnum memorem, an superbos Tarquini fasces, dubito, an Catonis 35 Nobile letum.
Page 431 - At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves...
Page 318 - Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex. Dicar qua violens obstrepit Aufidus Et qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium Regnavit populorum, ex humili potens, Princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos Deduxisse modos. Sume superbiam Quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica Lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
Page 229 - Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there ; And their houses shall be full of doleful creatures ; And owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 168 - GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old time is still a flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting.
Page 208 - Tithonum minuit senectus, 30 et mihi forsan, tibi quod negarit, porriget hora. te greges centum Siculaeque circum mugiunt vaccae, tibi tollit hinnitum apta quadrigis equa, te bis Afro 35 murice tinctae vestiunt lanae : mihi parva rura et spiritum Graiae tenuem Camenae Parca non mendax dedit et malignum spernere vulgus.
Page 391 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 229 - But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged.
Page 120 - Catullan quote and several other echoes. integer vitae scelerisque purus non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu nee venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusee, pharetra, sive per Syrtes iter aestuosas sive facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus lambit Hydaspes. namque me silva lupus in Sabina, dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra terminum curis vagor expeditis, fugit inermem.