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Q. HORATI FLACCI CARMINA. Liber I. Liber II. Liber III. Liber IV. Horace The Latin Library The Classics Page.
Dissolve frigus ligna super foco 5 large reponens atque benignius deprome quadrimum Sabina, o Thaliarche, merum diota. Permitte divis cetera, qui simul strauere ventos aequore fervido 10 deproeliantis, nec cupressi nec veteres agitantur orni.
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q. horativs flaccvs (65 – 8 b.c.) sermones. liber i: liber ii: carmina
Those wishing to understand the precise scansion of Latin lyric verse should consult a specialist text. The Collins Latin Dictionary, for example, includes a good summary. The metres used by Horace in each of the Odes, giving the standard number of syllables per line only, are listed at the end of this text (see the Index below).
11 lis 2004 · THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE. ODE I. TO MAECENAS. Maecenas, descended from royal ancestors, O both my protection and my darling honor! There are those whom it delights to have collected Olympic dust in the chariot race; and [whom] the goal nicely avoided by the glowing wheels, and the noble palm, exalts, lords of the earth, to the gods.
In wealth you lived beneath the sun, Or nursed in beggary and scorn, You fall to Death, who pities none. One way all travel; the dark urn. Shakes each man's lot, that soon or late. Will force him, hopeless of return, On board the exile-ship of Fate. Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace.
