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Translations from the lyrics of Horace, in Engl. verse, by E.H. Brodie
Translations from the lyrics of Horace in Engl verse by EH Brodie Author:Quintus Horatius Flaccus Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: XII. HAT man, what hero wilt them sing, Clio, on lyre or shriller fife ? What god ? whose name shall Echo tiing, Rejoicing at the wanton strife, lu sh... more »ady nooks of Helicon, By Pindus, or on Htemus cold, Whence all the woods rushed madly on To hear sweet Orpheus sing of old ? Whose mother muse had taught the song That could prone waves, quick winds delay, And lead the raptured oaks along, Soon as his fingers 'gan to play. With customed praise first let me tell Thee, mighty Sire of gods and men, O'er land, o'er sea who rul'st, whose will Brings all the seasons round again ; Naught greater that thyself we know, Naught like thee nor in second place, But to thy daughter Pallas owe Next to thyself her proper grace. Bold warrior Bacchus, virgin Queen, Huntress of savage beasts, thy fame I will not hide, nor arrows keen Of Phoebus and his dreaded aim. I'll sing Alcides, Leda's twins, Skilled horseman hail! brave boxer too ! Illustrious glory either wins, Whose star once seen makes glad the crew; Adown its rocks the vexed wave flows, The winds are still, the clouds are fled, The sea (they willed it) quiet grows, The billow lays its crested head. Shall Komulus next these be sung ? Or Numa's calm ? or Tarquin's pride ? Or how, meet theme for poet's tongue, Cato majestically died ? Scauri, and Regulus, and him, Who squandered life to stay the foe, Grand Paulus, with a muse sublime I'll gladly chant, Fabricius too— By rugged want for fighting trained, And Curius with locks unshorn, Camillus with no riches gained But farm and cot where he was bora. Like tree, time's growth, that spreads unseen, Marcellus climbs to grander fame, Shines Julius' star all stars between, As Luna's mid each lesser f...« less