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|notes= Translated by [[A. S. Kline]] <small><span class="plainlinks">[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Carmina_(Horatius)_II,_XX Latin original text]</span> - [[fr.ws: Ode II.20 - À Mécène|French Ulysse de Séguier's translation]]</small>
|notes= <small><span class="plainlinks">[http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Carmina_(Horatius)_II,_XX Latin original text]</span> - [[fr.ws: Ode II.20 - À Mécène|French Ulysse de Séguier's translation]]</small>
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{{poem-on| Poetic Immortality}}<poem>
A poet of dual form, I won’t be carried
through the flowing air on weak or mundane wings,
nor will I linger down here on earth,
for any length of time: beyond envy,
I’ll leave the cities behind. It’s not I, born
of poor parents, it’s not I, who hear your voice,
beloved Maecenas, I who’ll die,
or be encircled by Stygian waters.
Even now the rough skin is settling around
my ankles, and now above them I’ve become
a snow-white swan, and soft feathers are
emerging over my arms and shoulders.
Soon, a melodious bird, and more famous
than Icarus, Daedalus’ son, I’ll visit
Bosphorus’ loud shores, Gaetulian
Syrtes, and the Hyperborean plains.
Colchis will know me, so will the Scythians,
who pretend to show no fear of Italian
troops, and the Geloni: Spain will learn
from me, the expert, and those who drink Rhone.
No dirges at my insubstantial funeral,
no elegies, and no unseemly grieving:
suppress all the clamour, not for me
the superfluous honour of a tomb.
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Book II, 19: To Bacchus The Odes
Book II, 20: Poetic Immortality
written by Horace 		Book III, 1: Odi Profanum
Latin original text - French Ulysse de Séguier's translation



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