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The Odes/Book I
| The Odes Book I written by Horace |
Book II |
| Translated by A. S. Kline |
Index of First Lines
Maecenas, descendant of royal ancestors,6 The Father’s sent enough dread hail7 May the goddess, queen of Cyprus,9 Fierce winter slackens its grip: it’s spring and the west wind’s sweet ……11 What slender boy, Pyrrha, drowned in liquid perfume,12 You should be penned as brave, and a conqueror13 Let others sing in praise of Rhodes, or Mytilene,14 Lydia, by all the gods,16 See how Soracte stands glistening with snowfall,17 Mercury, eloquent grandson of Atlas,18 Leuconoë, don’t ask, we never know, what fate the gods grant us,19 What god, man, or hero do you choose to praise. 20 When you, Lydia, start to praise. 22 O ship the fresh tide carries back to sea again.23 While Paris, the traitorous shepherd, her guest,24 O lovelier child of a lovely mother,26 Swift Faunus, the god, will quite often exchange. 27 Cultivate no plant, my Varus, before the rows of sacred vines,28 Cruel Venus, Cupid’s mother,29 Come and drink with me, rough Sabine in cheap cups,30 O tender virgins sing, in praise of Diana,31 The man who is pure of life, and free of sin,32 You run away from me as a fawn does, Chloë,33 What limit, or restraint, should we show at the loss. 34 Now the young men come less often, violently. 35 Friend of the Muses, I’ll throw sadness and fear36 To fight with wine-cups intended for pleasure. 37 You, my Archytas, philosopher, and measurer of land,38 of the sea, of wide sands, are entombed. 38 Iccius, are you gazing with envy, now,40 O Venus, the queen of Cnidos and Paphos,41 What is the poet’s request to Apollo?. 42 I’m called on. O Lyre, if I’ve ever played. 43 Tibullus, don’t grieve too much, when you remember44 Once I wandered, an expert in crazy wisdom,45 O goddess, who rules our lovely Antium,46 Now’s the time for drinking deep, and now’s the time. 49 My child, how I hate Persian ostentation,51
Metres Used in Book I.
The number of syllables most commonly employed in each standard line of the verse is given. This may vary slightly for effect (two beats substituted for three etc.) in a given line.
Alcaic Strophe: 11 (5+6) twice, 9, 10 used in Odes: 9,16,17,26,27,29,31,34,35,37
Sapphic and Adonic: 11(5+6) three times, 5 Odes: 2,10,12,20,22,25,30,32,38
First Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) all lines Ode: 1
Second Asclepiadean: 8, 12 (6+6), alternating Odes: 3,13,19,36
Third Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) three times, 8 Odes: 6,15,24,33
Fourth Asclepiadean: 12 (6+6) twice, 7, 8 Odes: 5,14,21,23
Fifth Asclepiadean: 16 (6+4+6) all lines Ode: 11, 18
Alcmanic Strophe: 17 (7+10) or less, 11 or less, alternating Odes: 7,28
First Archilochian: 17 (7+10) or less, 7 alternating Odes: None in Book I
Fourth Archilochian Strophe: 18 (7+11) or less, 11 (5+6) alternating Ode: 4
Second Sapphic Strophe: 7, 15 (5+10) alternating Ode: 8
Trochaic Strophe: 7,11 alternating Odes: None in Book I
Ionic a Minore: 16 twice, 8 Odes: None in Book I