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The works of Horace, translated into verse

With a prose interpretation, for the help of students. And occasional notes. By Christopher Smart ... In four volumes
Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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VOLUME I.
  
[dedication]
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
ODE I. TO MÆCENAS.
 II. 
ODE II. TO AUGUSTUS CÆSAR.
 III. 
ODE III.
 IV. 
ODE IV. TO SEXTIUS, A PERSON OF CONSULAR DIGNITY .
 V. 
ODE V. TO PYRRHA.
 VI. 
ODE VI. TO AGRIPPA.
 VII. 
ODE VII. TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS, A PERSON OF CONSULAR DIGNITY
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. TO LYDIA.
 IX. 
ODE IX. TO THALIARCHUS.
 X. 
ODE X. TO MERCURY.
 XI. 
ODE XI. TO LEUCONOE.
 XII. 
ODE XII. TO AUGUSTUS.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. TO LYDIA.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. TO THE REPUBLIC OF ROME, ON THE RENEWAL OF THE CIVIL WAR.
 XV. 
ODE XV. THE PREDICTIONS OF NEREUS CONCERNING THE DESTRUCTION OF TROY.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. TO HIS MISTRESS.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. TO TYNDARIS.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. TO QUINTILIUS VARUS.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. OF GLYCERA.
 XX. 
ODE XX. TO MÆCENAS.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI. TO APOLLO AND DIANA.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. TO ARISTIUS FUSCUS.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. TO CHLOE.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. TO VIRGIL.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. TO LYDIA.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. TO THE MUSE, CONCERNING ÆLIUS LAMIA.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. TO HIS BOTTLE-COMPANIONS.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. TO ICCIUS.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX. TO VENUS.
 XXXI. 
ODE XXXI. TO APOLLO.
 XXXII. 
ODE XXXII. TO HIS LYRE.
 XXXIII. 
ODE XXXIII. TO ALBIUS TIBULLUS.
 XXXIV. 
ODE XXXIV. TO HIMSELF.
 XXXV. 
ODE XXXV. TO FORTUNE.
 XXXVI. 
ODE XXXVI. TO POMPONIUS NUMIDA.
 XXXVII. 
ODE XXXVII. TO HIS COMPANIONS.
 XXXVIII. 
ODE XXXVIII. TO HIS SERVANT.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
ODE I. TO C. ASINIUS POLLIO.
 II. 
ODE II. TO C. SALLUSTIUS CRISPUS.
 III. 
ODE III. TO DELLIUS.
 IV. 
ODE IV. TO XANTHIUS PHOCEUS.
 V. 
ODE V. ON LALAGE.
 VI. 
ODE VI. TO SEPTIMIUS.
 VII. 
ODE VII. TO POMPEIUS VARUS.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. TO JULIA BARINE.
 IX. 
ODE IX. TO VALGIUS.
 X. 
ODE X. TO LICINIUS.
 XI. 
ODE XI. TO QUINTIUS HIRPINUS.
 XII. 
ODE XII. TO MÆCENAS.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. UPON THE TREE BY WHOSE SUDDEN FALL HE HAD LIKE TO HAVE BEEN CRUSHED.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. TO POSTHUMUS.
 XV. 
ODE XV. UPON THE LUXURY OF THE AGE HE LIVED IN.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. TO GROSPHUS.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. TO MÆCENAS, WHEN SICK.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. ON BACCHUS.
 XX. 
ODE XX. TO MÆCENAS.
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THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
ODE I.
 II. 
ODE II. TO HIS FRIRNDS.
 III. 
ODE III.
 IV. 
ODE IV.
 V. 
ODE V.
 VI. 
ODE VI. TO THE ROMANS, ON THE CORRUPT MANNERS OF HIS AGE.
 VII. 
ODE VII. TO ASTERIE.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. TO MÆCENAS.
 IX. 
ODE IX. TO LYDIA.
 X. 
ODE X. UPON LYCE.
 XI. 
ODE XI. TO MERCURY.
 XII. 
ODE XII. TO NEOBULE.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. TO THE FOUNTAIN BLANDUSIA.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
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VOLUME II.
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THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE [Cont'd.].
 XV. 
ODE XV. ON CHLORIS.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. TO MÆCENAS.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. TO ÆLIUS LAMIA.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. TO FAUNUS.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. TO TELEPHUS.
 XX. 
ODE XX. TO PYRRHUS.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI. TO HIS WINE-JAR.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. TO DIANA.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII TO PHIDILE.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. UPON THE RICH AND COVETOUS.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. TO BACCHUS.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. TO VENUS.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. TO GALATEA, ON POINT TO GO ABROAD.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII. TO LYDE.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. TO MÆCENAS.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX. TO THE MUSE MELPOMENE.
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THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
ODE I. TO VENUS.
 II. 
ODE II. TO ANTONIUS JULUS, THE SON OF MARK ANTONY, OF THE TRIUMVIRATE.
 III. 
ODE III. TO MELPOMENE.
 IV. 
ODE IV. TO THE CITY OF ROME, CONCERNING THE GENIUS OF DRUSUS, AND HIS EDUCATION UNDER AUGUSTUS.
 V. 
ODE V. TO AUGUSTUS.
 VI. 
ODE VI. TO APOLLO AND DIANA.
 VII. 
ODE VII. TO L. MANLIUS TORQUATUS.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. TO MARTIUS CENSORINUS.
 IX. 
ODE IX. TO LOLLIUS.
 X. 
ODE X. TO PHYLLIS.
 XI. 
ODE XI. TO VIRGIL.
 XII. 
ODE XII. UPON LYCE, AN ANTIQUATED COURTEZAN.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. TO AUGUSTUS.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. THE PRAISES OF AUGUSTUS.
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THE BOOK OF THE EPODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
EPODE I. TO MÆCENAS.
 II. 
EPODE II. THE PRAISES OF A COUNTRY LIFE.
 III. 
EPODE III. TO MÆCENAS.
 IV. 
EPODE IV. TO VOLTEIUS MENA.
 V. 
EPODE V. UPON CANIDIA THE SORCERESS.
 VI. 
EPODE VI. AGAINST CASSIUS SEVERUS.
 VII. 
EPODE VII. TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE.
 VIII. 
EPODE VIII. TO MÆCENAS.
 IX. 
EPODE IX. AGAINST MÆVIUS THE POET.
 X. 
EPODE X. TO PETTIUS, A BON-COMPANION OF HIS.
 XI. 
EFODE XI. TO HIS HUMOUROUS FRIENDS, THAT THEY WOULD PASS THE WINTER MERRILY.
 XII. 
EPODE XII. TO MÆCENAS.
 XIII. 
EPODE XIII. TO HIS MISTRESS NEÆRA
 XIV. 
EPODE XIV. TO THE PEOPLE OF ROME.
 XV. 
EPODE XV. TO CANIDIA.
 XVI. 
EPODE XVI. CANIDIA'S ANSWER
  
THE SECULAR ODE
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ODE ON SAINT CECILIA'S DAY
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VOLUME III.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
 I. 
SATIRE I.
 II. 
SATIRE II.
 III. 
SATIRE III.
 IV. 
SATIRE IV.
 V. 
SATIRE V.
 VI. 
SATIRE VI. To Mæcenas.
 VII. 
SATIRE VII.
 VIII. 
SATIRE VIII.
 IX. 
SATIRE IX.
 X. 
SATIRE X.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
 I. 
SATIRE I.
 II. 
SATIRE II.
 III. 
SATIRE III.
 IV. 
SATIRE IV.
 V. 
SATIRE V.
 VI. 
SATIRE VI.
 VII. 
SATIRE VII.
 VIII. 
SATIRE VIII.
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VOLUME IV.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
 I. 
EPISTLE I. To Mæcenas.
 II. 
EPISTLE II. To Lollius.
 III. 
EPISTLE III. To Julius Florus.
 IV. 
EPISTLE IV. To Albius Tibullus.
 V. 
EPISTLE V. To Torquatus.
 VI. 
EPISTLE VI. To Numicius.
 VII. 
EPISTLE VII. To Mæcenas.
 VIII. 
EPISTLE VIII. To Celsus Albinovanus.
 IX. 
EPISTLE IX. To Claudius Nero.
 X. 
EPISTLE X. To Fuscus Aristius.
 XI. 
EPISTLE XI. To Bullatius returned from Asia.
 XII. 
EPISTLE XII. To Iccius.
 XIII. 
EPISTLE XIII. To Vinnius Asella.
 XIV. 
EPISTLE XIV. To his Steward in the Country.
 XV. 
EPISTLE XV. To Vala.
 XVI. 
EPISTLE XVI. To Quintius.
 XVII. 
EPISTLE XVII. To Scæva.
 XVIII. 
EPISTLE XVIII. To Lollius.
 XIX. 
EPISTLE XIX. To Mæcenas.
 XX. 
EPISTLE XX. To his Book.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
 I. 
EPISTLE I. To Augustus.
 II. 
EPISTLE II. To Julius Florus.
  
HORACE HIS ART OF POETRY.

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ODE X. TO MERCURY.

Whom he praises for his eloquence, his parentage, for the invention of the lyre and palestra, for his great address in pilfering, and for the offices that he discharges.

O thou, which, eloquent and chaste,
From Atlas sprung, rough man to rule,
And form our sons to toil and taste
As in th'Athenian school.
Thee will I sing, great Jove's courier,
Inventor of the lyre confest;
Expert to steal and disappear,
And turn it to a jest.
Thee when a boy, with threats injoin'd
To bring the steers you had withdrawn,
Apollo laugh'd aloud to find
His quiver also gone.
King Priam likewise, thee his guide,
Deserting Troy with all his wealth,
Atreus his haughty sons defy'd,
And hostile camp by stealth.
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The pious souls to realms of love,
Your golden rod compels to go,
O grateful to the Gods above
And to the pow'rs below.
 

A school for wrestling, and other manly exercises.

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