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The Works of Horace In English Verse

By several hands. Collected and Published By Mr. Duncombe. With Notes Historical and Critical
Duncombe, John (1729-1786)
  
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VOLUME the FIRST.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
  
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 I. 
ODE I. To Mæcenas.
 II. 
ODE II. To Augustus Cæsar.
 III. 
ODE III.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 IV. 
ODE IV. To Sestius.
 V. 
ODE V. To Pyrrha.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 VI. 
ODE VI. To Agrippa.
  
The Same Ode, Imitated, and addressed to the Duke of Marlborough
 VII. 
ODE VII. To Munatius Plancus.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. To Lydia.
 IX. 
ODE IX. To Thaliarchus.
  
The Same Ode, Imitated. To Philander.
 X. 
ODE X. To Mercury.
 XI. 
ODE XI. To Leuconoe.
 XII. 
ODE XII. To Augustus.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. To Lydia.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 XV. 
ODE XV. The Prophecy of Nereus.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. To Tyndaris, Whom he had insulted in Iämbic Verse.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. To the Same.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. To Varus.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. An Invocation to Venus.
 XX. 
ODE XX. To Mæcenas.
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ODE XXI. An Hymn to Apollo and Diana.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. To Aristius Fuscus.
  
The Same Ode Paraphrased. By John Hughes, Esq;
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. To Cloe.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. To Virgil.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. To Lydia.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. To the Muse.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. To his Companions.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII. A Dialogue between the Ghost of Archytas and a Mariner.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. To Iccius, a Philosopher.
  
The Same Ode Imitated.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX. To Venus.
  
The Same Ode Imitated In the Person of General Ch---ll.
 XXXI. 
ODE XXXI. To Apollo.
 XXXII. 
ODE XXXII. To his Harp.
 XXXIII. 
ODE XXXIII. To Albius Tibullus.
 XXXIV. 
ODE XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
ODE XXXV. To Fortune.
 XXXVI. 
ODE XXXVI. On the Return of Numida from Spain.
 XXXVII. 
ODE XXXVII. Occasioned by the Sea-fight near Actium,
 XXXVIII. 
ODE XXXVIII. To his Boy.
  
The Same Ode.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
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THE THIRD BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
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THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.
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VOLUME the SECOND and LAST.

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ODE III. To Mæcenas.

Should impious Sons in future Times
Their aged Parents slay, such Crimes
Let poisonous Garlic but requite,
More to be shunn'd than Aconite.
Ye Reapers, how can ye digest
This Venom, which torments my Breast?
Sure Viper's Blood deceiv'd my Taste,
Or vile Canidia cook'd the Feast!
Medea, Jason's Love to gain,
In Beauty far beyond his Train,
This, as a magic Ointment gave,
From the Fire-breathing Bulls to save.
With this she smear'd, on Mischief bent,
The Presents to her Rival sent:
Then in her Car away she flew;
Her Car, which winged Dragons drew.
Such Heat, as rages in my Veins,
Ne'er scorch'd the dry Apulian Plains,
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Nor burnt Alcides' tortur'd Breast,
When round him clung th'envenom'd Vest.
My merry Friend, if e'er of this
Again you taste, no balmy Kiss
May Chloë grant, but from you fly,
Rejoicing by herself to lie!
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