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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.
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VOLUME II.
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VOLUME III.
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SATIRES OF HORACE.
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SATIRE I.
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SATIRE II.
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SATIRE III.
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SATIRE IV.
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SATIRE V.
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SATIRE VII.
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SATIRE VIII.
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VOLUME IV.

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137

ODE XXXVIII. TO HIS SERVANT.

He would have him bring nothing for the gracing of his banquet but myrtle.

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In the original metre exactly.

Persian pomps, boy, ever I renounce them:
Scoff o' the plaited coronet's refulgence;
Seek not in fruitless vigilance the rose-tree's
Tardier offspring.
Mere honest myrtle that alone is order'd,
Me the mere myrtle decorates, as also
Thee the prompt waiter to a jolly toper
Hous'd in an arbour.
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