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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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VOLUME the SECOND and LAST.
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THE FIFTH BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE. COMMONLY CALLED THE EPODES.
  
THE SECULAR ODE.
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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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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
  
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EPISTLE I. To Mæcenas.
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EPISTLE II. To Lollius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE III. To Julius Florus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE IV. To Albius Tibullus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
To a Gentleman, whose Father had left the Bulk of his Estate to a younger Son. In Allusion to the Same Epistle.
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EPISTLE V. To Torquatus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VI. To Numicius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VII. To Mæcenas.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE VIII. To Celsus Albinovanus.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE IX. To Claudius Tiberius Nero.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE X. To Fuscus Aristius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XI. To Bullatius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XII. To Iccius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIII. To Vinius Asella.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIV. To his Country Steward.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XV. To Numonius Vala.
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EPISTLE XVI. To Quintius.
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EPISTLE XVII. To Scæva.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
EPISTLE XVIII. To Lollius.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XIX. To Mæcenas.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
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EPISTLE XX.
  
The Same EPISTLE Imitated.
  
The latter Part of SATIRE II. BOOK II. Imitated.
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THE SECOND BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE.
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THE THIRD BOOK OF THE EPISTLES OF HORACE. COMMONLY CALLED The ART of POETRY .

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ODE III. To Dellius.

If Fortune smile, or prove unkind,
Learn to preserve a steady Mind.
Lest Pride and Pleasure swell too high;
Remember, Dellius, You were born to die;
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Whether your Life You waste away
In Grief; or, on a festal Day,
Reclin'd in yon sequester'd Vale,
With rich Falernian Wine your Taste regale,
Where the tall Poplar, and the Pine,
Their hospitable Branches twine;
And the clear Stream, with gurgling Train,
Obliquely labours thro' the smiling Plain.
Here Wine, and Oyl, and Roses, bring,
Too short-liv'd Daughters of the Spring!
While Fortune, Health, and Youth, allow,
Ere with the Weight of feeble Age You bow.
From your Town-house, your purchas'd Grove,
And rural Seat, you must remove,
Which Tyber laves: Your joyful Heir
Shall your large Pile of hoarded Treasure share.
If wealthy, and of ancient Race;
Or poor; so meanly born and base,
To find no Covering but the Sky,
It nought avails; for All alike must die!
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To the same Port we all are bound;
In the same Urn are rolling round
Our Lots; which drawn, or soon or late,
Convey us all to our eternal State!
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