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The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719) | ||
ODE XVI. To his Mistress.
Do with my Satyrs as you please,
O fairest of your Name!
Or drown them in the Rapid Seas,
Or set them on a Flame.
O fairest of your Name!
Or drown them in the Rapid Seas,
Or set them on a Flame.
Passion's a Madness in the Breast,
No God can blow it higher,
When Bacchanals or Priests possess'd,
The Frantick Pow'rs inspire.
No God can blow it higher,
When Bacchanals or Priests possess'd,
The Frantick Pow'rs inspire.
Passion through Fire and Sword runs on;
Can Storms and Tempest stand,
Though mighty Jove himself rush down,
With Thunder in his Hand.
Can Storms and Tempest stand,
Though mighty Jove himself rush down,
With Thunder in his Hand.
Prometheus from the Lyon's Heart
Took this bright Eager Ray,
And made it of Mankind a Part,
And wrapt it in our Clay.
Took this bright Eager Ray,
And made it of Mankind a Part,
And wrapt it in our Clay.
By Passion great Thyestes fell,
The Cause of all his Woe;
It brings tall Turrets down to Hell,
And lays proud Cities low.
The Cause of all his Woe;
It brings tall Turrets down to Hell,
And lays proud Cities low.
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Then prithee cease to Pout and Fret,
The horrid Crime I own:
When you suppress'd my Am'rous Heat,
It broke into Lampoon.
The horrid Crime I own:
When you suppress'd my Am'rous Heat,
It broke into Lampoon.
Then I was Mad, but now I'll try,
To make my Dear amends;
Away with all this Pish and Fie.
Let's Kiss, and so be Friends.
To make my Dear amends;
Away with all this Pish and Fie.
Let's Kiss, and so be Friends.
The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719) | ||