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The odes, epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace (1719)

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

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THE ODES OF HORACE.
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BOOK I.
 I. 
ODE I. To Mæcenas.
 II. 
ODE II. To Augustus.
 III. 
ODE III.
 IV. 
ODE IV. To Sestius.
 V. 
ODE V. To Pyrrha.
 VI. 
ODE VI. To Agrippa.
 VII. 
ODE VII. To Munatius Plancus.
 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.
 XV. 
ODE XV.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. To his Mistress.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. To Tyndaris.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. To Quintilius Varus.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX.
 XX. 
ODE XX. To Mæcenas.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. To Aristius.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. To Chloe.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. To Virgil.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. To Lydia.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. To his Muse.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. To Iccius.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX. To Venus.
 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.
 XXXVII. 
ODE XXXVII.
 XXXVIII. 
ODE XXXVIII.
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BOOK II.
 I. 
ODE I. To Asinius Pollio.
 II. 
ODE II. To C. Crispus Sallustius.
 III. 
ODE III. To Delius.
 IV. 
ODE IV. To Xanthias Phoceus.
 V. 
ODE V.
 VI. 
ODE VI. To Septimius.
 VII. 
ODE VII. To Pompeius Varus.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. To Barine.
 IX. 
ODE IX. To Valgius.
 X. 
ODE X. To Licinius Murena.
 XI. 
ODE XI. To Quintius Hirpinius.
 XII. 
ODE XII. To Mæcenas.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. To Posthumus.
 XV. 
ODE XV.
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. To Grosphus.
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. To Mæcenas.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX.
 XX. 
ODE XX. To Mæcenas.
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BOOK III.
 I. 
ODE I. To Asinius Pollio.
 II. 
ODE II.
 III. 
ODE III.
 IV. 
ODE IV. To Calliope.
 V. 
ODE V.
 VI. 
ODE VI.
 VII. 
ODE VII. To Asterie.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. To Mæcenas
 IX. 
ODE IX.
 X. 
ODE X. To Lyce.
 XI. 
ODE XI. To Mercury.
 XII. 
ODE XII. To Neobule.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV.
 XV. 
ODE XV. To 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.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. To Diana.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. To Phidyle.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. To Bacchus.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. To Venus.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. To Galatea.
 XXVIII. 
ODE XXVIII. To Lyde.
 XXIX. 
ODE XXIX. To Mæcenas.
 XXX. 
ODE XXX.
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BOOK IV.
 I. 
ODE I. To Venus.
 II. 
ODE II. To Antonius Julus.
 III. 
ODE III. To Melpomene.
 IV. 
ODE IV.
 V. 
ODE V. To Augustus.
 VI. 
ODE VI. To Apollo.
 VII. 
ODE VII. To Torquatus.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. To Censorinus.
 IX. 
ODE IX. To Lollius.
 X. 
ODE X. Ligurinus.
 XI. 
ODE XI. To Phyllis.
 XII. 
ODE XII. To Virgil.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII. To Lyce.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. To Augustus.
 XV. 
ODE XV.
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THE EPODES OF HORACE.
 I. 
EPODE I. To Mæcenas.
 II. 
EPODE II.
 III. 
EPODE III. To Mæcenas.
 IV. 
EPODE IV. To Mena.
 V. 
EPODE V.
 VI. 
EPODE VI. To Cassius Severus.
 VII. 
EPODE VII. To the People of Rome.
 VIII. 
EPODE VIII.
 IX. 
EPODE IX. To Mecænas.
 X. 
EPODE X.
 XI. 
ODE XI. To Pettius.
 XII. 
EPODE XII.
 XIII. 
EPODE XIII.
 XIV. 
EPODE XIV. To Mecænas.
 XV. 
EPODE XV. To Neæra.
 XVI. 
EPODE XVI.
 XVII. 
EPODE XVII. Horace and Canidia.
  
The Secular ODE of Horace.

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ODE XX. To Mæcenas.

On new uncommon Pinions born,
To nobler heights I rise;
My former Shape and Residence I scorn,
I kick the subject Earth, and mount the upper Skies.
My high Descent and Birth I boast;
These earthy Dregs defie:
I'll not be banish'd to the Stygian Coast,
Nor own the Pow'r of Fate, nor condescend to die.
Chang'd to a Swan in Milk-white Down,
I feel my Legs grow light:
My Arms and Shoulders put new Feathers on;
I clap my New-born Wings, and urge th' impetuous Flight.
Like Icarus I float in Air;
Thence with a curious Eye,
Survey the Hellespontick Straights from far,
And whence the North begins, and where the Syrtes lye.
From Colchis and Gelonia's Shore,
I pass to Realms unknown;
To Dacia, priding in her warlike Pow'r,
Thence to the rough Iberian, and the rapid Rhone.
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Say not, I dy'd; nor shed a Tear,
Nor round my Ashes mourn,
Nor of my needless Obsequies take care;
All Pomp and State is lost upon an empty Urn.
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