Q. Horatii Flacci Carminum liber i. (-iv.) ed. by T.E. Page

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Page 11 - Cum semel occideris et de te splendida. Minos Fecerit arbitria, Non, Torquate, genus, non te facundia, non te Restituet pietas.
Page 62 - His honour rooted in dishonour stood, And faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.
Page 65 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 5 - Nutrita faustis sub penetralibus Posset, quid Augusti paternus In pueros animus Nerones. Fortes creantur fortibus et bonis ; Est in iuvencis, est in equis patrum 30 Virtus, neque imbellem feroces Progenerant aquilae columbam.
Page 46 - Lord to prepare his ways ; to give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, through the tender mercy of our God ; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
Page 12 - Ne forte credas interitura, quae longe sonantem natus ad Aufidum non ante volgatas per artes verba loquor socianda chordis...
Page 15 - Mutatus Ligurinum in faciem verterit hispidam, Dices, heu, quotiens te speculo videris alterum : Quae mens est hodie, cur eadem non puero fuit, Vel cur his animis incolumes non redeunt genae ? ODE XI.
Page 18 - Ad quae si properas gaudia, cum tua Velox merce veni : non ego te meis Immunem meditor tingere poculis, Plena dives ut in domo. Verum pone moras et Studium lucri, Nigrorumque memor, dum licet, ignium Misce stultitiam consiliis brevem : Dulce est desipere in loco.
Page 12 - Non incisa notis marmora publicis, Per quae spiritus et vita redit bonis Post mortem ducibus, non celeres fugae 15 Reiectaeque retrorsum Hannibalis minae, Non incendia Carthaginis impiae Eius, qui domita nomen ab Africa Lucratus rediit, clarius indicant Laudes quam Calabrae Pierides neque, 20 Si chartae sileant quod bene feceris, Mercedem tuleris.
Page 10 - Diffugere nives, redeunt iam gramina campis arboribusque comae ; mutat terra vices et decrescentia ripas flumina praetereunt; Gratia cum Nymphis geminisque sororibus audet...

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