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Author: Horace.
Title: The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace Done into English.
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Print source: The Odes, Satyrs, and Epistles of Horace Done into English.
Horace., Creech, Thomas, 1659-1700.
London: printed for Jacob Tonson, and sold by Tim. Goodwin at the Maiden-head against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1684.
Alternate titles: Selections. English. 1688.
Subject terms:
Latin poetry -- Translations into English -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A44471.0001.001
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To the very much Esteemed JOHN DRYDEN, Esq.
Preface.
THE ODES OF HORACE.
The First Book.
ODE I. To MECAENAS. Several Men have several Delights, Lyrick Poetry is his.
ODE II. To AUGUSTUS. Rome hath smarted for killing Caesar, and all their Hopes are in Augustus.
ODE III. To VIRGIL, Taking a Voyage to Athens.
ODE IV. He adviseth his Friend to live merrily.
ODE V. He rejoyces at his deliverance from his bewitching Mistriss.
ODE VI. To AGRIPPA. Varius may record his great Actions, but Love must be the subject of his Songs.
ODE VII. He commends Plancus his Seat, and adviseth him to enjoy his Life.
ODE VIII. To LYDIA, Who had made Lybaris Effeminate.
ODE IX. He adviseth his Friend to live merrily.
ODE X. In praise of Mercury.
ODE XI. He adviseth his Friend to live merrily, and take no Care for to morrow.
ODE XII. To AUGUSTUS.
ODE XIII. His Jealousie occasions his disquiet.
ODE XIV. To the Common-wealth which was now ready to engage in another Civil War.
ODE XV. Nereus sings the Fall of Troy occasion'd by Paris's Rape of Helen.
ODE XVI. A Recantation for a Copy of Iambicks written on a young Lady.
ODE XVII. He Commends his Country Seat, and invites his Mistriss thither.
ODE XVIII. Wine moderately taken cheers the Mind, but too much makes men mad.
ODE XIX. To GLYCERA. He confesseth his Love.
ODE XX. He invites Mecaenas to take a Bottle of Wine at his house.
ODE XXI. He exhorts the Boys and Maids to sing Apollo's and Diana's praise.
ODE XXII. Nothing will hurt a good innocent Man, and a faithful Lover.
ODE XXIII. He tells his young Mistriss that she is now of Age, and need not be affraid of him.
ODE XXIV. He comforts Virgil Mourning for the Death of his Friend.
ODE XXV. He insults over his Mistriss Lydia, now grown Old.
ODE XXVI. He desires his Muse to commend his Friend Lamia.
ODE XXVII. He adviseth his Friends not to quarrel in their drink.
ODE XXVIII. Architas a Mathematician being Shipwrack't, is re∣presented begging a Seaman to Bury him, and denouncing Vengeance on him if he neglects his Request.
ODE XXIX. To ICCIUS. A Philosopher who had left his study, and was resolv'd to go to War.
ODE XXX. He begs Venus to come to the Temple which his Glycera had prepar'd.
ODE XXXI. The Poet's Wish.
ODE XXXII. To his Harp, whose assistance he desires.
ODE XXXIII. He Comforts his Friend who had ill success in his Amours.
ODE XXXIV. He resolves to be religious, and follow Epicurus's Philosophy no more.
ODE XXXV. To Fortune, whom he Celebrates, and begs to preserve Caesar.
ODE XXXVI. A Welcome to his dear Friend Lamia.
ODE XXXVII. On Caesar's Victory over Antony and Cleopatra.
ODE XXXVIII. He tells his Boy that he should not take too much careabout his Entertainments.
ODES
ODE I. To POLLIO. He desires him to forbear writing Tragedies till He had settled the State.
ODE II. The free and generous only are the happy Men.
ODE III. He adviseth his Friend Delius to be content, and live merrily.
ODE IV. To Xanthias Phoceus who fell in Love with his Captive.
ODE V. To his Friend in Love with a young Girl.
ODE VI. To SEPTIMIUS. He wishes for a quiet retreat in his Old Age.
ODE VII. A Welcome to his Friend Pompy.
ODE VIII. To his forsworn Mistriss.
ODE IX. He adviseth his Friend to grieve no more for dead Mystes.
ODE X. A middle Estate of Life is the best.
ODE XI. He adviseth his Friend to live Merrily.
ODE XII. To MECAENAS. Wars and Battles are not a Subject fit for his Muse, but Love and Lycimnia he can Sing.
ODE XIII. Upon a Tree that was like to fall upon him as he was walking in his Field.
ODE XIV. Life is short, and Death unavoidable.
ODE XV. On the Luxury of the Age.
ODE XVI. The contented Man the most happy.
ODE XVII. To MECAENAS. He is resolv'd not to survive him, and congratulates his Recovery.
ODE XVIII. Against Covetousness.
ODE XIX. In praise of Bacchus.
ODE XX. He promiseth himself immortal Fame.
HORACE'S ODES.
ODE I. Not Wealth or Honor, but Peace and Quietness makes a happy Life.
ODE II. Youth must be bred in Wars and Want, and taught to be Religious.
ODE IV. To the Muses acknowledging their Power and Kindness.
ODE V. To AUGUSTUS. Praising him for enlarging their Empire, and discom∣mending Crassus's Souldiers which draws on the Story of Regulus.
ODE VII. To ASTERIA. He tells her that her absent Husband is Constant, and adviseth her to have a care of her solliciting Neighbour.
ODE VIII. To MECAENAS. Whom He invites to an Entertainment which He made for joy of his deliverance from the falling Tree.
ODE IX. A Dialogue between Horace and Lydia.
ODE X. He tells Lyde that perhaps He shall not always be able to endure her Scorn.
ODE XI. To Mercury, and his Shell, whom He desires to move Lyde, and tells the Story of Danaus's Daughters:
ODE XII. He congratulates Neobule's Happiness who lov'd a deserving Man.
ODE XII. To His pleasant Spring.
ODE XIV. He resolves to be merry at Caesars return.
ODE XV. He adviseth an Old Woman to be Modest.
ODE XVI. All things obey Gold.
ODE XVII. He adviseth his noble Friend Aelius Lamias to live merrily.
ODE XVIII. To FAUNUS. Whose Favour and Protection He desires.
ODE XIX. A merry Ode to his Friend who was a Student.
ODE XX. He adviseth his Friend not to strive to part a Lo∣ver and his Mistriss.
ODE XXII. He Dedicates his Pine to Diana.
ODE XXIII. Innocence pleases Heaven more than Sacrifice.
ODE XXIV. Nothing can secure a Man from Death, And Covetousness is the Root of all Evil.
ODE XXVI. Now being grown Old, he bids farewel to Love.
ODE XXVIII. To Lyde, On Neptune's Festival.
ODE XXIX. He invites Mecaenas to an Entertainment.
ODE XXX. He promiseth himself Eternity.
ODES.
ODE I. To VENUS. 1. He is now grown Old and unfit for Love. 2. De∣sires her to go and visit Young Paulus. 3. Yet He still thinks on his lovely Boy Ligurine.
ODE II. To ANTONIUS JULUS. 1. None can imitate Pindar. 2. Commends Antony, and proposes Caesar's Actions as a fit subject for his Muse.
ODE III. To his Muse. By her favor he gets immortal Reputation.
ODE V.
ODE VI. To Apollo and Diana.
ODE VII. To MANLIUS TORQUATUS. The Spring coming on, from the consideration of our frail State, He invites him to be merry.
ODE VIII. To Marcus Censorinus. Verse is the best and most lasting Present that a Man can send his Friend.
ODE IX. To LOLLIUS. His Songs shall never dye; and he is resolv'd to make his Friend Lollius his Name live for ever.
ODE X. To scornful LIGURINE. Age will come, Beauty wast, and then he will be sorry for his present Pride.
ODE XI. To PHYLLIS. On Mecaenas his Birth Day, He invites her to a Feast.
ODE XII. To VIRGIL. He describes the Spring, and invites him to Supper.
ODE XIII. To LYCE. He insults over her now she is grown old.
ODE XIV. To AUGUSTUS. That His Deserts are much greater than any Rewards Rome can bestow.
ODE XV. He praiseth Augustus.
EPODES.
EPODE I.
EPODE II. The Pleasures of a Country and retir'd Life.
EPODE III. To MECAENAS. He shows his dislike to an Onion that made him sick.
EPODE IV. To Vulteius Mena, a Freed-Man of Pompey.
EPODE V. Against the Witch Canidia, where he discovers the Cruelty and Baseness of such Creatures.
EPODE VI. Against Cassius Severus a very scurrilous and abu∣sive Rhymer.
EPODE VII. To His Citizens that are ready to engage in another Civil War.
EPODE IX. To MECAENAS. He wishes for the good News of Caesar's Victory over Mark Antony, that they might be merry as for∣merly, when Sextus Pompejus was overthrown.
EPODE X. He wishes Maevius the Poet may be Shipwrackt.
EPODE XI. To PETTIUS. Love hinders him from Writing any more.
EPODE XIII. He adviseth his Friends to pass their time merrily.
EPODE XIV. To MECAENAS. Love hinders him from making the Iambicks which He had so often promis'd.
EPODE XV. To NEAERA. He complains of breach of Promise.
EPODE XVI. To the People of Rome. He adviseth them to leave the Town, which He thinks doom'd to Civil Wars.
EPODE XVII. To CANIDIA. He confesseth Her Magick Power, and begs pardon for abusing Her.
CANIDIA's Answer.
SATYRS.
BOOK I.
satire 1
SATYR II.
SATYR III.
SATYR IV.
SATYR V.
SATYR VI.
SATYR VII.
SATYR VIII.
SATYR IX.
SATYR X.
SATYRS.
satire 1
SATYR II.
SATYR III.
SATYR IV.
SATYR V.
SATYR VI.
SATYR VII.
SATYR VIII.
EPISTLES.
BOOK I.
epistle 1
EPISTLE II.
EPISTLE III.
EPISTLE IV.
EPISTLE V.
EPISTLE VI.
EPISTLE VII.
EPISTLE VIII.
EPISTLE IX.
EPISTLE X.
EPISTLE XI.
EPISTLE XII.
EPISTLE XIII.
EPISTLE XIV.
EPISTLE XV.
EPISTLE XVI.
EPISTLE VII.
EPISTLE XVIII.
EPISTLE XIX.
THE CONCLUSION
EPISTLES.
Epistle I.
EPISTLE II.
EPISTLE III.
A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS