1796.) New Tranflation, tc. of an Ode of Horace. 


that the fenfe and 
tion require a full 
Jine— : : 
Martis equis. Acheronta (fiisit. 
a -ammatical conftruc- 
top at the end of the 
2. No rational poet would be 
» ode, having for its objeét to alter 
perfevering man—tenacem propofili vitum* 
‘fach praiie tends to defeat the end in 
view. 
' 3. we would not chats t 
, hide routine the dangers of t 
and of thé f@ 
ape paffenger 
of empire we 


Dlace for 
‘Adriatic 
Lt ae ftorm, to both which 
sto and from the news 
Id often be expofedy 
he was endea 
Ouring i 
in the way of the enterprize. ™ 
4. He would not deferibe one of 
We Mierces, Held up as models to beim 
by the en of the rover vagusy 
phere he withed to withftand 
igrating from one places 
would rather have chofen fo 
ee of praife. . 
In the fcale of ‘reafondallduced for fup- 
> poling four ftanzas of this de to have 
originally for medno pat of it, ¥. fir ft 
‘and third ‘re perha mere make- 
. weights, but the fecond aid fourth are 
aes ecilive t ae the ode y 
| worthily with— 





























Gratum oie confiliantib: 
Junone divi iS == ; 
and forms a complete whole . wit 
.. thofe fixteen lines. 
Li a here tour ftanzas do 
an ode by themfelveS}fex Pol H 
» cules, Bacchus, s, the inta 
- produced of rewarded # 
means 




this fragment begins, but for milicar 
chievement in general SeT he a Of 



pre<" 
conceived intention, by the praife of the — vit 
‘cofidn ¢ to be enforced, but alfo a lofty 
= 
young lion—t 
‘ gee is tweet and feemly for h 
ot oe ( 
erit, verde ae 
sculiarly remarkable. for juttice: * 
_ and fteadinefs, Wwith the praife of wach iy 
ph 
615. 
But, in its prefent form, it terminates dif- 
agreeably, “gi thefe virtues were to be 
of no ule 5 whereas, if we fuppole, 






i ey to go on to the praife “of juitice 
ie eadinefs, and then to, reprefent all « 
sies as conducting to apo- 
not only have prefented 
les proper on fuch an oc- 
motive to praétue. them. 
On the fuppofition, thenthatt 
lines included beeween Fu/lum 
and Acher outa fugit, belor a 
the fecond ode of the third book 
fixteen 
MACENT y 
d of 




pote for your infertion, a new tranflation 
of that ode, whence the , oe will be 
better able to judge of its coherence. 
ardfhip, friend, enure thy fon betimes 5 
the ftout you: ith with level’d {pear to ride 
/ At the fierce Parthian foe, 
And i in iharp warfare learn 
ft FPisalt ith danger, fnatch his fle broad, 
And bear the narrow dole of penury ae 
Him from the hoftile wall 
With anxious meafuring eye eg 
The royal mother, or the bride, ‘fhail view, 
yet ‘Yeafi he whom their rafh, withes 
fhiel ld, 
When eared anger eats 
To rend the reeking rank 
Meet the 
ftrife. 











ep 
e fd 

e flying footitep J 
fo attains, nor fpai 2S 
pt Binittine. or his branded back, 
Fortitude not only brave 
- Undaunted, but the 
Nor heeds a s 
e tt Oke be fate 
he portals o ‘the fky 
common path foaring wing 
flies Wes -low-lived falta wine-{prent 
ee ee, 


pattice and fteadinefs May indeed form ™ unrewarded goes am ae 
t of an 1 ode which . i -Fidelity’s dumb tongue: 7 
* ee Hes ho the Eleufinian pompyreveals!| ~ 
Ow eae 
' em 

army againft the Parthiat sand c contains 
advice to a young foldier. J 
- mends fucceifively th hi 
hardinefs, courage, 




im beneath the ov cr-hat Agi 
ZT walk net, or abide 
j th him the treacherous keel ; 



Ngeance, tho’ lame of foot, 
Ts fure to overtake, 
But the jut man fecure his courfe purfues ; sii, 
Not the iond croud’s ae uous zeal for illgi nf 
»»No tyrant’s ate TOWN, jee 
His rooted purpofe imakes, 
uld the ftorm-\ ext Adriatic furge, 
ia lightning hurl’d by Jove’s high 
hand, 
ae The wreck of fhattering worlds, © 
Uniearing {mite, Na 




The 
Thus 


oR ti en ae, 
is 



