The Works of Horace

Handy Literal Translations
TRANSLATED LITERALLY INTO ENGLISH PROSE
Of Pembroke College, Cambridge
A NEW EDITION
REVISED BY
Theodore Alois Buckley B.A. Of Christ Church
ODE I.
TO MAECENAS.
The camp, and the sound of the trumpet mingled with that of the clarion, and wars detested by mothers, rejoice many.
The huntsman, unmindful of his tender spouse, remains in the cold air, whether a hart is held in view by his faithful hounds, or a Marsian boar has broken the fine-wrought toils.
Ivy, the reward of learned brows, equals me with the gods above: the cool grove, and the light dances of nymphs and satyrs, distinguish me from the crowd; if neither Euterpe withholds her pipe, nor Polyhymnia disdains to tune the Lesbian lyre. But, if you rank me among the lyric poets, I shall tower to the stars with my exalted head.
ODE II.