It will last till men weary of laughter ...
And after!
Whatever we may say of the indebtedness of things like these to the letter of the ancient poet, we must acknowledge them all alike as examples of the dynamic power of Horace.
ii. CREATION
But there are other examples whose character as literary creation is still farther beyond question. Such a one, to mention one brilliant specimen in prose, is the letter of Andrew Lang to Horace. In verse, Austin Dobson again affords one of the happiest examples:
TO Q.H.F.
"Horatius Flaccus, b.c. 8,"
There's not a doubt about the date,—
You're dead and buried: