A Transpadane, my country not to pass untaxed—
In short, whoever cleanly cares to rinse foul teeth;
Yet sweetly smiling ever I would have you not:
For silly laughter, it’s a silly thing indeed.
Of Horace it is difficult to say anything without saying too much.
In this Outline there is no space for discussion, informative or discursive, of the writers, it is our province but to name them and to give examples of their humor.
Horace was not a comedian but in his Satires, as well as in some of his other works, the comic muse is discernible.
Horace
OBTRUSIVE COMPANY ON THE SACRED WAY
Along the Sacred Road I strolled one day,
Deep in some bagatelle (you know my way),