With thee would live—with thee would die.
Anonymous.
Thackeray also wrote some humourous versions of Horace, which are familiar to everyone. In 1862 a small volume entitled Railway Horace, by G. Chichester Oxenden, was published by Upham and Beet, London; the translations were not destitute of merit, but are now rather out of date.
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JOHN GAY.
The Beggar’s Opera.
Macheath’s Song.
How happy could I be with either,
Were t’other dear charmer away!
But while ye thus teaze me together,