Shall crush us twain; no idle oath

Has Horace sworn; where'er you go,

We both will travel, travel both

The last dark journey down below.

Od. II, xvii.

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THE SATIRES AND EPISTLES

Horace's poems are of two kinds; of one kind the Satires and Epistles, of another the Odes and Epodes. Their order and dates of publication are shown in the following table:

B.C.
35. First Book of Satires.
30. Second Book of Satires, and Epodes.
23. First three Books of Odes.
20. First Book of Epistles.
19. Epistle to Florus.
17. The Century Hymn.
about 13. Fourth Book of the Odes.
13. Epistle to Augustus.
(?) 10. The Art of Poetry.