The Works of Horace

Handy Literal Translations

THE WORKS OF HORACE

_TRANSLATED LITERALLY INTO ENGLISH PROSE_

By C. Smart, A.M.

Of Pembroke College, Cambridge

_A NEW EDITION_

REVISED BY

Theodore Alois Buckley B.A. Of Christ Church

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ODES OF HORACE.

ODE I.

TO MAECENAS.

Maecenas, descended from royal ancestors, O both my protecti...