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39. The ionic a minore consists of three or four feet,
Tvhich are all ionics a minore; as
Puer ales | tibi telas | oper6s? |que Minervae. Horat.
COMPOUND METRES.
40. The greater Alcaic consists of two iambic feet,
which are sometimes changed into spondees, and an odd
syllable, followed by a choriambus and an iambus; as
Vides | ut al|ta | Stet mve can|didum,
Cdeles|tis ar|cis|nobilis in|cola. Horat.
41. The Archilochian heptameter consists of the dac-
tylic tetrameter a priore, followed by three trochees; as
Nunc dece|t autviri|dlnitijdum caput | Impe|dirS| myrto.
Horat.
42. The dactylico-trochaic tetrameter or lesser Alcaic
consists of two dactyls, followed by two trochees; as
Levia | personu|ere | saxa. Horat.
'The preceding account of the metres in the most common use
among the Latin poets will, it is presumed, be found both conv
prehensive and accurate. The student, who is desirous of more
extensive information on this subject, may consult with advantage
Carey's Latin Prosody.
THE METRES OF HORACE.
In their lyric compositions, the Latin poets seldom con-
fined themselves to one species of verse, but for the sake
of greater variety and harmony, they generally introduced
two, and sometimes three different measures into the same
ode. This change of metre is found in almost all the
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APPENDIX.
lyrics of Horace, and has contributed much to the beauty
of his poetry. The following alphabetical key to his odes
contains. the first words of each ode, and a reference to the
metres in the preceding list, which he has employed in it.
MM vetusto, 40,40, 23,42. Extremum Tanaim, 34, 35.
iEquam memento, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Albi ne doleas, 34, 35.
Altera jam, 1, 17.
Angustam amici, 40,40,23,
42.
At o deorum, 17, 22.
Audivere Lyce, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Bacchum in, 40, 40,23,42.
Beatus ille, 17,22.
Ccelo supinas,40, 40,23,42.
Ccelo tonantem, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Cum tu Lydia, 35, 34.
Cur me querelis, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Delicta majorum, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Descende ccelo, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Dianam tenerae, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Diffugere nives, 1, 13.
Dive quern, 28, 14.
Divis orre, 34, 35.
Donarem pateras, 34.
Donec gratus, 35, 34.
Eheu fugaces, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Est mihi honum, 28, 14.
Et thure et, 35, 34.
Exegi monumentum, 34.
Faune nympharum, 28, 14.
Festo quid, 35, 34.
Herculis ritu, 28, 14.
Horrida tempestas, 1, 22,
13.
Ibis liburnis, 17, 22,
Icci beatis, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Hie et nefasto, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Impios parrae, 28,14.
Inclusam Danaem, 34, 35.
Intactis opulentior, 35, 34.
Integer vitae, 28, 14.
Intermissa Venus, 35, 34.
Jam jam efficaci, 17.
Jam pauca, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Jam satis terris, 28, 14.
Jam veris, 34, 35.
Justum et, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Laudabunt alii, 1,8.
Lupis et agnis, 17, 22.
Lydia dic per, 37, 33.
Maecenas atavis, 34.
Mala soluta, 17, 22.
Martiis ccelebs, 28, 14.
Mater saeva, 35, 34.
Mercuri facunde, 28, 14.
Mercuri nam, 28, 14.
Miserarum est, 39.
? ? Mollis inertia, 1, 22.
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Natis in usum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Ne forte credas, 40,40, 23,
42.
Ne sit ancillae, 28, 14.
NoHs longa ferae, 34, 35.
Nondum subacta, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Non ebur neque, 24, 21.
Non semper, 40,40, 23, 42.
Non usitata, , 40, 40, 23,
42.
Non vides quanto, 28, 14.
Nox erat, 1, 22.
Nullam Vare, 31.
Nullus argento, 28, 14.
Nunc est, 40, 40, 23, 42.
O crudelis adhuc, 31.
O diva gratum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
O fons, 34, 34, 36, 35.
O matre pulchra, 40,40,23,
42.
O nata mecum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
O navis referent, 34,34, 36,
35.
O saepe mecum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
O Venus regina, 28, 14.
Qdi profanum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Otium divos, 28, 14.
Parcius junctas, 28, 14.
Parcus deorum, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Parentis olim, 17, 22.
Pastor quum traheret, 34, 35.
Persicos odi, 28, 14.
Petti nihil me, 17, 13, 22.
Phcebe sylvarumque, 28,14.
Phcebus volentem, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Pyndarum quisquis, 28, 14.
Poscimus siquid, 28, 14.
Quae cura, 40, 40, 23, 42.
Qualem ministrum, 40, 40,
23, 42.
Quando repostum, 17, 22.
Quantum distet, 35, 34.
Quern tuMelpomene, 35,34.
Quem virum, 28, 14.
Quid bellicosus, 40, 40, 23,
42.
Quid dedicatum, 40, 40,23,
42.
Quid fles Asterie, 34, 34,
36, 35.
Quid immerentes, 17, 22.
Quid obseratis, 17.
Quid tibi vis, 1, 8.
Quid desiderio, 34, 35.
Quis multa, 34, 34, 36,
35.
Quo me Bacche, 35, 34^
Quo, quo scelesti, 17, 22.
Rectius vives, 28, 14.
? ? Rogare longo, 17, 22.
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Velox amcenum, 40,40,23, Vitas hinnuleo, 34, 34, 36,
42. 35.
Videsutalta,40,40,23,42. Vixi puellis, 40, 40, 23,
Vilepotabis, 28, 14. 42.
The first thirty of the following exercises are designed to
be scanned; the succeeding thirty-four require the order of
the words to be changed, in order to the lines beingformed
into verses; the remaining exercises are intended to be
translated. The figures prefixed to the exercises refer to
the metres of the verses contained in them.
EXERCISES.
1. No. 8.
Haud sic magni conditor orbis; /
Huic ex alto curicta tuenti
Nulla terrJe mole resistunt,
Non nox atris nubibus obstat.
2. No. 9.
Gratius astra nitent, ubi Notus
Desinit imbriferos dare sonbs";
Lucifer ut tenebras pepulerit,
Pulchra dies roseoi agit equos.
3. No. 16.
Somnos dabat herba salubris,
Potum quoque lubricus amnis,
Umbras altissima pinus;
Nondum maris alta secabat.
4. No. 31.
Tu ne quaesieris scire, nefas, quem mihi, quem tibi
Finem di dederint, Leuconoe; nec Babylonios
Tentaris numeros, ut melius, quidquid erit, pati;
Seu plures hyemes, seu tribuit Jupiter ultimam.
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5. No. 1, 8.
Albus ut obscuro deterget nubila ccelo
Saepe Notus, neque parturit imbres
Perpetuos, sic tu sapiens finire memento
Tristitiam vitaeque labores.
6. No. 1, IS, 1, 13.
Diffugere nives; redeunt jam gramina campis,
Arboribusque comae;
Mutat terra vices; et decrescentia ripas
Flumina praetereunt.
7. No. 1, 17, 1, 17.
Mella cava manant ex ilice; montibus altis
Levis crepante lympha desilit pede.
Illic injussae veniunt ad mulctra capellae,
Refertque tenta grex amicus ubera.
8. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Has inter epulas, ut juvat pastas oves
Videre properantes domum!
Videre fessos, vomerem inversum, boves,
Collo trahentes languido.
9. No. 11,36.
Omne hominum genus in terris
Simili surgit ab ortu;
Unus enim rerum pater est,
Unus cuncta ministrat.
10. No. 34, 35.
Jam veris comites, quae mare temperant,
Impellunt animae lintea Thraciae;
Jam nec prata rigent, nec fluvii strepunt
Hyberna nive turgidi.
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11. No. 35, 34.
Caris multa sodalibus,
Nulli plura tamen, dividit oscula,
Quam dulci Lamiae, memor
Acts non alio rege puertiae.
12. No. 28, 14.
Scandit aeratas vitiosa naves
"Cura, nec turmas equitum relinquit,
Ocior cervis, et agente nimbos
Ocior Euro.
13. No. 47, 21.
Solvitur acris hyems grata vice veris et Favoni;
Trahuntque siccas machinae carinas;
Ac neque jam stabulis gaudet pecus, aut arator igni;
Nec prata canis albicant pruinis.
14. No. 37, 32.
Cur neque militaris
Inter aequales equitat; Gallica nec lupatis
Temperat ora franis?
Cur timet flavum Tiberim tangere ? cur olivum?
15. No. 34, 34, 36,, 35.
Vos Tempe totidem tollite laudibus,
Natalemque, mares, Delon Apollinis,
Insignemque pharetra
Fraternaque humerum lyra.
16. No. 40, 40, 23, 43.
Doctrina sed vim promovet: insitam,
Rectique cultus pectora roborant;
Utcunque defecere mores,
Dedecorant bene nata culpa.
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17. No. 1,22, 13.
Nobilis ut grandi cecinit Centaurus alumno,
"Invicte mortalis, dea
Nate puer Thetide,
Te manet Assaraci tellus, quam frigida parvi
Findunt Scamandri flumina,
Lubricus et Simois. "
18. No. 24, 21.
At fides, et ingenl
Benigna vena est; pauperemque dives
Me petit. Nihil supra
Deos lacesso; nec potentem amicum
Largiora flagito,
Satis beatus unicis Sabinis.
19. . No. 17, 13,22.
Ubi haec severus te palam laudaveram,
Jussus abire domum,
Ferebar incerto pede
Ad non amicos, heu, mihi postes, et heu
Limina dura, quibus
Lumbos et infregi latus.
20. No. 18.
Querceta Fauni, vosque rore vinoso
Colles benigni, mitis Evandri sedes,
Si quid salubre vallibus frondet vestris,
Levamen aegro ferte certatim vati.
Sic ille, chartis redditus rursum Musis,
Vicina dulci prata mulcebit cantu.
21.
Frigora mitescunt Zephyris; ver proterit aestas,
Interitura simul;
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Pomifer autumnus fruges effuderit; et mox
Bruma recurret iners.
22.
Labuntur altis interim ripis aqua? ,
Queruntur in sylvis aves,
Fontesque lymphis obstrepunt manantibus;
Somnos quod invitet leves.
23.
Quam variis terras animalia permeant figuris!
Namque alia extento sunt corpore, pulveremque verrunt,
Continuumque trahunt vi pectoris incitata sulcum.
Sunt quibus alarum levitas vaga, verberetque ventos.
24.
Monte decurrens velut amnis, imbres
Quem super notas aluere ripas,
Fervet, immensusque ruit profundo
Pindarus ore.
25.
26.
27.
Cum nemus flatu Zephyri tepentis
Vernis irrubuit rosis, ?
Spiret insanum nebulosus Auster,
Jam spinis abeat decus.
Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas
Regumque turres: o beate Sexti,
Vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat inchoare longam:
Jam te premet nox, fabulaeque manes.
Nec Coae referunt jam tibi purpura,
Nec clari lapides tempora, quae semel
Notis condita fastis
Inclusit volucris dies.
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28.
29.
30.
Purae rivus aquae, sylvaque jugerum
Paucorum, ? t segetis certa fides meae,
Fulgentem imperio fertilis Africa:
Fallit, sorte beatior.
Virtus, recludens immeritis mori
Ccelum, negata tentat iter via j
Ccetusque vulgares, et udam
Spernit humum fugiente penna.
Quid genus et proavos strepitis?
Si primordia vestra
Auctoremque Deum spectes,
Nullus degener extat,
Ni vitiis pejora fovens,
Proprium deserat ortum.
SI. No. 16.
Utinam modd redirent nostra
Tempora in priscos mores!
Sed, ignibus iEtnse saevior,
Amor fervens habendi ardet.
32. No. A.
Nunc jacet lumine mentis effceto,
Et pressus colla catenis gravibus,
Declivemque pondere gerens vultum,
Cogitur, heu, cernere terram stolidam.
S3. No. 17.
Anima mea, recogita mecum, recogita,
Horrore quo perculsa, ponti videris
Lot. Pr. O
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Imo ex sinu profunditates erutas,
Montesque fluctuum imminentes montibus.
34. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Elusus miser, non est, ut arbitraris,
Mors atra filia Noctis,
Erebove creta patre sive Erinnye,
Vastove sub Chao nata.
35. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
Ast ilia, missa stellato ccelo, Dei
Messes colligit ubique,
Animasque, reconditas carnea mole,
In lucem et evocat auras.
36. No. 17, 22, 17, 22.
En, viator defesse, et infra despice
Vitae terminum viaeque,
Vide quo laboriosa vestigia
Huc, ecce, omnia tendunt.
37. No. SO, 29, 30, 29.
Hybla, funde totos flores,
Quidquid attulit annus;
Hybla, florum vestem sparge,
Quantus campus Enna e est.
38. No. 28,28, 28, 14.
Deus, laudes in Sione manent te,
Hic, castis sacris operata, tibi
Gens vota tua solvet, victimisque
Aras imbuet.
39. No. 28, 28, 28, 14. ^
Quique tam prasens supplicantum tibi
Secundos exitus tribuas votis,
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Gentes petent te mundi sub utroque
Jacentes axe.
40. No. 28, 28, 28,14.
Tu, potens rerum pollens validisque
Viribus, catena stabili firmas
Tractus montium, jugaque inquietis
Procellis tunsa.
41. No. 28, 28, 28,14.
Tu maris, agitata ventis nigris,
Componis terga; rebelles cohibes
Motus gentium, placidaque mutas
Tumultus pace.
42. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Ultimi rerum signa tua norunt,
Et pavent fines, coruscis quoties
Flammis turgidum fremuit sonoro
Coclum murmure.
43. No. 28, 28, 28, 14c
Tu solum terra, imbrem sitientis,
Invisis laetus; gravidaeque nubis;
De sinu, fundis genitale pigros
In semen agros.
44. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Alveus, pleno semper tibi amne,
Turgidus beta novat fruge arva,
Campos floribus, virentes nemorum
Reccssus fronde.
45. No. 28, 28, 28, 14.
Tu maceras rore leni sola contumacis
terrae, glebas subigisque,
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