A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace; The Odes of Horace (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1753 Excerpt: ... over the Ode; and we shall find, in the following Remarks, that it does not Want Probability. Vers. i. Poscimur. Lambinus fays, that this Reading appears in almost all the Manuscripts. Doctor Bentley affirms the contrary. Mr. Dacier assures us, although we read Poscimur we must construe it in an Active Sense, and that all Authors have Instances of this Kind. This Assertion requires some Proof. Mr. Sanadon has taken some Quotations from Doctor Bentley, in which the Verb poscor must neceslarily be understood in a Passive Sense, and then concludes that Horace might have used it in the same Manner. Torrentius thinks poscimus too bold for a poetical Petition to his Lyre. Such are too frequently the Differences among Commentators, not in Opinion only, but in their Assertion of Facts. If we receive the present Reading, we may observe a Viva Ode XXXII. 7o his Lyre. IF beneath the careless Shade, Harmonious Lyre, vich Thee I've iplay'd, Caesar's Voice obedient hear, And for more than many a Yeas. No the Roman Muse inspire, Aud_Braan_the_Song with Grecian Fire; Such as when Alcaeus fung, Who. fierce in War thy Music strung, When he heard the Battle roar, Or almost fliipwreck'd reach'd the Shore. Wine city and Quickness in the Expression, that (hews with how much Pleasure the Piiet obeys the Command of Augustus. 4. Quod & hanc in annum. There is a pretty Opposition between the solemn Inspiration, wnich the Poet now demands for a Work that is to live to Posterity, and all those idle Songs, which were only an Amusement of his gayer-Hours. Sav. The Ancients used the Words ludere and lufus for Verses-made upon little, trilling, .or amorous Subjects; and the Greeks caikd such kind of Writers wonynayfa'pav, Writers of Sfortj or Plays.. 5. Lrsoioprifm/m.'.