Ars Poetica

Horace

Horace. The Works of Horace. Vol. II. Smart, Christopher, editor. Philadelphia: J. Whetham, 1836.

  1. mercatorne vagus cultorne virentis agelli,
  2. Colchus an Assyrius, Thebis nutritus, an Argis.
  3. aut famam sequere aut sibi convenientia finge
  4. scriptor. honoratum si forte reponis Achillem,
  5. inpiger, iracundus, inexorabilis, acer
  6. iura neget sibi nata, nihil non adroget armis.
  7. sit Medea ferox invictaque, flebilis Ino,
  8. perfidus Ixion, Io vaga, tristis Orestes.