Ars Poetica

Horace

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

  1. fiet homo et ponet famosae mortis amorem.
  2. nec satis adparet, cur versus factitet, utrum
  3. minxerit in patrios cineres an triste bidental
  4. moverit incestus: certe furit ac velut ursus,
  5. obiectos caveae valuit si frangere clatros,
  6. indoctum doctumque fugat recitator acerbus;
  7. quem vero arripuit, tenet occiditque legendo,
  8. non missura cutem, nisi plena cruoris, hirudo.'