Horace et al.

My thoughts as I read Horace's poems--with a bit of Hafiz thrown in.

Saturday, January 29, 2022

One Seed of Grain

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My body formed of clay is but the heart’s chalice, My ideas thought out are but the heart’s new wine. Knowledge, all of it, is a seed in ...
Saturday, January 22, 2022

After the Fire

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As soon as my heart was set ablaze by your love, Everything I owned turned to ash but love for you. Learning, lessons, books, all of it pu...
Wednesday, January 19, 2022

Drunk

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Doctōrī ēbrius me ō ōlim dīxī, “Dē quō nōn est et est fac ut cognoscam.” Responsum mī tum dedit et dīxit, “Abī; Turbā cūrās tuās ten e ...
Saturday, January 15, 2022

Tongues of Fire

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Quī m ē in flammās imposuit terrārum, Centum linguās ignis in linguā posuit. Cum circum mē ūreret ignis passim, Suspīrium traxī, posuitq...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

A Night without the Dawn

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Noctū vēnit amīcus affābiliter Noctī iubeō ne dīcat arcāna mea Nox dīxit “pēs et caput aspectā mē; Est sōl tibi, ut afferam ad t e aurō...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

I Gave My Love a Cherry

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In turbō nōs diū morātī sumus at Illīs fide nec color fuit necque odor Turbae lateāmus rectius nōs esset, Tamquam ignis in sax ō et in f...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

I Can’t

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Arcān a ego ēmittere iam nōn possum. Dignē tum e a āmittere iam nōn possum. Est in mē quod tenet mihī gaudium, sed Ad hoc digitum inte...
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