Soracte. - Translations From Horace Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCB DEED FGGF HIIH JKKJ LMMN| OD i | A |
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| One dazzling mass of solid snow | B |
| Soracte stands the bent woods fret | C |
| Beneath their load and sharpest set | C |
| With frost the streams have ceased to flow | B |
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| Pile on great faggots and break up | D |
| The ice let influence more benign | E |
| Enter with four years treasured wine | E |
| Fetched in the ponderous Sabine cup | D |
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| Leave to the Gods all else When they | F |
| Have once bid rest the winds that war | G |
| Over the passionate seas no more | G |
| Grey ash and cypress rock and sway | F |
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| Ask not what future suns shall bring | H |
| Count to day gain whate'er it chance | I |
| To be nor young man scorn the dance | I |
| Nor deem sweet Love an idle thing | H |
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| Ere Time thy April youth hath changed | J |
| To sourness Park and public walk | K |
| Attract thee now and whispered talk | K |
| At twilight meetings pre arranged | J |
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| Hear now the pretty laugh that tells | L |
| In what dim corner lurks thy love | M |
| And snatch a bracelet or a glove | M |
| From wrist or hand that scarce rebels | N |
Charles Stuart Calverley
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