Difference between revisions of "User:Canis"
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{User banner}} | {{User banner}} | ||
− | <center> | + | <center>{{quotation|Horace, Ode XXX|<i>A monument, more durable than brass<br /> |
− | + | Laid out for kings, I’ve built with pen in hand,<br /> | |
− | + | Which neither greedy rain nor frantic thrash<br /> | |
+ | Of wind can overthrow, nor flights of years<br /> | ||
+ | Unnumbered, nor the seasons’ gyring gears.<br /> | ||
+ | I shall not wholly die, but cheat the lash<br /> | ||
+ | Of Death in greater part: for future tongues<br /> | ||
+ | Shall cultivate my praise, as long as vestal<br /> | ||
+ | Maid and priest ascend the Capitol<br /> | ||
+ | In silence. I’ll be heard, my praises sung,<br /> | ||
+ | Both where the rapid Aufid river roars,<br /> | ||
+ | And where king Daunus, from his sapless shores,<br /> | ||
+ | Once ruled a rustic tribe: though I am sprung<br /> | ||
+ | From Apulian clay, yet I command<br /> | ||
+ | Great power in my prime: I was the first<br /> | ||
+ | To bend to Roman measure Grecian verse.<br /> | ||
+ | With conscious pride and honor, take upon<br /> | ||
+ | Yourself, Melpomene, the glory thine<br /> | ||
+ | That I have earned, and graciously entwine<br /> | ||
+ | My brow with verdant Delphi’s laurel strands.</i><br />}}</center> | ||
{| cellpadding = 10 align=center | {| cellpadding = 10 align=center |
Revision as of 20:04, 8 December 2013
“ | A monument, more durable than brass
Laid out for kings, I’ve built with pen in hand, — Horace, Ode XXX
|
” |
|
|
|