The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison (Volume 5-6); With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1811. Excerpt: ... HORACE, ODE III. BOOK III. iugtalus had a design to rebuild Troy, and make, it the Metropolis of the Roman Empire, having closeted several Senators on the project i Horace is supposed to have written the following Ode on this occasion. 1 HE man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles. Not the rough whirlwind, that deforms Adria's black gulf, and vexes it with storms, The stubborn, virtue of his soul can move; Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break In ruin and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world. Such were the godlike arts that le'd Bright Pollux to the blest abodes; Such did for great Alcides plead, And gain'd a place among the gods; Where now Augustus, mix'd with heroes, lies, And to his lips the nectar howl applies: His ruddy lips the purple tincture show, And with immortal strains divinely glow. By arts like these did young Lyaeus rise; His tigers drew him to the skies; Wild from the desert and unbroke, In vain they foam'd, in vain they star'd, In vain their eyes with fury glar'd; He tam'd them to the lash, and bent them to the yoke. Such were the paths that Rome's great founder trod, When in a whirlwind snatch'd on high, He shook off dull mortality, And lost the monarch in the god. Bright Juno then her awfril silence broke, And thus th' assembled deities bespoke: Troy, says the goddess, perjur'd Troy has felt The dire ef...