THE JANEITES
THE SURVIVAL
Horace, Ode 22, Bk. V.
Securely, after daysUnnumbered, I beholdKings mourn that promised praiseTheir cheating bards foretold.Of earth-constricting wars,Of Princes passed in chains,Of deeds out-shining stars,No word or voice remains.Yet furthest times receiveAnd to fresh praise restore,Mere flutes that breathe at eve,Mere seaweed on the shore.A smoke of sacrifice;A chosen myrtle-wreath;An harlot’s altered eyes;A rage ’gainst love or death;Glazed snow beneath the moon;The surge of storm-bowed trees—The Caesars perished soon,And Rome Herself: But theseEndure while Empires fallAnd Gods for Gods make room ...Which greater God than allImposed the amazing doom?
Securely, after daysUnnumbered, I beholdKings mourn that promised praiseTheir cheating bards foretold.Of earth-constricting wars,Of Princes passed in chains,Of deeds out-shining stars,No word or voice remains.Yet furthest times receiveAnd to fresh praise restore,Mere flutes that breathe at eve,Mere seaweed on the shore.A smoke of sacrifice;A chosen myrtle-wreath;An harlot’s altered eyes;A rage ’gainst love or death;Glazed snow beneath the moon;The surge of storm-bowed trees—The Caesars perished soon,And Rome Herself: But theseEndure while Empires fallAnd Gods for Gods make room ...Which greater God than allImposed the amazing doom?
Securely, after daysUnnumbered, I beholdKings mourn that promised praiseTheir cheating bards foretold.
Securely, after days
Unnumbered, I behold
Kings mourn that promised praise
Their cheating bards foretold.
Of earth-constricting wars,Of Princes passed in chains,Of deeds out-shining stars,No word or voice remains.
Of earth-constricting wars,
Of Princes passed in chains,
Of deeds out-shining stars,
No word or voice remains.
Yet furthest times receiveAnd to fresh praise restore,Mere flutes that breathe at eve,Mere seaweed on the shore.
Yet furthest times receive
And to fresh praise restore,
Mere flutes that breathe at eve,
Mere seaweed on the shore.
A smoke of sacrifice;A chosen myrtle-wreath;An harlot’s altered eyes;A rage ’gainst love or death;
A smoke of sacrifice;
A chosen myrtle-wreath;
An harlot’s altered eyes;
A rage ’gainst love or death;
Glazed snow beneath the moon;The surge of storm-bowed trees—The Caesars perished soon,And Rome Herself: But these
Glazed snow beneath the moon;
The surge of storm-bowed trees—
The Caesars perished soon,
And Rome Herself: But these
Endure while Empires fallAnd Gods for Gods make room ...Which greater God than allImposed the amazing doom?
Endure while Empires fall
And Gods for Gods make room ...
Which greater God than all
Imposed the amazing doom?