"An Horatian Ode" - quotes Flashcards
“this _____ youth…must now forsake his ____ dear…tis time to leave the books in ____”
“this FORWARD youth…must now forsake his MUSES dear…tis time to leave the books in DUST”
“three fork’d ______”
“three fork’d LIGHTNING”
“from his _____ gardens”
“from his PRIVATE gardens”
“first _____ the _____ power”
“first ASSUMED the FORCED power”
“_____ head at last/Did through his _____ blast”
“CAESAR’S head at last/Did through his LAURELS blast”
“as men are _____ or _____”
“as men are STRONG or WEAK”
“____ his active star”
“URGED his active star”
“through adventurous ___”
“through adventurous WAR”
“____ that hateth _______”
“NATURE that hateth EMPTINESS”
“his ____ way”
“his FIERY way”
“so much ___ ___ can do”
“so much ONE MAN can do”
“the _____’s first line”
“the CAPITOL’s first line”
“he ____ himself a ___ of such a ____/that _____ himself might chase”
“he WOVE himself a NET of such a SCOPE/that CHARLES himself might chase”
“A ______ Head”
“A BLEEDING Head”
“though _____ against fate _____”
though JUSTICE against fate COMPLAIN”
“what ____ of all the civil war”
“what FIELD of all the civil war”
“so when the ____ high/____ _____ from the sky”
“so when the FALCON high/FALLS HEAVY from the sky”
“______ through the air he went”
“BURNING through the air he went”
“they can _____ his ____ best”
“they can AFFIRM his PRAISES best”
“A _____ he, ere long to Gaul/To _____ an Hannibal”
“A CAESAR he, ere long to Gaul/To ITALY an Hannibal”
“with his _____ ___/The axe’s edge did try”
“with his KEENER EYE/The axe’s edge did try”
“______ must make ___/Where greater ____ come”
“THEREFORE must make ROOM/Where greater SPIRITS come”
“And now the _____ are ashamed/To see _____ in ___ ____ tamed”
“And now the IRISH are ashamed/To see THEMSELVES in ONE YEAR tamed”
“but on the ____ ____ ____ to perch”
“but on the NEXT GREEN BOUGH to perch”
“_____ heaven’s flame”
“ANGRY heaven’s flame”
“not yet grown _____ with _____”
“not yet grown STIFFER with COMMAND”
“____ his ____ head/Down as upon a ___”
“BOW’D his COMELY head/Down as upon a BED”
“his ______ right”
“his HELPLESS right”
“the war and _____’s ___/____ indefatigably on”
“the war and FORTUNE’S SON/MARCH indefatigably on”
“____ if in the tufted ____/the English ____ him mistake…the _______ deer”
“HAPPY if in the tufted BRAKE/the English HUNTER him mistake…the CALEDONIAN deer”
“a power, must it ______”
“a power, must it MAINTAIN”
“spirits of the _____ _____”
“spirits of the SHADY NIGHT”
