Q. Horatius Flaccus, Odes, ed. Paul Shorey, ed. Gordon J. Laing, 1.11.6

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Tyrrhenum: sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi

Odes. Q. Horatius Flaccus. ed. Paul Shorey, ed. Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. 1919.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by The National Endowment for the Humanities.

Carmina (Horace, Odes and Epodes. Shorey, Paul,editor; Laing, Gordon Jennings, joint editor. Chicago: B.H. Sanborn and Company, 1919.)

Translations (1)

Odes Perseus (Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882.) — 1.11 focus

Ask not ('tis forbidden knowledge), what our destined term of years,

Mine and yours; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers.

Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past,

Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our last;

This, that makes the Tyrrhene billows spend their strength against the shore.

Strain your wine and prove your wisdom; life is short; should hope be more?

In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb'd away.

Seize the present; trust tomorrow e'en as little as you may.

Q. Horatius Flaccus Odes 1.11.6