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METRA HORATIANa" 
 
 OR THE 
 
 HEtXUCAI. SYSTEMS OF HORACK'. 
 
 
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METRA HORATIANA 
 
 OR THE 
 
 ETRICAL SYSTEMS OF HORACE 
 
 ARRANGED OS A NEW AND SIMPLIFIED FLAN. 
 
 BY THE REV. F. J. LUNDY, S. C. L. 
 
 Cate scholar of university college, oxford, and head 
 master or the quebec classical school. 
 
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 " Scandere qui nescis, versiculos laceras." 
 
 Claudian. Epig. Si8. 
 
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 1838. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 [n bringing this little work before tlie public, the author 
 
 ■has chiefly in view the advancement of his own pupils. 
 
 iFor this system of arranging the Metres in which the 
 
 IVenusian bard has written, he is mainly indebted to 
 
 the Reverend James Charnock, M. A., Fellow of 
 
 .■ University College, Oxford, and Head Master of the 
 
 I Bishopton Close School, Yorkshire.; in a due appreci- 
 
 'l ation of whose valuable instruction, he trusts he will 
 
 - never be found wanting. 
 
 i Whatever will be instrumental in simplifying a sub- 
 ject on which so many and various opinions have been 
 enierUined, cannot be deemed a superfluous publica- 
 tion ; and to the mind of an enlightened Scholar, the 
 very idea of setting all metrical rules at defiance, is 
 loo barbarous to need any comment. 
 Quebec, Sept. IIM, 1838. 
 
CHAPTER I. 
 
 On the Feet, 
 
 § 1 . The term foot, as used in poetry, is taken meta- 
 phorically from dancing, where the foot is raised in 
 slow or quick time, which is imitated in Metre by long 
 or short quantity. 
 
 a. There are four kinds of dissyllabic feet. 
 
 1 . The FyrrhiCf composed of two short syllables, 
 as Deus. 
 
 The name is derived from the famous Pyrrhic dance, 
 which was performed to a quick and lively measure. 
 
 2. The Spondee is composed of two long syllables, 
 as audax. 
 
 It is so called because it was used ^v <rajg tf-jrov^aif, in 
 the formula of the sacred rites, ou account of its sol- 
 emn and majestic sound. 
 
 3. The ^Iambus has its first syllable short, its last 
 long, as tenax. 
 
 It is so named from the word Jolittu, to abuse ; for 
 Arcliilochus, the inventor of Iambic metre, applied it 
 
 I 
 
 1 " Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur Iambu« 
 Pen citus." Horace Epia. ad Pisonea, 251. 
 
 tity. 
 I Th4 
 people 
 
 4 3. 
 
 the na 
 long a 
 and tv 
 
 4. 
 the fo 
 
 5. 
 hymr 
 
 6. 
 verse 
 
 Pi son 
 
 Le 
 
 from 
 
aken meta- 
 s raised in 
 tre by long 
 
 !t. 
 
 : syllables, ' 
 
 liic dance, 
 iieasure. f 
 ; syllables, 
 
 '•fov^aif, in 
 of its sol- 
 
 ft, its last 
 
 )use; for 
 ipplied it 
 
 te severe satire, and by Iambic is sometimes meant sat- 
 irical verses. 1 
 
 4. The Trochee (the converse of the Iambus,) has 
 ifec first syllable long, and its last Short, as mensa. 
 
 It is so named from rf>6 en, to run. Others rail it 
 a Choree, from its being used in the chorus and dance. 
 
 /3. Trisyllabic feet are of eight kinds. 
 
 I. The Tribrach, aslegiie, so called from its quan- 
 tity. 
 
 The Molossus, mirari, named from the Molossi, a 
 
 . people of Epirus, who patronized it. 
 
 ^ 3. The Dactyl, omnia. AaxTuXof, a finger, gives 
 
 the name to this foot ; for the finger is made, of one 
 
 long and two short joints, as the dactyl of one Jong 
 
 and two short syllables. 
 
 4. The Anapaest f domini, from dva-jraisiv, because 
 the foot is struck in contrary measure to the dactyl. 
 1 5. The Bacchic, -egesias, used in Dithyrambic 
 hymns in honor of Bacchus. 
 
 Q. The Andbacchic or Palimhacchic, is the con- 
 verse of the Bacchic, cantaie. 
 
 » "€) <nn<re pulchrA filia piilchrior, * 
 
 Qunni criminosis cunqiie vttles inoduip 
 Donos lainbis." Horace Od. Lib. I. 16. 
 ** Archilochuin proprio rubies nrmuvit lainbo.^'IIor. Episi. ad 
 Pisones, 79* 
 
 Lennep mukcH it the same with ''ta^og,nnd deduces this last 
 from •u!' , the same as *ic'», ** to throw at.'' 
 
 1* 
 
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 7. Tho Cretic^ casiitag. It was cither invented or 
 much usf'd by the Cretans. 
 
 8. Tlie Amphibrachy amare. It was also called 
 Scolins, from its use in Scolia, catches or drinking songs. 
 
 y. Tetrasyilabic or compound feet* are of sixteen 
 kinds. 
 
 1. Tlie P/oce/f?«wfl^iV, composed of two Pyrrhics, 
 as hominibiis. It is so called from xiXsurTjULa, the word 
 of command given to sailors and soldiers, probably in 
 double quick lime. 
 
 2. The DispoiideCf iiiterrumpt'ns, composed of two 
 Spondnps. 
 
 .3. The ChoriambuSf interimens, composed of a 
 Choree and Iambus. 
 
 4. Tiie AntispastuSf inardescit, of an Iambus and 
 a Choree. It is so called from avrldiratfTog^ " drawn in 
 a contrary direction," i. e. to the Choriambus. 
 
 5. The Viiambus, or Iambic syzygy, ama?nitas, coni- 
 ))osed of two Iambi. 
 
 6. The Ditrochee, or Trochaic syzygy, comprobare, 
 composed of two Trochees. 
 
 7. The Ionic a majore, cantabimus, composed of a 
 Spondee and a Pyrrhic. It was a favorite foot of the 
 lonians, and is called a majore, from its beginning with 
 long syllables. 
 
 1 " Q,uidqiiid onim suprA tres sylhibafi habet, id est pluribus 
 t>\ pedibus.'' Quintiliaa, 9. 4. 
 
8. The Ionic a minor e, gen*r6si, composed of a 
 ■Pyrrhic and a spondee. It was called a minore from 
 its hei^inning with short syllables. 
 
 The Epiirite is of four kinds. The origin of the 
 name is doubtful ; grammarians say it is so called be- 
 cause it has three constant long syllables, and rpr<rov, 
 " a third short one," i^m, ** in addition to these." 
 
 9. First Epitrite, salutantes, composed of an Iam- 
 bus and a Spondee. 
 
 10. Second Epitritej comprobabant, of a Trochee 
 and a Spondee. 
 
 11. Third EpiiritCf deponi^res, of a Spondee and 
 an Iambus. 
 
 1*2. Fourth EpitritCy incantarc, of a Spondee and 
 Trochee. 
 
 The Preon is also of four kinds. It is so named 
 from its introduction into Paeonic hvmns. 
 
 13. First P^ow, conf icfire, of a Trochee and Pyrr- 
 hic. 
 
 14. Second Paon, poeticus, of an Iambus and 
 Pyrrhic. 
 
 15. Third Paon, manifestus, of a Pyrrhic and 
 Trochee. 
 
 16. Fourth Paonj cel^riias, of a Pyrrhic and 
 Iambus. 
 
 5. Of Quinquesyllabic feet there is only one kind : 
 viz, the Vochmiusj d^erravfirant, composed of an Iam- 
 bus and a Cretic. 
 
 
 
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 5 
 
8 
 
 ■'i; 
 
 By the arrangement of feet according to certain 
 laws, a verse is produced ; and the art of arranging 
 them is called scanning, from scanJo, to climb. 
 
 The only metrical feet used by Horace are the 
 Iambus, Trochee, Spondee, Dactyl, Anapaest, Bac- 
 chius, Choriambus, Antispastus, Ionic a minore. Sec- 
 ond and Fourth Epiirites. 
 
 § 2. There are terms belonging to the complete or 
 incomplete state of a verse tliat require explanation. 
 
 A verse is called Acatahctic, wh^n no syllable is 
 redundant or defective. 
 
 CataleciiCf when it is deficient by a syllable. 
 
 Brachycaialectic, when a whole foot is wanted to 
 complete it. 
 
 Hyper catalcctic, when it has one or two syllables 
 more than the metre requires. 
 
 A Metre generally signifies a combination of two 
 feet; except in Dactylic -verse, and in the verses com- 
 posed of double or compound feet, when one foot con- 
 stitutes a metre. 
 
 A Mononieter is a verse consisting of one metre, 
 Dimeter of two, Trimeter of three, Tetrameter of four, 
 Pentameter of five. Hexameter of six, Heptameter of 
 seven. 
 
 Verses are also named from the inventor of them, 
 and sometimes from the names of those Poets who 
 were most in the habit of composing in them : thus 
 
some are called Sapphic, because invented by the Greek 
 Poetess, Sappho ; others Asclepiad, because invented 
 by the Poet Asclepiades ; others again, Aristophanic, 
 Alcaic, Glyconic, &;c. &£C. 
 
CHAPTER II. 
 
 § 1. The different kinds of verse used by Horace 
 are twenty. 
 
 Of Antispastic* there are four kinds. 
 
 1. The Dimeter CaiaUciiCf composed of the fourth 
 Cpritrite and a Bacchius, as, 
 
 Grato Pyrrha ( sub antro : callod Pherecratian. 
 
 2. The Dimeter Acatahctic, composed of tho 
 Epitrite and a Diiambus, as 
 
 Sic te Div5 | potens C^pri : Glyconic. 
 
 3. The Trimeter AcataleciiCj composed of the 
 fourth Epitrite, an Anlispastus, and a Diiambus, as 
 
 Maecenas a|tavls edi|tg regibQs ; Asclepiad minor. 
 
 4. The Tetrameter Acatalectic, composed of the 
 fourth Epitrite,, two Antispasti, and a Diiambus, as 
 
 Ta ne queesi|grisscirg | nefks qu€m ini|hi qu£m tlbi : Asclepiad 
 Major. 
 
 ^ 2. Of Clioriambic verse there are four kinds. 
 
 1 The Acatalectic A ntispaatic verses always begin with tho 
 fourth Epitrite, and end with the Diiambus ; and ail the feet 
 between are pure Antispasti. 
 
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 1. The Manometer HypercatalcctiCf composed of 
 a Choriambus and a redundant syllable, as, 
 
 Terriilt nis-jf : Adonic. 
 
 2. The Dimeter Cataledicy composed of a Chori-' 
 ambus and a Bacchius, as, 
 
 Lfdi& die I pSr opn€s : Aristophanic. 
 
 3. the Trimeter CatalectiCy composed of the sec- 
 ond Epitrite, a Choriambus and a Bacchius, as, 
 
 Jam satis ter|rls nivis atjqug dirae : Sapphic. 
 
 4. The Tetrameter Catalectic, composed of the 
 second Epitrite, two Choriambi and a Bacchius, as, 
 
 Te D6os o|ro S^barln | cur propgres |5mand6 : Sapphic. 
 
 § 3, Of Iambic verse there are four kinds. 
 1. The Dimeter Acatalectie, composed of four 
 feet, properly all Iambi, as,. 
 
 P6ran|xTt hoc | Ia|sdnem-: Archilochian. 
 
 It admits, however, of considerable variations, and 
 Horace much more frequently employs a Spondee than 
 any other foot in the third place. 
 
 The scale of this metre is as follows ; 
 12 3 4 
 
 — I I — I I 
 
 w w — J I ^ w — I j 
 
 ■L a 
 
■.1 ;■ 
 
 II' 
 
 ii' 
 
 12 
 
 The following lines from the Epodes will illustrate 
 the scale : 
 
 Vide I re pr6pe|iantesi | domain | 
 Canidl|a trac|tavit | d^pCs | 
 CanTdi|a rri|dens pOlllicem I 
 
 5i. The ^Dimeter Hypercatahciic, which is the Di- 
 meter Acatalectic with a redundant s)'llable, as, 
 
 Rede|gTtad | veros ] timd|res : Archilochian. 
 
 3. The Trimeter Acatalectic, (or Senarius,) con- 
 sists of six feet, which are properly all pure Iambi, 
 
 The pure Iambic, however, is rarely found ; and in 
 order to give the verse more weight, the ^Spondee was 
 admitted into the odd places, viz. 1st, 3d, and 5th, and 
 for the Iambus, the Tribrach is sometimes substituted, 
 in every place except the last. In place of a Spon- 
 dee was substituted a Dactyl or an Anapaest. 
 
 The scale of the Senarius is as follows : 
 •12 3 4 5 6 
 
 I 
 
 1 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 1 In this kind of verse Horace always has the third foot a Spon- 
 dee ; for the line which, in the common editions, runs thus : 
 Disjecjta non | Igvi ( ruljna | is more correctly read with lenl in 
 the place of Igvi. 
 
 2 *• non itJi pridem 
 
 Tardior ut paulo graviorque veniret ad aures 
 SpondeoB stabiles in jura paterna recepit." 
 
 Hor. Epis. ad Pisones, 254. 
 
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 The Trimeter Catahclic is the Senarius, wantinjr 
 the final syllable. It consists of five feet, properly all 
 Iambi, followed by a Catalectic syllable, as, 
 
 Vdca|tiis, atjque nun | m5ra|ttis, au|dit : Archilochian. 
 
 Like the common Trimeter, it admits the Spondee 
 into the first and third places ; but not into the fifth ; 
 which would render the verses too heavy and prosaic. 
 
 <§> 4. Of Dactylic verse there are three kinds. 
 
 1. The Hexameter Acatalectic consists of six feet ; 
 the four first being Dactyls or Spondees, the fifth a 
 Dactyl, and the sixth a Spondee ; as, 
 
 Laudajbunt ali|i cla|ram Rhodon | aut Mitjrl^enen : Heroic. 
 
 Sometimes, however, in solemn, majestic, or mourn- 
 ful descriptions, or in expressing terror or astonishment, 
 a Spondee is admitted into the fifth loot, and the verse 
 is then called Spondaic. 
 
 2. The Tetrameter Acatahctic consists of four 
 feet ; the two first being Dactyls or Spondees, the 
 third a Dactyl and the fourth a Spondee, as 
 
 Aut Eph&jsQm, bimalrlsvg C6|rlnthi : Heroic. 
 
 Sometimes, as in the Hexameter, a Spondee oc- 
 cupies the third place, in which case the preceding 
 foot should be a Dactyl ; as, 
 
 Mgnso|rem c6hi|bent Arjchyta| 
 
 3. The Trimeter Catalectic consits of the first two 
 feet and a half of a Hexameter ; as, 
 
 Arborilbasqtle c6|tn8e : Arcliilochian. 
 
 2 
 
 'i i 
 
 i:| 
 
Hii- 
 
 14 
 
 § 5. Of Trochaic verse there is only one kind, vizv 
 The Dimeter Cataleciicy consisting of three feet, 
 properly all Trochees, and a Catalectic syllable ; as, 
 
 Non 6{barne|quo aurtijuni : Euripidean. 
 
 The Spondee and Dactyl are sometimes admitted 
 into the second place. 
 
 «^ 6. Of Ionic ct minore verse, there is one kind ; 
 
 viz. The Tetrameter Acatalectic, consisting of iour 
 
 feet, all Ionic? a minore ; as, 
 
 Misgrarum estj neque amorl [ dare ludum ( n6que dulci: Stoadic. 
 
 The tfuva(peia, or continuous scansion, prevails in this 
 kind of verse ; i. e. the last syllable of each verse is 
 not common, but has its quantity subject to the same 
 restrictions as if the foot to which it belongs occurred 
 in any other place of the verse. The other kinds of 
 verse in which the (Twacp^ia exists, are Dimeter Iambics, 
 Dactylic Tetrameters, and Dimeter Anapestics. The 
 credit of the discovery of this peculiarity is due to 
 Bentley. 
 
 § 7. Of verses called Asynartetes (ao'uvapTii'roi) or 
 those which belong partly to one kind of metre and 
 partly to another, there are three kinds. 
 
 1. The Archilochian Heptameier, consisting of two 
 numbers, the first being a J)rtd///tc Tetrameter ^dpriore, 
 the latter a Trochaic Dimeter Brachy catalectic ; as, 
 
 Stilvilur I acrls liy|emsgra|ta vTre||v6ris | et Fajvonl: Ithyphallic _ 
 
 2. The Greater Alcaic, consisting of an Iambic 
 
 Aci 
 
 part( 
 Dae 
 alwj 
 
 ter ( 
 
 iTIie Uirm " d priore'' refers to the verse being considered as 
 tak(!n from the former part of a Dactylic Hesameter, (jx priore 
 
 '■I 
 
1 
 
 15 
 
 Monometer HypercatalectiCj and a Dactylic Dimeter 
 Acatalectic ; as, 
 
 Vides I ut al|ta j| 8tet ruve | candidum : Alcaic. 
 3. The Lesser Alcaic, called also Pindaric, con- 
 sisting of a Dactylic Dimeter Acatalectic, and a Tro- 
 chaic Monometer Acatalectic ; as, 
 
 FlfimTna I cdnstTlfi||rInt ajcuto : Pindaric. 
 
 This kind of verse is called also Lon-oBedicus.i 
 
 parte versGs Hexametri) and must always have the fourth foot a 
 Dactyl. It is opposed to the Tetrameter a foster lore, which is 
 always taken from the latter part of a DartyJic Hexameter. 
 
 !*• Appellatio nide ducta, quod lioc genus numeri medium in- 
 ter poeticam et prosam orationem videretur.'' 
 
 G. Hermauu de Metria. 
 
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CHAPTER III 
 
 ^i!i: 
 
 § 1. Having reviewed the several kinds of Hora- 
 tian verse individually, I now proceed to notice the 
 beautiful variety they are capable of in Carmine; i. e. 
 in composition. For by Carmen we are not to under- 
 stand a single verse, but a poem, whether it is an Ep- 
 igram, Ode, Episde, or any other variety of metrical 
 composition. When only one kind of verse iseD' 
 ployed throughout an Ode, it is called Monocolos, 
 (aovoxwXov) when several kinds, Polycolos ; or more 
 precisely, if there are two sorts of verse in an Ode, it 
 is stiled Dicolos ; if there are three, Tricolos» 
 
 When the Stanza or Strophe is composed of two 
 verses, it denominates the Ode Distrophos; (dig and 
 (TTps(r)o}) when of three, Tristrojjhos ; when of lour, 
 Titrastrophos; beyond which the Latin Stanza should 
 not go, Catullus alone having written one of five, viz. 
 '• JalicE. ei Manlii Epithalamium,'^ 
 
 By a complex use of these terms, the Ode is Dico- 
 los Distrophos, when in a Stanza, there are two verses 
 ol different kinds ; it is Dicolos Tristrophos when the 
 
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 Sianaa contains tiuce verses, but of only two kinds, 
 one kind of verse being twice used ; Dicolos Tetras- 
 trcphos^ when the Stanza has four verses, but of only 
 two kinds, one kind being used thrice. 
 
 Again, the Ode is Tricolos Tristrophos when the 
 Stanza consists of three verses, all of diiierent kinds; 
 and Tricolor '/c/'/'rfs/lro^^Ao.?, when, in tlie Stanza, there 
 arc four vorsrs, hut of only three kinds, one kind be- 
 iniT used twice. 
 
 •§» 2. The various forms in which Horace has em- 
 ployed the above metres, either separate or in conjunc- 
 tion, are twenty. 
 
 1. Monocoli)^, composed of the Anthpastic Trime- 
 ter Acatalectic throughout ; as, 
 
 iVraecenas a|ta\id ecli|te regibus. 
 
 2. Dicolos Tetrastrophos, composed of three Cat- 
 alectic Choriamhic Trimfters and one Chorinmbic 
 Monometer llypercatalectic ; as, 
 
 Jam satis tC'r|rIs nivls al|qu<i dirag. 
 Gianr'jriis nii|sit pilter, et | rubente. 
 r)rx(era sajcriis jactilajtas arces, 
 Terrult urjbem. 
 
 ''^. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Antispas- 
 tic Dimeter Acataleciicnm] one Antispastic Trimeter 
 Acataleciic ; as, 
 
 Sic te Diva I potenHCypri. 
 ►Sic fratres Hejlenae, lacidja sidera. 
 
 4. Dicolos Distrophos composed of one Archilo- 
 
 2* 
 
18 
 
 rhian Hcpametcr (Asynartete) and one Iambic Tri- 
 meter Catalectic ; as, 
 
 SuIvTiur I fuTfs liJlems gra|ta vice |j vfiris | et'Fajvonf. 
 Traliani|que sicjcus nia|cliina6 | earijnas. 
 
 5. Tricolos Teti-astrophosj con\\)osed o[ Iwo Acai- 
 alictic Antispastic Trimeters^ one Antispasiic Dime- 
 ter Catalectic, and one Antispastic Dimeter Acaialtc- 
 
 ilv ; as, 
 
 Quis tnultagra|(;ilis le ptiltir in rusa 
 i'erlusus li|qutdls urget | oddrlbQs 
 
 Graiu Pyrrlia | sub antro 
 Cal flavam r6|lTgdsctjm&tn. 
 
 i). Dlcalos Tetrastroyhos,cwi\^ose(iio( \\\xQe Acat- 
 nlcctic Antispastic Trimeters and one Antispastic 
 Dimeter Acatalectic ; as, 
 
 S(!riberls Va]!!!! furlis | fU bdsiium 
 Victor M(~eu[iili carnij|n!s dlni. 
 tiiittiH rCm riJnqiJe | ferux navT|biis a jit ^quis. 
 Miles, tc du|o«i, gesstrlt. 
 
 7. Dicnios Di^trophos, composed of one Dactylic 
 
 Hexameter Acatalectic, and one Dactylic Tetrameter 
 
 a posteriore ; as, 
 
 Lrlfud«|b«ntaly|I clrt|rain Rhudcin, | ai/t MUy jlen^n. 
 Awt Epbe|s«ni, bJma|risve Cojilnthi, 
 
 8. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Choriam- 
 Lie Dimeter Catalectic, and one Chortamlic Tetra- 
 meter Catalectic; as, 
 
 Lydia die I p6r dinnea, 
 Te DtGsdjro, SybSrin | c«r propfres | dmdndu. 
 
 'i 
 
19 
 
 c Tri- 
 If. 
 
 Acat- 
 Dime- 
 italtc- 
 
 Acat- 
 yastic 
 
 tctijUc 
 meter 
 
 nam- 
 Vetra- 
 
 9. Tricolos TetrnsirophoSf composed of two great- 
 er Alcaics J (Asynnrtetcs,) one Iambic Dimeter Hy- 
 jjercatalectic, and one lesser Alcaic, (Asynartete;) as, 
 
 Vldtfsj atdl|ta II stet ni\i \ cdndldttm. 
 S6r<ic|t(J, nffc | jam || silsVtni\dnt 6nQs. 
 
 Sylvne | ldl)o|rdntg3 | g«lti|qu^ 
 
 Tlumina \ constltJ'||rint djcwtij. 
 
 iO. Monocolos, composed of the Antispastic Tet- 
 rameter Acatalectic tlirougliout ; as, 
 
 Tu x\e K\imst\iin9 scirg | n^fds quetn n\l\\n qFIem tibi. 
 
 11. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Trochaic 
 ^Dimeter Catalectic, and one Iambic Trimeter Cata- 
 Icctic; as, 
 
 fion i\[nlr n^jque diir?|ftm. 
 Mctt I r^nijdt't in | ddnio | lacfijndr. 
 
 12. Monocolos, composed of the Lnic a minore 
 Tetrameter Acatalectic throughout ; as, 
 
 Mls^idrum est | nf'que amori | ddr^ ludam In^qftedwlcl. 
 
 13. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Dactyl- 
 ic 'Hexameter Acatalectic, and one Dactylic Dime- 
 ter Hypercatalectic ; as, 
 
 Dlff77[gerc nijvcs r<?dc|antjttm Igrdmlnd | cdmpis. 
 Arburi'lbusqiio f6|mae. 
 
 li. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Iambic 
 Trimeter Acatalectic, and one Iambic Dimeter Acat- 
 alectic ; as, 
 
 Ibis I Llbur|nisfn|tgr d\\\d na|Yl«ra. 
 Arriijcg pro|p«gi'd|c"«la. 
 
 15. Tricolos Tristrophos, composed of one Dae- 
 
20 
 
 iylic Hexameter AcatakctiCj one Iambic Dimeter 
 AcatalcctiCf and one Dactylic Dimeter Hypercata- 
 Icctic; as, 
 
 ll(;rrh]S | UMnpfsjtd-' cot^lICirn c5n|traNlt et | lnil)r»*!i 
 Nlv»"'.s|qii«' (lf'|Ju(unt I Ji>v»''in. 
 JS'Cinc rnru<' | iiftni; ^iluliu?. 
 
 16. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Dacti/l- 
 
 ic, and one Iambic Dimeter 
 
 ic Hexameter Acatalcct 
 
 Acntahctic; as, 
 
 Mollis ijiifiMiif I cfir tfiti|iutn (l.'f|r(al<^ri> | imls. 
 OI»lij\i./|in"'iii .^(''iij.-ilHjs. 
 
 17. Dicolos Distrophos, composed of one Dactyl- 
 ic Hexameter AcataUctic, and one Tamhic TrimvAer 
 Acatalcciic ; as, 
 
 Altera | j«m ttrijtiir he\\\\s rl\\l]ihn>i \ actfls. 
 Siiis I et ipjsci Rojnvt v/luhits | rmt. 
 
 18. Monocolos, conipoGed of tlie Iambic Trimeter 
 
 Acatahciic tlirougliout , as. 
 
 Jam jam ci''Aiva\ri cl«|rn(7rius | sf ienjUat. 
 
 19. Tricolos IVistro2)Jins.j composed of one Iambic 
 
 Trimeter Acatakctio, one Dactylic Dimeter Hyper- 
 
 catalectic, and one Iambic Dimeter Acatalectic ; as, 
 PJiti |iilhil jiiic sJlcfa du\\ta \ jiivdt. 
 Scrjbere | v<!rslc»|l(7s. 
 Amd|re perjculsuiii | gravi 
 
 20. Monocolos, composed of the Dactylic Hexa- 
 meter Acatalectic throughout : as, 
 
 Qui fit |Macccn|as iit Intmo | quJm 8)l)f ] sdrtem. 
 
 Note. — The reader will notice Italic acrcntrd letters on piipcs 
 13,19, !>ntl20, where Roman should have been used. 
 
 1 
 
A TABLE 
 
 SHEWING AT ONE VIKW 
 
 TflE DIFrERENT METRES IH WHICH JIORACE HAS WRITTEN. 
 
 i 
 
 ANTISPASTIC. 
 
 
 Trim. Acat. 
 
 -v-jw w w — w — Asdepiad, 
 
 Dim. Acat. 
 
 w|>-^ — w — 1 Glijeonic. 
 
 
 Dim. Cat. j '^, ""' P/ierecratian. 
 
 
 Tctram.Ct. -^ 
 
 CHORIAMinC. 
 
 - Alcaic. 
 
 Monom. Hyporcat. - 
 
 - >>-' -w — — Adonic, 
 
 
 Dim. Cat. — w w — 
 
 ■ ^ 1 Jlristophanic. 
 
 
 Trim. Cat. — -_. _- 
 
 ^-'w — w Sapphic. 
 
 
 1 Tetram.Cat.j~w_- 
 
 "w/ >-> — v.* v.^/- -^^ 
 
 Sapphic, 
 
 
 IAMBIC. 
 
 
 Dim. Acat. I^-^ — •^ 
 
 — ^^ — w — Jirr.hilochian. 
 
 
 Dim.Hypercat. »^ — 
 
 |w ^ — 1 Ditto. 
 
 
 ^ Trim. Acat. ^ — -' 
 
 ^ 1 ^ Ditto 
 
 • 
 
 ' Trim. Cat. w — w - 
 
 ^ ^ ^ 1 Ditto. 
 DACTVLIC. 
 
 
 Hoxam.Acat. 
 
 -WW 1 WS_ .^v^ 
 
 - Heroi* 
 
 Tetram. Acat. — v- ■ 
 
 w — Vw-v v^v^ Ditto. 
 
 
 Trim. Cat. |— n_ w - 
 
 — ^-^ ^— — Archdochian. 
 TROCHAIC. 
 
 
 Dim. Cat. — ^ — ^ 
 
 — Vw| — Euripidean. 
 IONIC A MINORE. 
 
 
 Ttr'm.Ac. 'w ^ 
 
 1^^ ^.. 1^^ 
 
 ASYNARTETE. 
 
 • Stoadic. 
 
 Arch. Hept. J — ^ w 
 
 _ww ww|— ^ — ■ 
 
 - - -HI 
 
 Greater Alcaic, w — 
 
 . N«^ __ __ j — ^»^ \.^ — >^ >^ 1 
 
 
 Lesser Alcaic. | — ^ 
 
 s^l W ^1 W ^1 
 
 
 i\ 
 
INDEX. 
 
 The figures refer to the arrangements of the metres in 
 Stanzas, as used by Horace — from page 18 to 21, 
 inclusive. 
 
 Q 
 
 • • ■ • • • «/ 
 
 -^li vetusto, 
 -^quam memento, 
 Albi ne doleas, 
 Ahera jam teritur, 
 Angustam amici. 
 At O Deorum, 
 Audivere, Lyce, 
 Bacchum in remotis, 
 Beatus ille, 
 Coelo supinas, 
 Coelo tonantem, 
 Cum tu, Lydia, 
 Cur me querelis, 
 Delicta majorum.. 
 Descende coelo, 
 Dianam tenerae, 
 DifFugere nives, 
 
 9 
 6 
 
 17 
 9 
 
 14 
 5 
 9 
 
 14 
 9 
 9 
 3 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 5 
 
 13 
 
2a 
 
 9 
 9 
 6 
 
 17 
 9 
 
 14 
 5 
 9 
 
 14 
 9 
 9 
 3 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 5 
 
 13 
 
 Dive quem proles, 
 Divis orte bonis, 
 Donarem pateras. 
 Donee gratus eram tibi, 
 Eheu, fugaces, 
 Est mihi nonum, 
 Et thure et fidibus, 
 Exegi monumentum, 
 Extremum Tanaim, 
 Faune nympharum, 
 Festo quid potius die, 
 Herculis ritu, 
 Horrida tempestas. 
 Ibis Liburnis, 
 Icci beatus, 
 Il!e et nefasto, 
 Impios parrae, 
 Inclusam Danaen, 
 Intactis opulentior. 
 Integer vitae, 
 Intermissa Venus diu, 
 Jam jam efBcaci, 
 Jam pauca aratro, 
 Jam satis terris, 
 Jam veris comites, 
 Justum et tenacem, 
 Laudabunt alii, 
 Lupis et agnis. 
 
 6 
 1 
 3 
 9 
 
 a 
 
 3 
 1 
 6 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 
 15 
 
 14 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 6 
 3 
 2 
 3 
 
 18 
 9 
 2 
 6 
 9 
 7 
 
 14 
 
 m 
 
24 
 
 
 Lydia die per omnes, 
 Mscenas atavis, 
 Mala soluta, 
 Martiis ccelebs, 
 Mater saeva Cupidinura, 
 Mercuri facunde, 
 Mercuri nam te, 
 Miserarum est, 
 Mollis inertia, 
 Montium custos, 
 Motum ex Metello, 
 Musis amicus, 
 Natis in usum, 
 Ne forte credas, 
 Ne sit ancillae, 
 Nolis longa ferae, 
 Nondum subacta, 
 Non ebur neque aureum, 
 Non semper iinbres, 
 Non usitata, 
 Non vides quanto, 
 Nox erat, 
 
 Nullam Vare sacra, 
 Nullus argento. 
 Nunc est bibendum, 
 O crudelis adliuc, 
 O Diva gratum, 
 O Fons Blandusis, 
 
 8 
 1 
 
 14 
 2 
 3 
 2 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 16 
 o 
 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 6 
 9 
 
 11 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 2 
 9 
 
 10 
 9 
 5 
 
25 
 
 8 
 
 1 
 14 
 
 2 
 
 3 
 
 2 
 
 2 
 
 12 
 
 16 
 o 
 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 6 
 9 
 
 11 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 
 16 
 
 10 
 2 
 9 
 
 10 
 9 
 5 
 
 O matre pulchra, 
 
 O nata mecum, 
 
 O navis referent, 
 
 O saepe mecum, 
 
 O Venus regina, 
 
 Odi profanum, 
 
 Otium Divos, 
 
 Parcius junctas. 
 
 Parens Deorum, 
 
 Parentis olim, 
 
 Pastor quum traberet, 
 
 Persicos odi puer, 
 
 Petti nihil me, 
 
 Phoebe, silvarumque, , 
 
 Phoebus volentem, , 
 
 Pindarum quisquis, 
 
 Poscimur siquid, 
 
 Quae cura patrum, 
 
 Qualem ministrum, 
 
 Quando repostum. 
 
 Quantum distet Rb Inacho, 
 
 Quern tu Melpomene, 
 
 Quetn virum aut heroa, 
 
 Quid bellicosus, 
 
 Quid dedicatum, 
 
 Quid fles Asterie, 
 
 Quid immerentes, , 
 
 Quid obseratis, 
 
 9 
 9 
 5 
 9 
 2 
 9 
 2 
 2 
 9 
 
 14 
 6 
 2 
 
 19 
 2 
 9 
 2 
 2 
 9 
 9 
 
 14 
 3 
 3 
 2 
 9 
 9 
 6 
 
 14 
 
 18 
 
26 
 
 'Quid tibi vis, ...... 
 
 Quis desiderio, .... 
 
 -Quis miilta gracilis, .... 
 
 Quo me Bacche, . . . . , 
 
 •Quo, quo scelesti ruitis, . , « , 
 •Rectius vives, . , , < « 
 •Rogere longo, .,..,, 
 Scriberis Vario, ..... 
 
 Septiaii Gades, ..... 
 
 Sic te, Diva, ...... 
 
 Solvitur acris hiems, . . ♦ . 
 
 Te maris et terras, . , , . . 
 Tu ne quaesieris, ..... 
 
 Tyrrhena regum, . . . . • 
 
 Ulla si juris, ...... 
 
 Uxor pauperis Ibyci, .... 
 
 Velox amoenum, ..... 
 
 Vides ut alta, ..... 
 
 Vile potabis, ...... 
 
 Vitas hinnuleo, 
 
 Vixi puellis, ...... 
 
 The Epistles, Satires, and Epistola ad Pisones, 
 
 7 
 6 
 5 
 3 
 14 
 2 
 14 
 6 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 7 
 
 10 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 9 
 9 
 2 
 5 
 9 
 20 
 
 
 FINIS. 
 
5 
 3 
 
 14 
 2 
 
 14 
 6 
 2 
 3 
 4 
 7 
 
 10 
 9 
 2 
 3 
 
 9 
 2 
 5 
 9 
 20