Horace’s Epistle XIX, To Maecenas
by Ernie on 09/11/07 at 5:57 pm
A New York literary gentleman sent this lovely passage from Horace the other day. I believe it is Kit Smart’s translation.
Epistle XIX. TO MAECENAS.
O learned Maecenas, if you believe old Gratinus, no verses which are written by water-drinkers can please, or be long-lived. Ever since Bacchus enlisted the brain-sick poets among the Satyrs and the Fauns, the sweet muses have usually smelt of wine in the morning.
