felices ter et amplius quos inrupta tenet copula nec malis divolsus querimoniis suprema citius solvet amor die.
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Confirmed with Horace, Odes and Epodes. Paul Shorey and Gordon J. Laing. Chicago. Benj. H. Sanborn & Co. 1919. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text for the Perseus Digital Library at Tufts University.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984), "Felices ter (final verse of Book 1, 13)" [ chorus ], from Odes of Horace, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Conington) , no title
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 17
Happy, happy; happy they Whose living love, untroubled by all strife, Binds them till the last sad day, Nor parts asunder but with parting life!
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Confirmed with The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. John Conington, translator, London. George Bell and Sons. 1882.
Text Authorship:
- by John Conington (1825 - 1869), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 25