Montium custos nemorumque, virgo, quae laborantis utero puellas ter vocata audis adimisque leto, diva triformis, imminens villae tua pinus esto, quam per exactos ego laetus annos verris obliquum meditantis ictum sanguine donem.
Odes of Horace
Song Cycle by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984)
1. Montium Custos (Book 3, 22) [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Latin
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title
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- ENG English (John Conington) , no title
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.
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
2. Vitas hinnueleo (Book 1, 23) [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Latin
Vitas hinnuleo me similis, Chloe, quaerenti pavidam montibus aviis matrem non sine vano aurarum et siluae metu. nam seu mobilibus veris inhorruit adventus foliis seu virides rubum dimovere lacertae, et corde et genibus tremit. atqui non ego te tigris ut aspera Gaetulusve leo frangere persequor: tandem desine matrem tempestiva sequi viro.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Conington)
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.
Researcher for this page: Ross Klatte
3. O fons Bandusiae (Book 3, 13) [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Latin
O fons Bandusiae splendidior vitro dulci digne mero non sine floribus cras donaberis haedo cui frons turgida cornibus primis et venerem et proelia destinat. frustra: nam gelidos inficiet tibi rubro sanguine rivos lascivi suboles gregis te flagrantis atrox hora Caniculae nescit tangere, tu frigus amabile fessis vomere tauris praebes et pecori vago Fies nobilium tu quoque fontium me dicente cavis impositam ilicem saxis, unde loquaces lymphae desiliunt tuae
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Ad fontem Bandusiae", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 3. Liber III (Book III), no. 13
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Conington) , no title
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , appears in Le odi di Orazio, first published 1883
- POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do źródła Banduzyi", first published 1916
4. Felices ter (final verse of Book 1, 13) [sung text not yet checked]
Language: Latin
felices ter et amplius quos inrupta tenet copula nec malis divolsus querimoniis suprema citius solvet amor die.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), no title
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Conington) , no title
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.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 168