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Catullus 16 or Carmen 16 is a poem by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 BC – c. 54 BC).The poem, written in a hendecasyllabic (11-syllable) meter, was considered to be so sexually explicit following its rediscovery in the following centuries that a full English translation was not published until the 20th century. [1]
Its Latin title is from a verse written by the Roman poet Horace: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori. [3] In English, this means "it is sweet and right to die for one's country". [ 4 ] The poem is one of Owen's most renowned works; it is known for its horrific imagery and its condemnation of war.
The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph is the third book by author Ryan Holiday. It was published in 2014. [ 1 ] It is a book which offers individuals a framework to flip obstacles into opportunities, an approach crafted by Holiday.
Lays of Ancient Rome is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. Macaulay also included two poems inspired by recent history: Ivry (1824) and The Armada (1832).
(Life flows away as it seems to stay the same.) [11] Ultima latet ut observentur omnes. (The last [hour] is hidden so that we watch them all.) [11] Umbra sicut hominis vita. (A person's life is like a shadow.) [11] Una ex his erit tibi ultima. (One of these [hours] will be your last.) [11] Ver non semper viret. (Spring is not always in bloom.) [11]
First century AD; located at the Porta Salaria, Rome, commemorating an 11-year-old who won a poetry contest in 95 AD. The history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus, the earliest surviving examples of Latin literature, are estimated to have been composed around 205–184 BC.
“Turtles All the Way Down” has its own quirky one, in which Daisy predicts that Aza is going to have a nice life, and we see it played out as feel-good reality. That’s all a bit much, though ...
Anthony Alsop was born about 1670 and died in Winchester on 10 June 1726. He was a clergyman and Neo-Latin poet who sided with the Tory Party at the end of the Stuart era. His poetry was admired at the time but was eventually forgotten until a recent interest in such work brought him to notice again.