Eugene Field, the Chicago newspaper poet, and his brother Roswell spent years turning the odes of Horace into lively English rhyme, freely updating jokes and allusions as they went. Here are Horace’s invitations to Maecenas, his rebukes to Chloris, his hymn to the fountain of Bandusia and his advice to seize the day, often given in two contrasting versions, with an introduction recalling how the book came about.
A cheerful way into Horace for readers who find literal translations dry, and a period piece of American light verse. Download the free EPUB.