History & Politics
Horat: Od. 3. 3., A Man Endeed with Virtue Feares Nothing
Translated by William Hammond (1655) · From Poems (1655)
The presence of a Tyrant, nor the zeale
Of Citizens forcing rebellions,
Can shake a squarely solid soule, the seale
Infringe of honest resolutions:
Untroubled He on stormy Adria Sailes;
At Thunder is undaunted as the oak:
If nature in a generall ruine failes
He with contented mind sustaines the stroak.
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Hammond, William. “Horat: Od. 3. 3., A Man Endeed with Virtue Feares Nothing.” Translated by William Hammond. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hammond_w/29/.
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Hammond, William. “Horat: Od. 3. 3., A Man Endeed with Virtue Feares Nothing.” Translated by William Hammond. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hammond_w/29/.
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