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| First Written | -8 |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Origin | Rome |
| Publisher | Everyman's Library |
| My Copy | old everyman's clothbound |
| First Read | January 29, 2013 |
The Works of Horace
He's more a king who can control
The greedy longings of his soul,
Than if wild tribes from pole to pole
Bowed to his sovereign sway.
Dropsies indulged are the worst:
The puffing, pale and raging thirst
Increase, til from the system first
The cause be driven away.
Quoted on March 4, 2013