id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt horace-works_11 horace-works_11 .txt text/plain 110 7 81 ODE XI. ODE XI. TO LEUCONOE Inquire not, Leuconoe( it is not fitting you should know) ,how long a term of life the gods have granted to you or to me: neither consult the Chaldean calculations. How much better is it to bear with patience whatever shall happen! Whether Jupiter have granted us more winters, or[ this as] the last, which now breaks the Etrurian waves against the opposing rocks. Be wise; rack off your wines, and abridge your hopes[ in proportion] to the shortness of your life. While we are conversing, envious age has been flying; seize the present day, not giving the least credit to the succeeding one. ./cache/horace-works_11.txt ./txt/horace-works_11.txt