id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt horace-works_12 horace-works_12 .txt text/plain 458 22 73 What man, what hero, O Clio, do you undertake to celebrate on the harp, or the shrill pipe? But what can I sing prior to the usual praises of the Sire, who governs the affairs of men and gods; who[ governs] the sea, the earth, and the whole world with the vicissitudes of seasons? I will sing also of Hercules, and the sons of Leda, the one illustrious for his achievements on horseback, the other on foot; whose clearshining constellation as soon as it has shone forth to the sailors, the troubled surge falls down from the rocks, the winds cease, the clouds vanish, and the threatening waves subside in the sea-because it was their will. O thou son of Saturn, author and preserver of the human race, the protection of Caesar is committed to thy charge by the Fates: thou shalt reign supreme, with Caesar for thy second. ./cache/horace-works_12.txt ./txt/horace-works_12.txt