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horace-works_16		horace-works_16			.txt	text/plain	225	8	64	ODES I. ODE XVI. O daughter, more charming than your charming mother ,put what end you please to my insulting iambics; either in the flames, or, if you choose it, in the Adriatic. It is reported that Prometheus was obliged to add to that original clay[ with which he formed mankind], some ingredient taken from every animal, and that he applied the vehemence of the raging lion to the human breast. It was rage that destroyed Thyestes with horrible perdition; and has been the final cause that lofty cities have been entirely demolished, and that an insolent army has driven the hostile plowshare over their walls. An ardor of soul attacked me also in blooming youth, and drove me in a rage to the writing of swiftfooted iambics.	./cache/horace-works_16.txt	./txt/horace-works_16.txt