id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt horace-works_79 horace-works_79 .txt text/plain 194 10 75 ODES III. ODE XXI. O thou goodly cask, that wast brought to light at the same time with me in the consulship of Manlius, whether thou containest the occasion of complaint, or jest, or broils and maddening amours, or gentle sleep; under whatever title thou preservest the choice Massic, worthy to be removed on an auspicious day; descend, Corvinus bids me draw the mellowest wine. The virtue even of old Cato is recorded to have been frequently warmed with wine. Thou appliest a gentle violence to that disposition, which is in general of the rougher cast: Thou revealest the cares and secret designs of the wise, by the assistance of merry Bacchus. Thee Bacchus, and Venus, if she comes in goodhumor, and the Graces loth to dissolve the knot[ of their union], and living lights shall prolong, till returning Phoebus puts the stars to flight. ./cache/horace-works_79.txt ./txt/horace-works_79.txt