Horace at your back ii

Anger is what broke Thyestes' life
..


Calm your mind. Heat tempted
Me in my sweet early days, and sent
Me deeply mad to one-sided poems. Now


I want to replace those sour lines with
Sweet lines; now, having sworn off harsh
Attacks, I want you to become
My friend, and give me back my heart.

We see things which fit together for their workings to be fair.


















Horace
Odes, I, 16
Robert Bly, translation
J.D. McClatchy, editor
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