Horace Quote

Swift moons make good their losses in the sky,
but when we go down to be
with pious Aeneas, wealthy Tullus, and Ancus,
we are dust and shadow.


Odes bk. 4, no. 7, l. 13


Swift moons make good their losses in the sky, but when we go down to be with pious Aeneas, wealthy Tullus, and Ancus, we are dust and shadow.

Swift moons make good their losses in the sky, but when we go down to be with pious Aeneas, wealthy Tullus, and Ancus, we are dust and shadow.

Swift moons make good their losses in the sky, but when we go down to be with pious Aeneas, wealthy Tullus, and Ancus, we are dust and shadow.

Swift moons make good their losses in the sky, but when we go down to be with pious Aeneas, wealthy Tullus, and Ancus, we are dust and shadow.