Exegi monumentum aere perennius
regalique situ pyramidum altius,
quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens
possit diruere aut innumerabilis
annorum series et fuga temporum. ......rbl........rbl.....5
non omnis moriar multaque pars mei
vitabit Libitinam; usque ego postera
crescam laude recens. dum Capitolium
scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex,
dicar, qua violens obstrepit Aufidus ......rbl........rbl..10
at qua pauper aquae Daunus agrestium
regnavit populorum, ex humili potens,
princeps Aeolium carmen ad Italos
deduxisse modos. sume superbiam
quaesitam meritis et mihi Delphica ......rbl........rbl.....15
lauro cinge volens, Melpomene, comam.
Libitinam: the temple of Venus Libitina was used to store
funeral supplies.
9.
tacita virgine: i.e., a Vestal Virgin.
11.
aquae: Genitive with pauper.
12.
regnavit: takes a Genitive object (Greek
grammatical construction);
humili: sc. origine.
13.
Aeolium: "Greek", but more specifically, "Aeolian," an
allusion to the island of Lesbos, the birthplace of the poets Sappho and
Alcaeus whom Horace greatly admired.
15.
mihi: Dative of Reference, take with comam (line 16);