Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina 1.2.45-52
Horace prays that the god, revealed as Caesar, may return late to heaven and long rejoice among the people of Quirinus, and that here on earth he may love to be called father and first citizen and not allow the Medes to ride unpunished under his leadership.
Tier 1
Tu redeas post multos annos in caelum et diu tu sis laetus inter populum Quirini, neve celerior ventus portet te iratum nostris vitiis;
potius quam illud tu adsis hic ad magnos triumphos, tu ames hic dici pater et princeps, neque tu, Caesar, sinas Medos equitare sine poeniis, te duce.
Tier 2
Redeas serus in caelum diuque laetus intersis populo Quirini, neve ocior aura tollat te iniquum nostris vitiis;
Potius hic magnos triumphos, hic ames dici pater atque princeps, neu te duce, Caesar, sinas Medos equitare inultos.
Tier 3 - Carmen Ipsum
- Serus in caelum redeas diuque
- laetus intersis populo Quirini,
- neve te nostris vitiis iniquum
- ocior aura
- tollat; hic magnos potius triumphos,
- hic ames dici pater atque princeps,
- neu sinas Medos equitare inultos
- te duce, Caesar.
Written by Robert Amstutz