Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Carmina 1.2.45–52
Horace closes with a prayer that Augustus, revealed as the god's earthly form, remain long among the Roman people as father and first citizen, and lead them to victory over the Medes.
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
