Classic and Contemporary Poetry

ODES II, 20. TO MAECENAS: THE POET PROPHESIES HIS IMMORTALITY, by QUINTUS HORATIUS FLACCUS                    Poet's Biography
First Line: On no common or feeble pinions shall I be borne
Last Line: Omit the superfluous honors of a tomb!
Alternate Author Name(s): Horace
Subject(s): Birds; Maecenas (70-8 B.c.); Swans; Transfiguration