“The muse does not allow the praise-de-serving here to die: she enthrones him in the heavens.”
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Source: The Odes & Satyrs of Horace, that Have Been Done Into English by the Most Eminent Hands...: With His Art of Poetry...To this Ed. is Added Several Odes Never Before Published
“Damnosa quid non imminuit dies? What does not destructive time destroy?”
“It is a sweet and seemly thing to die for one's country.”
Source: Horace: Quintus Horatius Flaccus ... the Roman Poet Presented to Modern Readers
“I shall not wholly die, and a great part of me will escape the grave.”
“Sweet and glorious it is to die for our country.”
Source: The Works of Horace