The first ode of Horace is Asclepiadic. The first and last two lines
run thus, and in the same metre:
Dear friend patron of song, sprung from the race of kings;
Thy name ever a grace and a protection brings ...
My name, if to the lyre haply you chance to wed,
Pride would high as the stars lift my exalted head.
E. C. B.
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