Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 292
dial The Poet Horace 259 friends as long as he lived. Maecenas gave him a villaa few miles from Rome, and Augustus bestowed uponhim a tract of land, which yielded him an incomesufficient for his wants, with which he was perfectlycontented. He divided his time henceforth between the countryand the… … HORACE AT THE HOME OF MAECENAS. ling river, was tilled by five free families and eightslaves, and produced grain, wine and olives. Itabounded in pleasant, secluded scenes, fit for a poetsleisure; and there, too, he delighted to receive hisfriends from Rome ; Maecenas himself being glad torepose…
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