Seize the Day

Listen to:

Ode 11 from Book 1

by Horace

performed by Bob Gonzalez, rhapsode

Seek not to know, Leuconöe,

The death that waits both you and me –

            The gods forbid such quest;

Don’t go and talk with gypsies old,

And try to get your fortune told;

            Let’s take things for the best.

Perchance we long shall feel the blast,

Perhaps this wintry gale’s our last;

            Be wise, and drink—don’t bother;

E’en as we speak Time’s flying on,

So seize the day before it’s gone;

            We may not have another.

Announcing ECLECTIC RHAPSODY I

ECLECTIC RHAPSODY I

Maiden Project of RHAPSODIZE!

Now Live on the Internet Archive

Eclectic Rhapsody I

Featuring the poetry of Wilfred Owen, John Gillespie Magee, John Keats, Dante, Alfred Tennyson, Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning, Christina Rossetti, Homer, Hesiod, and Horace.

Performed by rhapsodes:

Gerard Sutcliffe, Martin Geeson, Carol Box, Caprisha Page, & Bob Gonzalez

This maiden project will continue to expand throughout 2012.

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RHAPSODIZE! is a classic poetry performance initiative that seeks to popularize rhapsodies (performances of classic poetry) and cultivate rhapsodes (performers of classic poetry).