Chapter 33 The Last Ode

(Nov. 27, B.C. 8) HORACE, Ode 31, Bk. V.

AS watchers couched beneath a Bantine oak.
?Hearing the dawn-wind stir.
Know that the present strength of night is broke
?Though no dawn threaten her
Till dawn’s appointed hour — so Virgil died.
Aware of change at hand, and prophesied¹
Change upon all the Eternal Gods had made
?And on the Gods alike — Fated as dawn but, as the dawn, delayed
?Till the just hour should strike —
A Star new — risen above the living and dead;
?And the lost shades that were our loves restored
As lovers, and for ever. So he said;
?Having received the word . . .
Maecenas waits me on the Esquiline:
?Thither² to-night go I . . .
And shall this dawn restore us, Virgil mine.
?To dawn? Beneath what sky?

1 prophesied   

v.预告，预言( prophesy的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She prophesied that she would win a gold medal. 她预言自己将赢得金牌。
• She prophesied the tragic outcome. 她预言有悲惨的结果。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 thither   

adv.向那里；adj.在那边的，对岸的

参考例句：

• He wandered hither and thither looking for a playmate.他逛来逛去找玩伴。
• He tramped hither and thither.他到处流浪。