Hi all,
Being new here, I'd like to share with you a short poem I recently composed on the occasion of a visit to Delphi (an amazing experience!) in the style of Horace and the Sapphic meter. I hope that you might consider this a suitable first post!
To Apollo
Multa per montis iuga vectus ad te,
Phoebe caelestis, neque patris expers
fulminum et densis subito ruentis
nubibus imbris
ante iam mirans adytum ac vetustam
intuens aram tumidum recordor
ore Pythonem celebrisque prolem
Deucalionis,
supplici olim cui properans Olympo
ferre venisse et rapidis dedisti
protinus leto rabidum sagittis
denique monstrum,
atque Parnasum prope nunc colentem
te precor gaudens: animum patronae
suscita Musae et mihi cinge lauro,
Delphice, crines.