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Page 1 of 11909 · PDF PAGE 4
ALEXANDRA INTRODUCTORY PINDARIC ODE BY O.C. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Lege ! non ero Cassandra. Ego scribam quæ me decet : Xenophon non nimis fecit. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Non ero mala Cassandra. De te poetam, fac, ver, me ! Regne ! Vive ! Ama ! Germe ! Alexandra ! me inerme ! Regne ! Ama ! Germe ! Vive ! Ex ad te it cupido cive. Gratiam Deo demus mutuam In cubili si te futuam. Non ero mala Cassandra, Alexandra ! Alexandra !1 Mrs Coxs Latinity is sometimes not quite up to Fleet Street mark : and these lines are decidedly not regular hexameters …
1909 · PDF PAGE 9
4 ALEXANDRA NOTES : 1. Translation by Mr A.B. Waulkphast. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! Read ! I will not be a Cassandra. (i.e. a prophetess of evil.) I will write those things which become me : Xenophon (an ancient writer . . . ah ! did you once see Shelley plain ? in his extant mas- terpiece) did no more. Alexandra ! Alexandra ! I will not be a bad Cassandra. (i.e. a seer of future misfortunes.) O spring ! make me a poet (poetess) concerning thee ! Reign ! Live ! Love ! Be fruitful ! Alexandra ! I being unarmed. (Because Mrs Cox is a woman. Cf. Vol…