Ars Poetica

Horace's verse epistle on poetic composition, containing the famous maxim about blending the useful with the sweet (utile dulci), cited by Lapide to describe his own exegetical method.

Preliminaries

• TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI. — Quoted: "He wins all votes who blends the useful with the sweet."

  "He wins all votes who blends the useful with the sweet."