Horace

(8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC) Born Quintus Horatius Flaccus, Horace was a Roman lyrical poet of the Augustan age.  Horace wrote "blame poetry" intended to shame citizens into doing their social obligations (1).  He also wrote Ars Poetica in which he advises poets on the art of writing poetry.  It has inspired artists throughout the ages (2).
==Horace and Stevens==
From Stevens' journal, dated September 23, 1907, Stevens contemplates th scholars debates of the merits of the poets of the Republic and the poets of the Augustan age.  He writes, "I favor the Augustans" (3).
==References==
#Horace
#Spicer, Jack."Ars Poetica: Poems about Poetry." Poets.org. 2008. Web.
#Stevens, Wallace.  Letters of Wallace Stevens. Ed. Holly Stevens. Berkley: University of Californai Press, 1996. 104. Print.