ALCAIC ODE, a kind of manly ode, composed of several strophes, each consisting of four verses; the two first of which are always alcaics of the first kind; the third verse is a dimeter hypercatalectic, or consisting of four feet and a long syllable; and the fourth verse is an alcaic of the second kind. The following strophe
Aleac is of this species, which Horace calls minaces Alcaicamena.
Non possidentem multa vocaveris
Recte beatum: rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui deorum
Muneribus sapienter uti, &c.