ALCAIC Ode, a kind of manly ode, composed of several strophes, each consisting of four verses; the first two 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 is of this species, which Horace calls minaces Alcaic camene.
Non possidentem multa vocaverit
Recte beatum: rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui decorum
Muneribus sapienter uti, &c.