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 an iambic 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 camera."
Non possidentem multa vocaveris
Recte beatum; rectius occupat
Nomen beati, qui deorum
Muneribus sapienter uti, &c.