An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a recantation of something said formerly, and here the statement 'nothing stands but for his scythe to mow' is denied by the next line with 'my verse shall stand'