Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. And plastic game!Thee sing I, herald of the sky,Who gav'st the lyre its music sweet,Hiding whate'er might please thine eyeIn frolic cheat.See, threatening thee, poor guileless child,Apollo claims, in angry tone,His cattle;—all at once he smiled,His quiver gone.Strong in thy guidance, Hector's sireEscaped the Atridae, pass'd betweenThessalian tents and warders' fire,Of all unseen,