Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Old Tiber, hurl'd in tumult backFrom mingling with the Etruscan main,Has threaten'd Numa's court with wrackAnd Vesta's fane.Roused by his Ilia's plaintive woes,He vows revenge for guiltless blood,And, spite of Jove, his banks o'erflows,Uxorious flood.Yes, Fame shall tell of civic steelThat better Persian lives had spilt,To youths, whose minish'd numbers feelTheir parents' guilt.