Odes

Horace

Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882.

  • Has threaten'd Numa's court with wrack
  • And Vesta's fane.
  • Roused by his Ilia's plaintive woes,
  • He vows revenge for guiltless blood,
  • And, spite of Jove, his banks o'erflows,