Odes

Horace

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

  • Our impious folly e'en would climb the sky,
  • Braves the dweller on the steep,
  • Nor lets the bolts of heavenly vengeance sleep.
  • The touch of Zephyr and of Spring has loosen'd Winter's thrall;