Odes

Horace

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

  • He chases. Why should rain today
  • Bring rain tomorrow? Python's foe
  • Is pleased sometimes his lyre to play,
  • Nor bends his bow.
  • Be brave in trouble; meet distress
  • With dauntless front; but when the gale
  • Too prosperous blows, be wise no less,
  • And shorten sail.