Odes

Horace

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

  • And I may sing thy consort's crown,
  • New set in heaven, and Pentheus' hall
  • With ruthless ruin thundering down,
  • And proud Lycurgus' funeral.
  • Thou turn'st the rivers, thou the sea;
  • Thou, on far summits, moist with wine,
  • Thy Bacchants' tresses harmlessly
  • Dost knot with living serpent-twine.