Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. When Caesar's self in peaceful townThe weary veteran's home has made,You bid him lay his helmet downAnd rest in your Pierian shade.Mild thoughts you plant, and joy to seeMild thoughts take root. The nations knowHow with descending thunder heThe impious Titans hurl'd below,Who rules dull earth and stormy seas,And towns of men, and realms of pain,And gods, and mortal companies,Alone, impartial in his reign.