Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Hurl'd on the monstrous shapes she bred,Earth groans, and mourns her children thrustTo Orcus; Aetna's weight of leadKeeps down the fire that breaks its crust;Still sits the bird on Tityos' breast,The warder of Unlawful love;Still suffers lewd Pirithous, prestBy massive chains no hand may move.