Odes

Horace

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

  • Theirs was a hardy soldier-brood,
  • Inured all day the land to till
  • With Sabine spade, then shoulder wood
  • Hewn at a stern old mother's will,
  • When sunset lengthen'd from each height
  • The shadows, and unyoked the steer,
  • Restoring in its westward flight
  • The hour to toilworn travail dear.