Odes

Horace

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

  • There within hold revelry,
  • There light thy flame in that congenial breast.
  • He, with birth and beauty graced,
  • The trembling client's champion, ne'er tongue-tied,
  • Master of each manly taste,
  • Shall bear thy conquering banners far and wide.
  • Let him smile in triumph gay,
  • True heart, victorious over lavish hand,
  • By the Alban lake that day
  • 'Neath citron roof all marble shalt thou stand:
  • Incense there and fragrant spice
  • With odorous fumes thy nostrils shall salute;
  • Blended notes thine ear entice,
  • The lyre, the pipe, the Berecyntine flute: