Odes

Horace

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

  • With mouth unfathomably deep,
  • Foams, thunders, glows,
  • All worthy of Apollo's bay,
  • Whether in dithyrambic roll
  • Pouring new words he burst away
  • Beyond control,
  • Or gods and god-born heroes tell,
  • Whose arm with righteous death could tame
  • Grim Centaurs, tame Chimaeras fell,
  • Out-breathing flame,
  • Or bid the boxer or the steed
  • In deathless pride of victory live,