Odes

Horace

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

  • 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,
  • And dower them with a nobler meed
  • Than sculptors give,
  • Or mourn the bridegroom early torn
  • From his young bride, and set on high
  • Strength, courage, virtue's golden morn,
  • Too good to die.