Odes

Horace

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

  • To chant the festal hymn divine
  • By Horace taught.”
  • The snow is fled: the trees their leaves put on,
  • The fields their green:
  • Earth owns the change, and rivers lessening run
  • Their banks between.
  • Naked the Nymphs and Graces in the meads
  • The dance essay: