Odes

Horace

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

  • Obedient lies.
  • Shall now Quirinus take his turn,
  • Or quiet Numa, or the state
  • Proud Tarquin held, or Cato stern,
  • By death made great?
  • Ay, Regulus and the Scaurian name,
  • And Paullus, who at Cannae gave
  • His glorious soul, fair record claim,
  • For all were brave.
  • Thee, Furius, and Fabricius, thee,
  • Rough Curius too, with untrimm'd beard,
  • Your sires' transmitted poverty