Odes

Horace

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

  • Dread Sire and Guardian of man's race,
  • To thee, O Jove, the Fates assign
  • Our Caesar's charge; his power and place
  • Be next to thine.
  • Whether the Parthian, threatening Rome,
  • His eagles scatter to the wind.
  • Or follow to their eastern home
  • Cathay and Ind,