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 assignOur Caesar's charge; his power and placeBe next to thine.Whether the Parthian, threatening Rome,His eagles scatter to the wind.Or follow to their eastern homeCathay and Ind,