Odes

Horace

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

  • Thy second let him rule below
  • Thy car shall shake the realms above;
  • Thy vengeful bolts shall overthrow
  • Each guilty grove.
  • Telephus—you praise him still,
  • His waxen arms, his rosy-tinted neck;
  • Ah! and all the while I thrill
  • With jealous pangs I cannot, cannot check