Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. 'Twas wrath that laid Thyestes low;'Tis wrath that oft destruction callsOn cities, and invites the foeTo drive his plough o'er ruin'd walls.Then calm your spirit; I can tellHow once, when youth in all my veinsWas glowing, blind with rage, I fellOn friend and foe in ribald strains.