Odes

Horace

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

  • Thy sojourn with Rome's family;
  • Nor let thy wrath at our great wrong
  • Lend wings to fly.
  • Here take our homage, Chief and Sire;
  • Here wreathe with bay thy conquering brow,
  • And bid the prancing Mede retire,
  • Our Caesar thou!
  • Thus may Cyprus' heavenly queen,