Odes

Horace

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

  • O'er skin and nerves alone exert its power,
  • Not he, you grant, in nature meanly read.
  • Yes, all “await the inevitable hour;”
  • The downward journey all one day must tread.