Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. And gracious Jove, into your open lap!What! shrink you not from crime whose punishmentFalls on your innocent children? it may hapImperious Fate will make yourself repent.My prayers shall reach the avengers of all wrong;No expiations shall the curse unbind.Great though your haste, I would not task you long;Thrice sprinkle dust, then scud before the wind.