Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Who makes the golden mean his guide,Shuns miser's cabin, foul and dark,Shuns gilded roofs, where pomp and prideAre envy's mark.With fiercer blasts the pine's dim heightIs rock'd; proud towers with heavier fallCrash to the ground; and thunders smiteThe mountains tall.