Odes

Horace

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

  • The weary war where fierce Numantia bled,
  • Fell Hannibal, the swoln Sicilian main
  • Purpled with Punic blood—not mine to wed
  • These to the lyre's soft strain,