Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Is hatch'd on earth, he dealt in all—Who planted in my rural steadThee, fatal wood, thee, sure to fallUpon thy blameless master's head.The dangers of the hour! no thoughtWe give them; Punic seaman's fearIs all of Bosporus, nor aughtReeks he of pitfalls otherwhere;