Odes

Horace

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

  • Ah, Postumus! they fleet away,
  • Our years, nor piety one hour
  • Can win from wrinkles and decay,
  • And Death's indomitable power;
  • Not though three hundred bullocks flame
  • Each year, to soothe the tearless king
  • Who holds huge Geryon's triple frame
  • And Tityos in his watery ring,