Odes

Horace

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

  • From lying words
  • She weans men's lips; for him she keeps
  • The crown, the purple, and the bays,
  • Who dares to look on treasure-heaps
  • With unblench'd gaze.
  • An equal mind, when storms o'ercloud,
  • Maintain, nor 'neath a brighter sky
  • Let pleasure make your heart too proud,
  • O Dellius, Dellius! sure te die,
  • Whether in gloom you spend each year,
  • Or through long holydays at ease
  • In grassy nook your spirit cheer