Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. With honest fervour I commendThose lips, those eyes; you need not fearA rival, hurrying on to endHis fortieth year.Septimius, who with me would braveFar Gades, and Cantabrian landUntamed by Rome, and Moorish waveThat whirls the sand;