Odes

Horace

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

  • Nor vocal once nor pleasant, now
  • To rich man's board and temple dear:
  • Put forth thy power, till Lyde bow
  • Her stubborn ear.
  • She, like a three-year colt unbroke,
  • Is frisking o'er the spacious plain,
  • Too shy to bear a lover's yoke,
  • A husband's rein.
  • The wood, the tiger, at thy call
  • Have follow'd: thou caust rivers stay:
  • The monstrous guard of Pluto's hall
  • To thee gave way,