Odes

Horace

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

And all for gain. The man of Macedon

Cleft gates of cities, rival kings o'erthrew

By force of gifts: their cunning snares have won

Rude captains and their crew.

As riches grow, care follows: men repine

And thirst for more. No lofty crest I raise:

Wisdom that thought forbids, Maecenas mine,

The knightly order's praise.

He that denies himself shall gain the more

From bounteous Heaven. I strip me of my pride,

Desert the rich man's standard, and pass o'er

To bare Contentment's side,