Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Gold, gold can pass the tyrant's sentinel,Can shiver rocks with more resistless blowThan is the thunder's. Argos' prophet fell,He and his house laid low,And all for gain. The man of Macedon Cleft gates of cities, rival kings o'erthrewBy force of gifts: their cunning snares have wonRude captains and their crew.