Odes

Horace

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

  • It is a thirsty season, Virgil mine:
  • But would you taste the grape's Calenian juice,
  • Client of noble youths, to earn your wine
  • Some nard you must produce.
  • A tiny box of nard shall bring to light
  • The cask that in Sulpician cellar lies:
  • O, it can give new hopes, so fresh and bright,
  • And gladden gloomy eyes.