Odes

Horace

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

Come, quit those covetous thoughts, those knitted brows,

Think on the last black embers, while you may,

And be for once unwise. When time allows,

'Tis sweet the fool to play.

The gods have heard, the gods have heard my prayer;

Yes, Lyce! you are growing old, and still

You struggle to look fair;

You drink, and dance, and trill