Odes

Horace

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

  • And paid them back their debt twice told
  • 'Twas then the elder Nero came
  • To conflict, and in ruin roll'd
  • Stout Raetian kernes of giant frame.
  • O, 'twas a gallant sight to see
  • The shocks that beat upon the brave
  • Who chose to perish and be free!
  • As south winds scourge the rebel wave