Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Dimm'd the bright deeds of Romulus, at this hour,Despite his sire and mother, he were nought.Thus Aeacus has 'scaped the Stygian wave,By grace of poets and their silver tongue,Henceforth to live the happy isles among.No, trust the Muse: she opes the good man's grave,And lifts him to the gods. So Hercules,His labours o'er, sits at the board of Jove: