Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Dear knight Maecenas! as 'twere fainThat your paternal river's banks,And Vatican, in sportive strain,Should echo thanks.For you Calenian grapes are press'd,And Caecuban; these cups of mineFalernum's bounty ne'er has bless'd,Nor Formian vine.Of Dian's praises, tender maidens, tell;Of Cynthus' unshorn god, young striplings, sing;And bright Latona, wellBeloved of Heaven's high king.