Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Of Dian's praises, tender maidens, tell;Of Cynthus' unshorn god, young striplings, sing;And bright Latona, wellBeloved of Heaven's high king.Sing her that streams and silvan foliage loves,Whate'er on Algidus' chill brow is seen,In Erymanthian grovesDark-leaved, or Cragus green.Sing Tempe too, glad youths, in strain as loud,And Phoebus' birthplace, and that shoulder fair,His golden quiver proudAnd brother's lyre to bear.