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, well
  • Beloved of Heaven's high king.
  • Sing her that streams and silvan foliage loves,
  • Whate'er on Algidus' chill brow is seen,
  • In Erymanthian groves
  • Dark-leaved, or Cragus green.
  • Sing Tempe too, glad youths, in strain as loud,
  • And Phoebus' birthplace, and that shoulder fair,
  • His golden quiver proud
  • And brother's lyre to bear.