Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. So, though the eastern tempests loudly threatHesperia's main, may green Venusia's crownBe stripp'd, while you lie warm; may blessings yetStream from Tarentum's guard, great Neptune, down,And gracious Jove, into your open lap!What! shrink you not from crime whose punishmentFalls on your innocent children? it may hapImperious Fate will make yourself repent.