Odes

Horace

Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882.

  • Black day he chose for planting thee,
  • Accurst he rear'd thee from the ground,
  • The bane of children yet to be,
  • The scandal of the village round.
  • His father's throat the monster press'd
  • Beside, and on his hearthstone spilt,
  • I ween, the blood of midnight guest;
  • Black Colchian drugs, whate'er of guilt