Odes

Horace

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

For ease the Mede, with quiver gay:

For ease rude Thrace, in battle cruel:

Can purple buy it, Grosphus? Nay,

Nor gold, nor jewel.

No pomp, no lictor clears the way

'Mid rabble-routs of troublous feelings,

Nor quells the cares that sport and play

Round gilded ceilings.