Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Fish feel the narrowing of the mainFrom sunken piles, while on the strandContractors with their busy trainLet down huge stones, and lords of landAffect the sea: but fierce AlarmCan clamber to the master's side:Black Cares can up ihe galley swarm,And close behind the horseman ride.