Odes

Horace

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

  • Than if to Alyattes' wide domains
  • I join'd the realms of Mygdon. Great desires
  • Sort with great wants. 'Tis best, when prayer obtains
  • No more than life requires.
  • Aelius, of Lamus' ancient name
  • (For since from that high parentage
  • The prehistoric Lamias came
  • And all who fill the storied page,