Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. What the wines of Chios cost,Who with due heat our water can allay,What the hour, and who the hostTo give us house-room,—this you will not sayHo, there! wine to moonrise, wineTo midnight, wine to our new augur too!Nine to three or three to nine,As each man pleases, makes proportion true.