Odes

Horace

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

  1. Now Chloe is my treasure,
  2. Whose voice, whose touch, can make sweet music flow:
  3. For her I'd die with pleasure,
  4. Would Fate but spare the dear survivor so.
Lydia
  1. I love my own fond lover,
  2. Young Calais, son of Thurian Ornytus:
  3. For him I'd die twice over,
  4. Would Fate but spare the sweet survivor thus.