Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. You take the bait? then come without delayAnd bring your ware: be sure, 'tis not my planTo let you drain my liquor and not pay,As might some wealthy man.Come, quit those covetous thoughts, those knitted brows,Think on the last black embers, while you may,And be for once unwise. When time allows,'Tis sweet the fool to play.