Odes Horace Horace. The Odes and Carmen Saeculare of Horace. Conington, John, translator. London: George Bell and Sons, 1882. Can bear the load of poverty,And tremble not at death, but sin:No recreant he when called to dieIn cause of country or of kin.Here is a cask of Alban, moreThan nine years old: here grows for youGreen parsley, Phyllis, and good storeOf ivy too