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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (64)
2023-12-06LXIV And now he feels the bottom； Now on dry earth he stands； Now round him throng the Fathers； To press his gory hands； And now, with shouts and clap...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (65)
2023-12-06LXV They gave him of the corn-land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough from morn till night； And they made a molten ima...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (66)
2023-12-06LXVI It stands in the Comitium Plain for all folk to see； Horatius in his harness, Halting upon one knee： And underneath is written, In letters all of...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (67)
2023-12-06LXVIIAnd still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome, As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home；And wives still pray...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (68)
2023-12-06LXVIII And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow； When round the lonely...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (69)
2023-12-06LXIX When the oldest cask is opened, And the largest lamp is lit； When the chestnuts glow in the embers, And the kid turns on the spit； When young and...
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A Lay Made About the Year Of The City (70)
2023-12-06LXX When the goodman mends his armor, And trims his helmet's plume； When the goodwife's shuttle merrily Goes flashing through the loom； With w...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (1)
2023-12-06I Ho, trumpets, sound a war-note！ Ho, lictors, clear the way！ The Knights will ride, in all their pride, Along the streets to-day. To-day the doors an...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (2)
2023-12-06II Unto the Great Twin Brethren We keep this solemn feast. Swift, swift, the Great Twin Brethren Came spurring from the east. They came o'er wild ...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (3)
2023-12-06III Now on the place of slaughter Are cots and sheepfolds seen, And rows of vines, and fields of wheat, And apple-orchards green； The swine crush the ...