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A Lay Sung at the Feast (34)
2023-12-06XXXIV ``By many names men call us； In many lands we dwell： Well Samothracia knows us； Cyrene knows us well. Our house in gay Tarentum Is hung each mor...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (35)
2023-12-06XXV So answered those strange horsemen, And each couched low his spear； And forthwith all the ranks of Rome Were bold, and of good cheer： And on the t...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (36)
2023-12-06XXXVI Then the fierce trumpet-flourish From earth to heaven arose, The kites know well the long stern swell That bids the Romans close. Then the good ...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (37)
2023-12-06XXXVII Semponius Atratinus Sat in the Eastern Gate, Beside him were three Fathers, Each in his chair of state； Fabius, whose nine stout grandsons That...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (38)
2023-12-06XXXVIII ``Hail to the great Asylum！ Hail to the hill-tops seven！ Hail to the fire that burns for aye, And the shield that fell from heaven！ This day, ...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (39)
2023-12-06XXXIX Then burst from that great concourse A shout that shook the towers, And some ran north, and some ran south, Crying,``The day is ours！'' ...
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A Lay Sung at the Feast (40)
2023-12-06XL And all the people trembled, And pale grew every cheek； And Sergius the High Pontiff Alone found voice to speak： ``The gods who live forever Have f...
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The Prophecy of Capys (1)
2023-12-06I Now slain is King Amulius, Of the great Sylvian line, Who reigned in Alba Longa, On the throne of Aventine. Slain is the Ponfiff Camers, Who spake t...
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The Prophecy of Capys (2)
2023-12-06II In Alba's lake no fisher His net to-day is flinging； On the dark rind of Alba's oaks To-day no axe is ringing； The yoke hangs o'er the ...
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The Prophecy of Capys (3)
2023-12-06III And every Alban burgher Hath donned his whitest gown； And every head in Alba Weareth a poplar crown； And every Alban doorpost With boughs and flow...