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s own dread 780 E'en now? Lo, son! those signs of his; lo, that renowned Rome! Whose lordship filleth all the earth, whose heart Olympus' home, And with begirdling of her wall girds seven great burgs to her, Rejoicing in her man-born babes: e'en as the Earth-Mother Amidst the Phrygian cities goes with car and towered crown, Glad in the Gods, whom hundred-fold she kisseth for her own. All heaven-abiders, all as kings within the house of air. Ah, turn thine eyeballs hitherward, look on this people here, Thy Roman folk! Lo Caesar now! Lo all Iulus' race, Who 'neath the mighty vault of heaven shall dwell in coming days. 790 And this is he, this is the man thou oft hast heard foretold, Augustus Caesar, sprung from God to bring the age of gold Aback unto the Latin fields, where Saturn once was king. Yea, and the Garamantian folk and Indians shall he bring Beneath his sway: beyond the stars, beyond the course of years, Beyond the Sun-path lies the land, where Atlas heaven upbears, And on his shoulders turns the pole with burning stars bestrown. Yea, and e'en now the Caspian realms quake at his coming, shown By oracles of God; and quakes the far Maeotic mere, 799 And sevenfold Nile through all his mouths quakes in bewildered fear. Not so much earth did Hercules o'erpass, though he prevailed To pierce the brazen-footed hind, and win back peace that failed The Erymanthus' wood, and shook Lerna with draught of bow; Nor Liber turning vine-wreathed reins when he hath will to go Adown from Nysa's lofty head in tiger-yoked car.-- Forsooth then shall we doubt but deeds shall spread our valour far? Shall fear forsooth forbid us rest in that Ausonian land? "But who is this, the olive-crowned, that beareth in his hand The holy things? I know the hair and hoary beard of eld Of him, the Roman king, who first a law-bound city held, 810 Sent out from little Cures' garth, that unrich land of his, Unto a mighty lordship: yea, and Tullus next is this, Who breaks his country's sleep and stirs the slothful men to fight; And calleth on the weaponed hosts unused to war's delight But next unto him Ancus fares, a boaster overmuch; Yea and e'en now the people's breath too nigh his heart will touch. And wilt thou see the Tarquin kings and Brutus' lofty heart,
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