The Prophecy of Capys (8)
VIII On the left side goes Remus, With wrists and fingers red, And in his hand a boar-spear, And on the point a head—— A wrinkled head and aged, With silver beard and hair, And holy fillets round it, Such as the pontiffs wear—— The head of ancient Camers, Who spake the words of doom: ``The children to the Tiber; The mother to the tomb.'' |