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The Prophecy of Capys (26)
2023-12-06XXVI ``Hurrah！ for the good weapons That keep the War-god's land. Hurrah！ for Rome's stout pilum In a stout Roman hand. Hurrah！ for Rome's...
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The Prophecy of Capys (25)
2023-12-06XXV The ranks of false Tarentum Like hunted sheep shall fly： In vain the bold Epirotes Shall round their standards die： And Apennine's gray vultur...
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The Prophecy of Capys (24)
2023-12-06XXIV ``The Greek shall come against thee, The conqueror of the East. Beside him stalks to battle The huge earth-shaking beast, The beast on whom the c...
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The Prophecy of Capys (23)
2023-12-06XXIII ``The Gaul shall come against thee From the land of snow and night； Thou shalt give his fair-haired armies To the raven and the kite....
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The Prophecy of Capys (22)
2023-12-06XXIIBeneath thy yoke the Volscian Shall vail his lofty brow； SoftCapua's curled revellers Before thy chairs shall bow： The Lucumoes of Arnus Shall...
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The Prophecy of Capys (21)
2023-12-06XXI ``Thine, Roman, is the pilum： Roman, the sword is thine, The even trench, the bristling mound, The legion's ordered line； And thine the wheels...
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The Prophecy of Capys (20)
2023-12-06XX ``And such as is the War-god, The author of thy line, And such as she who suckled thee, Even such be thou and thine. Leave to the soft Campanian Hi...
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The Prophecy of Capys (19)
2023-12-06XIX ``But thy father loves the clashing Of broadsword and of shield： He loves to drink the steam that reeks From the fresh battlefield： He smiles a sm...
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The Prophecy of Capys (18)
2023-12-06XVIII Pomona loves the orchard； And Liber loves the vine； And Pales loves the straw-built shed Warm with the breath of kine； And Venus loves the whisp...
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The Prophecy of Capys (17)
2023-12-06XVII ``But thy nurse will hear no master, Thy nurse will bear no load； And woe to them that shear her, And woe to them that goad！ When all the pack, l...