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The Prophecy of Capys (16)
2023-12-06XVI ``The ox toils through the furrow, Obedient to the goad; The patient ass, up flinty paths, Plods with his weary load: With whine and bound the spa...
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The Prophecy of Capys (15)
2023-12-06XV ``From sunrise unto sunset All earth shall hear thy fame: A glorious city thou shalt build, And name it by thy name: And there, unquenched through ...
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The Prophecy of Capys (14)
2023-12-06XIV ``Leave gold and myrrh and jewels, Rich table and soft bed, To them who of man's seed are born, Whom woman's milk have fed. Thou wast not ...
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The Prophecy of Capys (13)
2023-12-06XIII ``For thee no treasure ripens In the Tartessian mine; For thee no ship brings precious bales Across the Libyan brine; Thou shalt not drink from a...
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The Prophecy of Capys (12)
2023-12-06XII ``But thou——what dost thou here In the old man's peaceful hall? What doth the eagle in the coop, The bison in the stall? Our corn ...
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The Prophecy of Capys (11)
2023-12-06XI In the hall-gate sat Capys, Capys, the sightless seer; From head to foot he trembled As Romulus drew near. And up stood stiff his thin white hair, ...
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The Prophecy of Capys (10)
2023-12-06X So marched they along the lake; They marched by fold and stall, By cornfield and by vineyard, Unto the old man's hall....
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The Prophecy of Capys (9)
2023-12-06IX Two and two behind the twins Their trusty comrades go, Four and forty valiant men, With club, and axe, and bow. On each side every hamlet Pours for...
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The Prophecy of Capys (8)
2023-12-06VIII 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...
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The Prophecy of Capys (7)
2023-12-06VII On the right goes Romulus, With arms to the elbows red, And in his hand a broadsword, And on the blade a head—— A head in an iron helm...