She dies in silence, biting hard,

Amidst the dying hounds.
XVIII

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 whispers
Of plighted youth and maid,

In April's ivory moonlight
Beneath the chestnut shade.

XIX
``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 smile more dreadful

Than his own dreadful frown,
When he sees the thick black cloud of smoke

Go up from the conquered town.
XX

``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
His baths and his perfumes;

Leave to the sordid race of Tyre
Their dyeing-vats and looms;

Leave to the sons of Carthage
The rudder and the oar;

Leave to the Greek his marble Nymphs
And scrolls of wordy lore.

XXI
``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 of triumph,

Which with their laurelled train
Move slowly up the shouting streets

To Jove's eternal flame.
XXII

Beneath thy yoke the Volscian
Shall vail his lofty brow;

Soft Capua's curled revellers
Before thy chairs shall bow:

The Lucumoes of Arnus
Shall quake thy rods to see;

And the proud Samnite's heart of steel
Shall yield to only thee.

XXIII
``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.
XXIV

``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 castle
With all its guards doth stand,

The beast who hath between his eyes
The serpent for a hand.

First march the bold Epirotes,
Wedged close with shield and spear

And the ranks of false Tarentum
Are glittering in the rear.

XXV
The ranks of false Tarentum

Like hunted sheep shall fly:
In vain the bold Epirotes

Shall round their standards die:
And Apennine's gray vultures

Shall have a noble feast
On the fat and the eyes

Of the the huge earth-shaking beast.
XXVI

``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 short broadsword
That through the thick array

Of levelled spears and serried shields
Hews deep its gory way.

XXVII
``Hurrah! for the great triumph

That stretches many a mile.
Hurrah! for the wan captives

That pass in endless file.
Ho! bold Epirotes, whither

Hath the Red King taken flight?
Ho! dogs of false Tarentum,

Is not the gown washed white?
XXVIII

``Hurrah! for the great triumph
That stretches many a mile.

Hurrah! for the rich dye of Tyre,
And the fine web of Nile,

The helmets gay with plumage
Torn from the pheasant's wings,

The belts set thick with starry gem
That shone on Indian kings,

The urns of massy silver,
The goblets rough with gold,

The many-colored tablets bright
With loves and wars of old,

The stone that breathes and struggles,
The brass that seems to speak;--

Such cunning they who dwell on high
Have given unto the Greek.

XXIX
``Hurrah! for Manius Curius,

The bravest son of Rome,
Thrice in utmost need sent forth,

Thrice drawn in triumph home.
Weave, weave, for Manius Curius

The third embroidered gown:
Make ready the third lofty car,

And twine the third green crown;
And yoke the steeds of Rosea

With necks like a bended bow,
And deck the bull, Mevania's bull,

The bull as white as snow.
XXX

``Blest and thrice blest the Roman
Who sees Rome's brightest day,

Who sees that long victorious pomp
Wind down the Sacred Way,

And through the bellowing Forum,
And round the Suppliant's Grove,

Up to the everlasting gates
Of Capitolian Jove.

XXXI
``Then where, o'er two bright havens,

The towers of Corinth frown;
Where the gigantic King of Day

On his own Rhodes looks down;
Where oft Orontes murmurs

Beneath the laurel shades;
Where Nile reflects the endless length

Of dark red colonnades;
Where in the still deep water,

Sheltered from waves and blasts,
Bristles the dusky forest

Of Byrsa's thousand masts;
Where fur-clad hunters wander

Amidst the northern ice;
Where through the sand of morning-land

The camel bears the spice;
Where Atlas flings his shadow

Far o'er the western foam,
Shall be great fear on all who hear

The might name of Rome.''
End

• breath [breθ] n.呼吸；气息 (初中英语单词)
• dreadful [´dredful] a.可怕的；讨厌的 (初中英语单词)
• marble [´mɑ:bəl] n.大理石 a.大理石的 (初中英语单词)
• eternal [i´tə:nəl] a.永远的；永恒的 (初中英语单词)
• shield [ʃi:ld] n.盾牌；防御 v.保护 (初中英语单词)
• indian [´indiən] a.印度的 n.印度人 (初中英语单词)
• cunning [´kʌniŋ] a.&n.狡猾(诡诈)的 (初中英语单词)
• utmost [´ʌtməust] a.最大的 n.极端 (初中英语单词)
• triumph [´traiəmf] n.胜利 vi.得胜，战胜 (初中英语单词)
• sacred [´seikrid] a.神圣的；庄严的 (初中英语单词)
• western [´westən] a.西的；西方的 (初中英语单词)
• chestnut [´tʃesnʌt] n.栗子；栗树；栗色(马) (高中英语单词)
• trench [trentʃ] n.&v.(挖)沟，(挖)战壕 (高中英语单词)
• conqueror [´kɔŋkərə] n.征服者，胜利者 (高中英语单词)
• serpent [´sə:pənt] n.大毒蛇；阴险的人 (高中英语单词)
• victorious [vik´tɔ:riəs] a.得胜的，胜利的 (高中英语单词)
• everlasting [,evə´lɑ:stiŋ] a.永久的，无尽的 (高中英语单词)
• gigantic [dʒai´gæntik] a.巨大的 (高中英语单词)
• laurel [´lɔrəl] n.月桂树(叶)；桂冠 (高中英语单词)
• sordid [´sɔ:did] a.(指环境等)肮脏的 (英语四级单词)
• starry [´stɑ:ri] a.星光照耀的，闪亮的 (英语四级单词)
• thrice [θrais] ad.三倍地；三次 (英语四级单词)
• biting [´baitiŋ] a.刺痛的；尖利的 (英语六级单词)
• rudder [´rʌdə] n.(方向)舵；指导原则 (英语六级单词)