And Rome for thee shall have subdued the world:

'Tis true no triumph now would bring thee home;



No captive tribes would grace thy chariot wheels

Winding in pomp around the ancient hill.



Spite gnaws the factions; for thy conquests won

Scarce shalt thou be unpunished. Yet 'tis fate



Thou should'st subdue thy kinsman: share the world

With him thou canst not; rule thou canst, alone."



As when at Elis' festival a horse

In stable pent gnaws at his prison bars



Impatient, and should clamour from without

Strike on his ear, bounds furious at restraint,



So then was Caesar, eager for the fight,

Stirred by the words of Curio. To the ranks



He bids his soldiers; with majestic mien

And hand commanding silence as they come.



"Comrades," he cried, "victorious returned,

Who by my side for ten long years have faced,



'Mid Alpine winters and on Arctic shores,

The thousand dangers of the battle-field --



Is this our country's welcome, this her prize

For death and wounds and Roman blood outpoured?



Rome arms her choicest sons; the sturdy oaks

Are felled to make a fleet; -- what could she more



If from the Alps fierce Hannibal were come

With all his Punic host? By land and sea



Caesar shall fly! Fly? Though in adverse war

Our best had fallen, and the savage Gaul



Were hard upon our track, we would not fly.

And now, when fortune smiles and kindly gods



Beckon us on to glory! -- Let him come

Fresh from his years of peace, with all his crowd



Of conscript burgesses, Marcellus' tongue (12)

And Cato's empty name! We will not fly.



Shall Eastern hordes and greedy hirelings keep

Their loved Pompeius ever at the helm?



Shall chariots of triumph be for him

Though youth and law forbad them? Shall he seize



On Rome's chief honours ne'er to be resigned?

And what of harvests (13) blighted through the world



And ghastlyfamine made to serve his ends?

Who hath forgotten how Pompeius' bands



Seized on the forum, and with glittering arms

Made outraged justice tremble, while their swords



Hemmed in the judgment-seat where Milo (14) stood?

And now when worn and old and ripe for rest (15),



Greedy of power, the impious sword again

He draws. As tigers in Hyrcanian woods



Wandering, or in the caves that saw their birth,

Once having lapped the blood of slaughtered kine,



Shall never cease from rage; e'en so this whelp

Of cruel Sulla, nursed in civil war,



Outstrips his master; and the tongue which licked

That reeking weapon ever thirsts for more.



Stain once the lips with blood, no other meal

They shall enjoy. And shall there be no end



Of these long years of power and of crime?

Nay, this one lesson, e'er it be too late,



Learn of thy gentle Sulla -- to retire!

Of old his victory o'er Cilician thieves



And Pontus' weary monarch gave him fame,

By poisonscarce attained. His latest prize



Shall I be, Caesar, I, who would not quit

My conquering eagles at his proud command?



Nay, if no triumph is reserved for me,

Let these at least of long and toilsome war



'Neath other leaders the rewards enjoy.

Where shall the weary soldier find his rest?



What cottage homes their joys, what fields their fruit

Shall to our veterans yield? Will Magnus say



That pirates only till the fields alight?

Unfurl your standards; victory gilds them yet,



As through those glorious years. Deny our rights!

• annual [´ænjuəl] a.每年的 n.年刊 (初中英语单词)


• vision [´viʒən] n.视觉；想象力；幻影 (初中英语单词)


• horror [´hɔrə] n.恐怖；战栗 (初中英语单词)


• height [hait] n.高度；顶点；卓越 (初中英语单词)


• scratch [skrætʃ] v.&n.抓，搔；抓伤 (初中英语单词)


• modest [´mɔdist] a.谦虚的；朴素的 (初中英语单词)


• fountain [´fauntin] n.泉水；源泉；根源 (初中英语单词)


• slender [´slendə] a.细长的；微薄的 (初中英语单词)


• italian [i´tæliən] a.意大利 n.意大利人 (初中英语单词)


• peasant [´pezənt] n.农民；庄稼人 (初中英语单词)


• stream [stri:m] n.河 vi.流出；飘扬 (初中英语单词)


• snatch [snætʃ] v.&n.抢，夺取，抓住 (初中英语单词)


• well-known [,wel´nəun] a.著名的，众所周知的 (初中英语单词)


• terror [´terə] n.恐怖；惊骇 (初中英语单词)


• miserable [´mizərəbəl] a.悲惨的；可怜的 (初中英语单词)


• scarce [skeəs, skers] a.缺乏的；稀有的 (初中英语单词)


• restless [´restləs] a.没有休息的 (初中英语单词)


• frozen [´frəuzn] freeze 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• chilly [´tʃili] a.凉飕飕的 (初中英语单词)


• hostile [´hɔstail] a.敌方的，敌意的 (初中英语单词)


• hasten [´heisən] vt.催促；促进 vi.赶紧 (初中英语单词)


• driven [´driv(ə)n] drive 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• willing [´wiliŋ] a.情愿的，乐意的 (初中英语单词)


• reward [ri´wɔ:d] n.&v.报答；报酬；奖赏 (初中英语单词)


• victory [´viktəri] n.胜利，战胜 (初中英语单词)


• triumph [´traiəmf] n.胜利 vi.得胜，战胜 (初中英语单词)


• captive [´kæptiv] n.俘虏；捕获物 (初中英语单词)


• stable [´steibəl] n.马棚 a.稳固的 (初中英语单词)


• furious [´fjuəriəs] a.狂怒的；猛烈的 (初中英语单词)


• welcome [´welkəm] a.受欢迎的；可喜的 (初中英语单词)


• fierce [fiəs] a.残忍的；强烈的 (初中英语单词)


• savage [´sævidʒ] a.野蛮的 n.蛮人 (初中英语单词)


• greedy [´gri:di] a.贪婪的；馋的 (初中英语单词)


• weapon [´wepən] n.武器；斗争手段 (初中英语单词)


• monarch [´mɔnək] n.君主；(大)王 (初中英语单词)


• poison [´pɔizən] n.毒物 v.毒害 a.有毒的 (初中英语单词)


• cottage [´kɔtidʒ] n.村舍；小屋；小别墅 (初中英语单词)


• glorious [´glɔ:riəs] a.光荣的；辉煌的 (初中英语单词)


• senate [´senit] n.参议院；上院 (高中英语单词)


• mighty [´maiti] a.强有力的 ad.很 (高中英语单词)


• ghastly [´gɑ:stli] a.苍白的；可怕的 (高中英语单词)


• caesar [´si:zə] n.凯撒；暴君；独裁者 (高中英语单词)


• conqueror [´kɔŋkərə] n.征服者，胜利者 (高中英语单词)


• cavalry [´kævəlri] n.骑兵(部队) (高中英语单词)


• forbidden [fə´bidn] forbid的过去分词 (高中英语单词)


• trumpet [´trʌmpit] n.喇叭；小号 (高中英语单词)


• strife [straif] n.竞争；吵架；冲突 (高中英语单词)


• hanging [´hæŋiŋ] n.绞刑 a.悬挂着的 (高中英语单词)


• throng [θrɔŋ] n.群众 v.拥挤；群集 (高中英语单词)


• footstep [´futstep] n.足迹，脚步声 (高中英语单词)


• anguish [´æŋgwiʃ] n.(极度的)痛苦；苦恼 (高中英语单词)


• contempt [kən´tempt] n.轻蔑；受辱；不顾 (高中英语单词)


• prompt [prɔmpt] a.敏捷的 vt.促使 (高中英语单词)


• chariot [´tʃæriət] n.古时双轮战车 (高中英语单词)


• subdue [səb´dju:] vt.征服；克制；减弱 (高中英语单词)


• festival [´festivəl] n.节日；庆祝；欢庆 (高中英语单词)


• majestic [mə´dʒestik] a.雄伟的；崇高的 (高中英语单词)


• arctic [´ɑ:ktik] a.北极的 (高中英语单词)


• sturdy [´stə:di] a.坚强的；坚定的 (高中英语单词)


• famine [´fæmin] n.饥荒 (高中英语单词)


• lawful [´lɔ:fəl] a.合法的，守法的 (英语四级单词)


• sorrowful [´sɔrəuful] a.悲伤的，使人伤心的 (英语四级单词)


• swollen [´swəulən] swell的过去分词 (英语四级单词)


• crescent [´kresənt] n.月牙 a.新月形的 (英语四级单词)


• alpine [´ælpain] a.高山的 (英语四级单词)


• towering [´tauəriŋ] a.高耸的；强烈的 (英语四级单词)


• utterance [´ʌtərəns] n.发音；言辞；所说的话 (英语四级单词)


• adverse [´ædvə:s] a.不利的；反对的 (英语四级单词)


• holding [´həuldiŋ] n.保持，固定，存储 (英语六级单词)


• tribune [´tribju:n] n.<<论坛报>> (英语六级单词)


• ghostly [´gəustli] a.鬼的；朦胧的 (英语六级单词)


• javelin [´dʒævəlin] n.标枪 (英语六级单词)


• fraught [frɔ:t] a.充满…的 (英语六级单词)


• impious [´impiəs] a.不敬的；不孝的 (英语六级单词)


• persuasive [pə´sweisiv] a.有说服力的 n.动机 (英语六级单词)


• populace [´pɔpjuləs] n.平民；大众；人口 (英语六级单词)