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...
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 vultur...
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 c...
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....
XXIIBeneath thy yoke the Volscian Shall vail his lofty brow； SoftCapua's curled revellers Before thy chairs shall bow： The Lucumoes of Arnus Shall...
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...
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 Hi...
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 sm...
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 whisp...
XVII ``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...