XIV For aged folks on crutches, And women great with child, And mothers sobbing over babes That clung to them and smiled, And sick men borne in litter...
XV And droves of mules and asses Laden with skins of wine, And endless flocks of goats and sheep, And endless herds of kine, And endless trains of wag...
XVI Now, from the rock Tarpeian, Could the wan burghers spy The line of blazing villages Red in the midnight sky. The Fathers of the City, They sat al...
XVII To eastward and to westward Have spread the Tuscan bands； Nor house, nor fence, nor dovecote In Crustumerium stands. Verbenna down to Ostia Hath ...
XVIII I wis, in all the Senate, There was no heart so bold, But sore it ached, and fast it beat, When that ill news was told. Forthwith up rose the Co...
XIX They held a council standing, Before the River-Gate； Short time was there, ye well may guess, For musing or debate. Out spake the Consul roundly： ...
XX Just then a scout came flying, All wild with haste and fear： ``To arms！ to arms！ Sir Consul： Lars Porsena is here.'' On the low hills to we...
XXI And nearer fast and nearer Doth the red whirlwind come； And louder still and still more loud, From underneath that rolling cloud, Is heard the tru...
XXII And plainly and more plainly, Above that glimmering line, Now might ye see the banners Of twelve fair cities shine； But the banner of proud Clusi...
XXIII And plainly and more plainly Now might the burghers know, By port and vest, by horse and crest, Each warlike Lucumo. There Cilnius of Arretium O...