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“ Princess, if on r aged e3ros weep upon thy m akb less wrongs,
'Tis because resentment Jjti::t h11 ibe terrors of our tongues.
Rome shall perish^'—-write that word in the blood that she lias spilt;
Perish hopeless <'ind abhorred,4 deep h ruin as in guilt.

“ Rome, for t’;ispirt.. :ar TCrxwnod,1" Samples (.111 a thousand stitofs;
Soon her pride1 shall kiss the L^oa- id7— bark J11 the Gaul is <?.t her grit es-f
Other Romans sl;a!l arise, heedless efa soldier's name;
Sounds, not urn is, hIi ^II \vii: the prize, harmony I hr; pa la to fame.
“ Then the progeny that springs from the forests of our land,

Armed with thunder, d ad with wings, shall ;> -wider world command,15
Rci.no) 1-h Chesar never knew thy posterity shall sw ay;
Whe.-jj his etudes never flew, none invincihie as they."

the bard's prophetic word^, pregnant with celestial fire ;
I>e: 111 i 11ey as he siseot the chords of his sweet I i.lE: H'vfid lyre.
She, with all a monarch's pride, telt them in -i:;r 1 j =:s.; 1:n glow ;
Rushed to batt!e/fo'.ight and died— dyiii'j. lidded tliein at the foe;
" R 11 iT;ans,VlpiL.i 1 ess as prou d ! ITeavcn a;vards the vc 11 ge;■ nee due 1
Empire is oil us bestowed.'^hame and ruin wail: for you ! :'
WtLLJ.-ur COWPF.R,

THE RA CE.
Y T i l E X Vrcm>ky k joked at his watch, it: was hall-past five. On
_ W tEiis day there were to be several r;u:-s and in 1 :vj last he was
U) l;d:t: pari, Whi.-n he re ache cl liis quarters no one was there
except bis valet, livery body had il^une !■> "he races. He noticed neai
the stable Makhndn's wlute-fuoted diesiad GlacliaLor ah.ch they were
leading out.
" Where is C iw d ?" he asked of the L;JOom.
“ bt the stable; he is frying the saddle "
I’hen apptiered 1 -iru 1 i■ ir:i:. Yruiisky gav<.: a quick planet ;st his
t-.'M Se, a.S f. Ik; st.ic-J f rcmbiiiK^ ill livery lirllh.
The i’.VH>-ver.-it d^e;h was hist al ;in end, The erod'd flowed m from
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