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THE LAST 
 
 BY 
 
 The Rev. JE.neas McDonell Da^vson, 
 
 Author of "Ode for DtrminUm Day" "Solitude," "Royalty at Ottawa," " Vifdon of Burn» at 
 Lincluden," " Botnbardment of Simderborg," " Lord Elgin," " Canada " (a descriptive 
 poem), " Rusna Punished," "St. Andrevft Day, 1868," " Lament for Bishop 
 (UMii, 18tiU," "Bntiah Columina," "Fame," "The O'Connell Cen- 
 tenary," "The Heroine of Vereheres," <fcc., de., tf-c. 
 
 OTTAWA : 
 Printed at th« " Fr«e Press" Steam Printing House, Elgin Street, 
 
 1888. 
 
mam^ama^ 
 
THE LAST 
 
 BY 
 
 The Rev. JElneas McDonell Dawson, 
 
 Autfu>ro/''OdeMDoM>a Da,,," ''SoUtu,,,," ^' n„,,alt,, a, Otlawa," " Virion of nu,-nx aC 
 
 Luwluden, liornhnnUnent of Somlerho,yr " Lord Elglnr " Canada " (a dcvnptive 
 
 poem), -J}„,mi Puuhlu'd,- '^ St. AndreV, Da,,, ,i«sV ^^ Lament f,„- nkhoj, 
 
 GiUis, IH(SI„" "fJritish Columbia;' ''Fame," '•The OConnell Cen- 
 
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THE LAST DEFENDER OE JERUSALEM. 
 
 Sinun, <fnrin»; the xiefj^e (tf Jerusalem, ivi/s in the Upper Citjf ; bvt 
 ichcu the Roimu/ (irnit/ hnil ^oth'n unthia the n^i/ls, anil irere lauiiig the 
 Cilff ttuiste, he then took the most J'aifhf'ttl of his Jrietiffs irith him, and 
 among them some that were stone-CNtters, with those iron fools tiint Ih^- 
 loHii; to their omipation, and as ixretit a <pt(intitij (>/' prorisions as irouhf 
 sN/fice them for a long time, an// let himself doini into a certain sidUer- 
 ranean cavern that was not risible above grountL — Joseph us, Wars of 
 the Jews, Book VI 1., Cap. 1. 
 
 The Chief tired of his f/ismol abode, resolves to seek terms irith the 
 €on<p(eror. His followers emfeavor to dissaatle him. 
 
 THE SOLDI EKS. 
 
 Trust not the Roman, Chief, he thirsts for blood, 
 Still flows o'er Sion's brow the gory (lood 
 That all but quenched the fast devouring fires 
 The Temple swept, and dwellings of our sires. 
 
 SIMON. 
 
 In fier<^est battle still would I rejoice, 
 And fighting bravely, perish, w'ere my choice ; 
 But who can bear this lingering, living death, 
 When scare* our own we call the doubtful breath 
 That holds our flickering life ? E'en in the grave 
 "We die not ! in this dark, inglorious cave, 
 Famished, obscure, pine we from day to day ; 
 liright hope we cherished long, withholds it's ray,. 
 And wn% our City's stay, shall disappear, 
 "While none may o'er us drop a patriot tear. 
 I'll to the Roman host. When, vhey. shall see . ,; \ , 
 
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Great .Tvida's Cliiof, as he was wont to Ije, 
 
 Like Drvid in his glory, rich arrayed 
 
 In robe of state, the seeptre, loj^u' which swayed 
 
 The hosts of Israel, on tSion borne 
 
 Amid the Temple's ruined walls forlorn, 
 
 War's rai»'e to nverence and awe will chanu'e ; 
 
 And who can tell Avha', terms may then arranu'c 
 
 The haughty conqueror ? Romans of old 
 
 In adverse fortune thus their sorrow told : 
 
 In solemn grandeur sate the Senate grav<» 
 
 Amid their fallen w^alls, and calnJy gave 
 
 Unto the conquering foe the tearless word 
 
 Could awe command. Though broken was their sword, 
 
 With mind unquelled, certain they held the Fate 
 
 Of Sovereign Rome, as in her pristine pride and state ; 
 
 Her destiny secure — that wide should be 
 
 Her rule, extending far, from sea to sea. 
 
 The victor Gaul was moved. Such words to liear 
 
 "Was like amazing thunder to his ear. 
 
 Vainly to alter Fate's decrees shall strive 
 Earth's Powers. From sterii, unchanging fate derive 
 The mighty Romans glory in the past, 
 Conquests unnumbered and an Empire vast. 
 No more than to Rome will Fate prove faithless 
 Unto Juda's race. Fallen, yet not the less 
 It's destined course our Nation w ill pursue, 
 The reign so bright of David glad renews 
 And Israel's Power. Rome the magic word 
 Shall hear, to Fate do homage, and the sword 
 Forever sheath. Her Chief, in war renowned, 
 ((For wisdom more all men his praises sound), 
 The destiny shall learn, —from Juda's land 
 The Prince, o'er tribes of earth and Empires g-rand 
 • y '^ ' ' ;, »'., .'T<?- rule, w.ill come, in Time's appointed hour, 
 " ..." ; •.' '..Iii, Jlonie's, despite, and when her sway's no more. 
 
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THE SOLDIERS. 
 
 Too laiily judgost Thou the Roman foe, 
 In vain to look I'or mercy in our woe. 
 No weapon know they save their reeking sword ; 
 Vff! victia ever their relenthvss word. 
 Saw'st not their lury when the batth^ rao-od, 
 And Israel "gainst miahty Kome yi't waged. 
 A <louhtful war * iSaw'sfhow their savage hands 
 O'er homes and T(unple hurled th(>ir llaming brands ? 
 Nor pious Titus, nor the Gods of Rome 
 Their wratli could stay. No single sacred home 
 They si)ared in Israel. The Temple walls 
 They lierce attacked! In vain their Leader calls 
 That they should, reverent, save the holy place ; 
 His words they heed not, fury gains apace. 
 The best and bravest, noble Titus fells ; 
 Yet still the onward tide of ruin swells. 
 Reckless each soldier sx)'3eds with fiery brand — 
 No earthly power can stay his fated hand. 
 Lol now the spreadino; llame comminglinu- shows 
 In the vast stream of molten uold that ilows 
 From out the holy shrimp the richest blood 
 Of conqmn-ed Israel, the gory Hood 
 O'ermastering, at times, the raginii- tire ; 
 Pow^erless, meanwhile, to quench the maddening ire 
 Of the destroying Roman, — seeks he still 
 Destruction ; nouuht can stay his barbarous will 
 Nor hinder, till his direful work be done, 
 And there remain no stone upon a stone 
 Of .Tuda's dwadlings and her Temple grand, 
 Men's wonder, and the glory of our land. 
 
 Trust not Vespasian ! True, the sacred Fane 
 He would have rescued, — only to profane 
 By foulest heathen rites the holy place. 
 
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 And with his irods of lifoloss stono disgrace 
 
 The jsanctuaiy, \vhoi«^ propitious dwelt, 
 
 To eye of man invisi])l(>, yet felt, 
 
 The God of Israel, ova* fathers' Ood ! 
 
 On faithless earth this Fane his sole abode. 
 
 Trust not fierce Titus, who eould niockinu' spare 
 Ten thousand warrii)rs who, in sad despair, 
 Ignol)ly sued for life, then cruel held 
 In bondaof, some their fathers" land expelled 
 That thev for hateful l?onie should toil and slave, 
 The rest to torture and to slauuhter gave. 
 Hope not that David's royal robe and crown 
 llonians will reverence. AVhen stood alone 
 That Holy One, so justly ])rophet named. 
 For purity of life and wisdom famed. 
 By Israel abandoned, llim they scorned, 
 AVith sceptre and with royal uarb adorned, 
 Then jeerinii- <ried : llehold! O, Jews, w^e bring 
 Forth to vour view, Ilim vou have styled your Kins' ! 
 ♦So, Thou, our (^hiel, in David's robes arrayed, 
 By traitorous Kome wilt surely be betrayed. 
 
 And now Simon thlnkwii; that he miiiht be able to astoNtsh and 
 delude the Romn/is, pvt ca a irJiite frorh' and buttoned npon him a f/nr- 
 ple dodk, and appeared out of the ground irherethe Tcmplehad former- 
 lif MimmI. 
 
 At the first, indeed, those u'ho saio him mere greatlij astonished, mid 
 Sit iK)d at ill where they were. But aftfrivard^i theif rame nearer to him 
 and asked him who he was. JS^ow Simon ivonld not tell them, bnt bade 
 them call for their Cajdain ; and when theij ran to call him, Terentius 
 Rufus. who was left to command the arm// there, cawe to Simon and 
 learned of him the whole, truth, and kept him in bonds, and let Cwsar 
 Aninr thai he was taken Simon ivas brought to Cwsar in 
 
hondii, v'hen he ir.is vome to that Qranrea, irhich iras on the sea side, 
 irho fj^/iir. orders that he should he kept against the triuumph he ims to 
 celebrate at Rome upon this occasion. — Jo.sephils, Wnis of the Jews, 
 Book VII., C. II. 
 
 Meanivhile, Titus Vespasian distributee^ rewards to his soldiers, and. 
 vffers Sfwri/ices to the Gods at Casarea by the sea. 
 
 Now, as on the most solemn festal day, 
 Around him Titus railed the grand array 
 Of comiueriiiir armies, anxious to shower 
 On valor's sons, pillars ol Roman power, 
 Their honors dearly won. Ne'er had they striven 
 With loes so brave, — Rome's Eagles all but riv«'n 
 From the iirm grasp ot Roman arms, their fame 
 Quivering in the scaletj of Fat*', Rome's high name. 
 The dread of nations, by Jewry alone 
 Defied, an<l but (or destiny, out-shone, 
 l^^or warriors all ])repared he brightest meeds. 
 On those who, foremost, ])y th«ir valorous deeds 
 Excelled, were crowns of pearl and gold bestowed ; 
 Of others, not a few, the glory showed 
 Rare and most costly ornaments displayed 
 Around their necks, was then advancement made 
 Of each and all who most conspicuous shone, 
 By their exploits had special honor won. 
 
 Now said the Chief: " To them who rule in Heaven, 
 The immortal Crods, be thanks and glory given. 
 .First to Israel's God, the Great Unknown, 
 Let Romans' grateful praise be duly shown. 
 Remember ye those tovv«rs on Sion hill, 
 Firm knit, and strong, proof against Roman skill. 
 In vain those rock-built bulwarks to assail. 
 Impregnable ! nought 'gainst them <*ould prevail. 
 The Jews, demented by their God, forsook 
 Thos'3 rongholds sure, their place we boldly took, 
 
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 And victory was ours. AVhon raired the strife 
 In mad confusion, and for dearest life 
 Each side contended, wildly their red brands 
 They cast into the Holy Place. Commands 
 My soldiers heeded not, but rashly joi >-d 
 In tne dread revel, with blind Jews combined 
 In fell destruction, and to ruin gave 
 The CT-lorioiis Fane it was our will to save. 
 Best of the herds let bleed in sacrifice. 
 "When, with our vows, the victims shall suffice, 
 Then leave we Ciesarea by the sea — 
 Inland from thence our pleasant cours«' shall be, 
 And with our faithful leu'ions we shall hie 
 To Cicsar's strong- city named rhiliii;>i, 
 There to the Gods libations new we'll ])Our, 
 And grateful pray that long may 1. t Rome's power. 
 
 Terenllus brings tuUHgn of the rom/ilefe fledridiion of Jerusalem, 
 and there are further celel)ralions at Casarea Philijfj/i. 
 
 Terentius now from .Tuda's wasted land 
 To Titus came. IJy Ciesar's high command 
 This depute ruler of the Jewish war 
 Set forth how lields and cities, near and I'ar, 
 Lay desolate ; how Sion's lofty hill. 
 Where stood the Holy House, () sum of ill ! 
 New forms assumed ; no edilices grand. 
 Nor vestige of the Sacred Fane ; the land. 
 Torn by the j>lough, in seemless heaps now lay, 
 Like movuitain, or woodland, or barren way. 
 All o'er the city passed the ploughshare too ; 
 Foul sod and rubbish only met the view.* 
 
 * Terentius Rufus ploughed up Sion ns a field, and made Jerusalem become 
 as heaps, and the mountain of the House as the hij^h places of a forest. — Josejjims. 
 
 ".Sion shall be ploughed as a field, aiid Jerusalem shall be as a heap of " 
 Btones, and the mountain of the Temple as the high places of the forests." — 
 Jilicheas ill. 12 ; Jer. xxvi. 18. 
 
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 " Our victory complete. Tho robol land 
 Hath drank the blood of that seditious band. 
 More than a million of the .stubborn Jews 
 The desolate iields of Israel strews. f 
 In ])onds we hold some ninety thousand more ; J 
 Of gold and conquered treasure counth'ss store. 
 Proclaim the feast. Let fresh libations flow, 
 And hecatoml)s our grateful homagv show 
 To Rome's immortal Qods, the guardian stay 
 Of Eoman arms that Avard all ills away. 
 Let choicest incense on each altar smoke, 
 And whilst ye, reverent, the Oods invoke, 
 AVith fragrant spices fill the lofty Fane, 
 With sweetest perfumes such as riclu'st plain 
 Of blest Arabia can generous bestow, 
 Cassia, stacte nnd cinnamon, that show 
 AVith Galbanum, Onycha, frankincense, 
 True worship, — homage oi the soul intense." 
 
 Ldinent of Isriiel's Cajitive Prince. 
 
 Sad scenes are these to vanquished Israel: 
 Thus speaks the fallen Chief his grief and wail : 
 "O darkest day, loved friends, that e'er unrolled 
 Ilelentless Fate ! Doomed are we to l)ehold, 
 "We here in bonds, the haicful fiendish deeds 
 Of heathen ]iom(% that thousand victims speeds, 
 In hatred of our name, and with her gods 
 Confounds the (Jod of Israel ! No odds 
 She knows 'twixt Him who, awful, reigns in Heaven, 
 And the dumb idols to lu»r blindn<\ss given. 
 With rites detestable she dares i^rofane. 
 With victims' blood, spices and incense vain, 
 
 t 1,100,000 Jews peiished (iuriug the siege of Jerusalem. 
 X 97,000 were made captive in the whole course of the war. 
 
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 The worship of our fathers ; in her hand 
 The cell Her bearing, erKt in Juda's land 
 Sweet odors poured, the angels bore on high, 
 Kieh I'ragrance, offerings meet to ascend the sky, 
 Titus thanks God I vain mockery of i)iaise, 
 Whilst incense to his idols he can raise, 
 Holy and impure at once t)asely thrown 
 To lifeless stocks and Him who's Crod alone ! 
 
 How foul the revels of the Roman horde ! 
 All sorts of meats unclean deiile their board. 
 They glory in excess and pride in games 
 Marked by such dastard cruelty as shames 
 Humanity. Of beasts the savage fights, 
 Wild beasts devourinij' men, their chief delii»hts. 
 To cheer them Africa's fierce tigers play 
 A\rith limbs of tortured captives ; in the fray 
 Lions half starved commingling wildly tear 
 Each victim quivering in extreme despair. 
 Alas for Israel ! are barb'rous thrown 
 Her brave defenders to the brutes that own 
 No mercy. Some, in fragments rudely torn 
 IJy ruthless soldiers, whilst are iier<-ely borne 
 Others, not few, to instant death. No end 
 To sanuuinarv deeds. Even willini*' lend 
 Their aid to slaughter's work they who hod fought 
 AVhen o'er us victory was won, dear bought. 
 
 Whom woful war, with beasts and murderers, spares. 
 The pious Titus sells, like common wares. 
 And trading Egypt, eager, counts rich gains'^ 
 
 * Titus Ca'^ar ajipoinled otie of his freednien, and also Fronto, one of hi* 
 own friends, to (U'teiniiiie the fate of everyone acconling to his merits. So this 
 FrontD slew all tho.-e who had been sulilioiis and robbers ; b>it of the young men 
 he chose out the tallest and most beautiful and reserved them for the triumph. 
 And as for the rest of tlie multitu<le tliat were above 17 years of age he put them 
 into bonds and sent them to the .E^^ypiian nuuns.—Josephiis. 
 
 For the prophecy >3ce Dent. XX I' I II, 68 ; Jer., Hosea, Esdras, <fcc. 
 
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 Vrom Judii'^' sons, rejoiciiicr in tbpir piiiiis. 
 
 Home saves he, not for lore he bear* our race, 
 
 l?ut to ensure lost Israel's disgrace. 
 
 To Rome ke means that we should humbled 2'o, 
 
 And there of Cjesar's triumph crown the show. 
 
 Thus glories Titus in his conquering powers. 
 
 Defeat, meanwhile, and contumely ours. 
 
 O'er all these eastern climes unquestioned sway 
 
 Yespasian holds. Ere long speeds he away 
 
 In navies grand, that on tlv> midland tide 
 
 Spread far their swelling sails, and proudly ride 
 
 Triumphant ; hastes he to Rome with rich spoil 
 
 Of suV>j('ct nations — such of warlike toil 
 
 The Roman prize. AVith these. wh(»n winter's o'er, 
 
 AVill join the trophies sad of Titus' power. 
 
 Madly then will Rome, to slarery consigned. 
 
 Joy in her shame, blindness with chains combined. 
 
 Yet coralbrt, ye, my friends, the book of Fate 
 Anew shall be unrolled, and from that date, 
 Not distriiit far, divided shall appear 
 That Eminre grand the van<jn!shed nations fear. 
 Ere many days have sped around these shores ' 
 
 Deiiance will be thrown to ]loman powers ; 
 A con([uering ])rince will rudely trample down 
 Rome's tyrant, =* and the Imperial crown 
 A mockery shall be, and men w^ill scorn 
 The name of Roman now so proudly borne. 
 
 More yet a captive Israelite would say : 
 AYhen name and Empire both have passed away 
 Of haughty Rome, a people, yet to be, 
 Will con([uering come, athwart the foaming sea. 
 And glorious liberty, till then unknown, 
 These lands throughout will plant her golden throne, 
 
 * This was cIohb when Sapur, Kiiifj of Persia, having conquered the Emperor 
 Vitellian, made use ot his body as a stepping block when it pieased him to mount 
 his horse. 
 
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 Ves/Hixinn, the elder, home to poirer h// the victorious Les^hns, i^^as 
 now the /fHt/isp/def' ttidsicr of the Eaatern world. It rtitKti.icd for him 
 to paciffi the Wed, niid conxolitfate the Inij^erial fiorer?ifiie/d. For this 
 purpose, he resolves to visit Rome. Titus <dso determines to visit that 
 citji, where the. Iiohor.- of a triumph airuit him. In his fnnn are such of 
 the cd/itives as had f) v- spared. Among these are Simon and John, 
 f he last Princes of the Jews. 
 
 Too Jong had sorrow spread its mourning- pall 
 O'er hninbled Konie. Her i'aied day of ihrall 
 With Gralba, (lallieuiis. Nero ilown, 
 And coarse A^itelliuTs at length o'erthrovvn, 
 She joys once more, the nations far and wide 
 I'ovverinl to sway. Now, as in pristine pride, 
 She bids her Ciesar home, the m.eed oi' Fame 
 Decrees, in triumph hails Vespasian's name. 
 Nor can sIk^ wait until the grand array 
 Her gates a})proacli. Anxious she speeds away 
 Her wise and warlike Emperor to greet, 
 Crown her deliverer with honors meet. 
 Citizens and brnve soldiers haste along. 
 Alike patricians and i)lebeians throng, 
 And crowd Rome's Senators the flowery way. 
 The path ot'THm. the Ciiief. who late could stay 
 Tlie tide of ruin, o'er an empire spread 
 In devastating waves, tliat filled with dread 
 The stoutest Roman heart, lest now their land 
 Should fall and forfeit all its conqm'sts grand. 
 Vespasian comes. Round his triumphal car 
 Lie heaped the trophies of victorious war. 
 The allied nations willing homage pay; 
 Sad and reluctant, .Tuda owns his sway. 
 
 Next to Vespasian, in the glorious train, 
 Is noble Titus seen, who rent in twain 
 The pride of Israel ; and he, that son >*<= 
 In bloom of youth, who yet was only known 
 *Domitian, 
 
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 For valorous deods, for battl<\s bravoly foug'ht 
 
 And honor tor his (.-ountry Irarlc 8s sought. 
 
 Eiu'h Ronuui warrior, then, of hiuhest name, 
 
 Who oiUm valiant strove, in fields of fame, 
 
 With Titus and Vespasian, faithful toiled 
 
 In northern climes, barl)arians despoiled. 
 
 Or sternly awed the Asiatic race. 
 
 While Egypt's sons compelled they to embrace 
 
 The laws of Rome. They, next, I'arthian hordes 
 
 That povverfi'l quelled, to Rome's aspiring Lords 
 
 Made subj(K',t I'ersia's tribes, and by the stream 
 
 Of grand Euphratow conquering <aused to gleam 
 
 The Imperial sword, who to Indus' wave 
 
 And fabled Ganges, by their valor gave 
 
 Bright proofs of Roman power, where'er could soar 
 
 Rome's eagles, o'er each Eastern sea and shore. 
 
 Downcast and sorrowing came the captive band, 
 They who for liberty, in Juda's land, 
 So valiantly had Ibught, who oft the tide 
 Of raging legions dauntless could abide. 
 At times roll bai k, and almost hope to save 
 Their much loved country fated to it's grave. 
 
 Near to the vanquished were the spoils Rome won 
 From agonizing nations, lost, out-done, 
 Struggling for liberty, now borne away. 
 In savage pomp, to grace the grand array 
 Of Caesar's triumph, by glad Romans hailed 
 As proudest trophies, by the fallen bewailed. 
 The broidered robe, the cup of sacrifice. 
 The golden candlestick, each costly prize, 
 From holy shrine and Temple rudely riven — 
 By Fate or fortune to the victor given, — 
 All rich and beauteous things, that could adorn 
 A Roman pageant, in the train are borne. 
 Not Israel's spoils alone, richest dyes 
 Of Tyre and Sidon 'mid the pomp descries 
 
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 Th»' adTniriiiii' Tioman. nabyloiiiau art 
 
 In rich prolusion Ix'tirs a wondrous part. 
 
 Are scH»n, in silver, ivory and uold, 
 
 Choice ol)j(nts in variety untold. 
 
 There, ])nMious stones, as if no long-er rare, 
 
 Shine from their i>olden settinii-s rich and fair. 
 
 Nouiiht could surpass the marvellous display 
 
 From every rlime that 'neath Home's sceptre lay. 
 
 01 many nations' wealth this dazzlinii' show 
 
 Moved slowly on. like to some rivers (low. 
 
 Nor were foruot the i>ainter"s and the sculptor's arts, 
 
 Well planned to ])rove how Komans played their parts^ 
 
 In lields and sieues, 'gainst the strongest ices. 
 
 Here a fierce leui®n, stoutly warring, strews 
 
 The earth with slaughtered enemies, when lo I 
 
 Forced gates and crumbling towers the pictures kIiow. 
 
 liemt spectacle of all to lioman eyes, 
 
 The xN'orst oi war's sad horrors 'neath the skies, 
 
 Grandest rivers, lirst from their mountain spring: 
 
 That sweetly How, then swiftly ruin bring 
 
 To devastated iields, en either side 
 
 The ghastly wrecks of war's destructive tide. 
 
 Next come, for heathen Rome a iitting sight, 
 
 Rome's Gods, reputed source of Roman might. 
 
 Of every shape and hue the Olympian powers, 
 
 Jn massive gold with gems adorned, now towers 
 
 A Roman Deity. Around, with art 
 
 And skill set forth, some lesser Gods bear part 
 
 In the proud paueant, all curiously wrought 
 
 In richest ores, by Roman valor bought. 
 
 Huge ships, as if on Ocean's swelling tide 
 
 Arrayed for battle, slowly seem to glide 
 
 Along the crow^ded way, a novel sight, 
 
 Amid the wealth and pomp that showed Rome's might. 
 
 Now, as at length, the Capitol was gained, 
 The holiest task sublime remained — 
 
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 Th(* !^o(ls to thank. Nor yet could this ho dono, 
 Whilst of tho rohid foe there livtd Ihat one, 
 "VV'ho most deHfd the world-wide Jionuui sway, 
 And, lor a tinu', it's venL«vi'iil arm could stay. 
 
 The last of Israel's Primes in the Roman Forum. 
 
 In times loni^ gone had stormy scenes disi)layed 
 Rome's Forum. Dreadful more Ihe n>lc it played 
 "When o'er its wide extent r med loud and Ion"; 
 Of wrathful citizens the suri>ini>' ihronii". 
 Calm 'mid the storm was seen ihc captive Jew. 
 " Hear me, U, Romans I what I say is true : 
 Light in Deaths shadow shines, and mystic Fate 
 Of times to come reveals the hidden state. 
 Great now y<uir power. comi>osed each civil broil, 
 AVhilst viciorv rewards the warlike toil 
 Of Titus and Vespasian. Vet will lower 
 New skies, and war clouds fatal to your power 
 Will burst o'er Kom<', and as a howling waste 
 Our land you've made, j'ou, as is met>t, will taste 
 The bitter (;up, ye. vengeful, poured so free, 
 In blind obedience to Heaven's decree, 
 On fated Israel. Sweet peace now reigns; 
 Yet ply in darkest Erebtts their pains 
 The hostile (lenii, the cauldron mix 
 That swells w^ith de.stiny, will certain fix 
 Rome's fate, to desolation ruthless give 
 Your city fair, mistress of all that live. 
 Foes press on every side, north, east and west. 
 Speed liercesi hordes, the Furies' fell behest 
 On Rome to execute. First tramples down 
 Victorious Persia the Imperial crown. 
 Wealth, art, letters — all that is noble grand 
 The savage Cloth and Vandal now command. 
 Than Hunnic Attila, more barbarous still, 
 Of sternest mind, indomitable will. 
 A race uncouth, from the cold Northern Sea, 
 
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 H('adloll^^ vvill pour, and, as the Fatos docreeo, 
 
 Komc's boundle.ss \v«nilth will scattor I'ar and wide, 
 
 Her kinjj^doin Avhcliniiiy in the uathcring- tide. 
 
 Hor ill assorted ('nii)ir«', part of clay, 
 
 Of iron part, shall criuiible to decay ; 
 
 Her iiaiiie, so iainous now, shall pass away, 
 
 AVhile .Tuda's land, that you, .so cruel, chose 
 
 To desolate, will blossom like the rose. 
 
 And David's ulory and his royal crown 
 
 Restored will be, enj'oy their old renown ; 
 
 A Prince in justice will the nations sway, 
 
 And mightiest monarchs willing- homage pay." 
 
 Hie excited multitude, delirious with Joi/, torture and put to death 
 Simon and John, the last of ImieV^ commanders. 
 
 Swift to Rome's capitol the tidings flew ; 
 The people's joy to maddened frenzy grew. 
 
 The last of conquered enemies lay low — 
 May now proceed the solemn pomp and show. 
 To Jove Capiiuline were victims slain, 
 While smoke of iragant incense rose amain'. 
 Pious "Vespasian, veiling his dark brow 
 In the Imperial robe poured forth his vow, 
 In suppliant mood, to the Olympian throng, 
 Earnest beseeeching they would, true and long, 
 Hold rule o'er Rome, and ever faithful guide 
 Her destinies, maintain her hard-won pride, 
 Humble her foes, grant victory, her sway 
 Constant secure, and gracious point the way 
 To glories new, in fateful war's great toils 
 Vouchsafe success, and, free from civil broils. 
 Let happy Rome e'er bask Ih the bright sun 
 Of peace, through ages long, till time be done. 
 
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