Vergil 6 - Roman Glory

Romany Glory

huc geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem

Romanosque tuos. hic Caesar et omnis Iuli

progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790

hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis,

Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet

saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva

Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos

proferet imperium; iacet extra sidera tellus, 795

extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas

axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.

huius in adventum iam nunc et Caspia regna

responsis horrent divum et Maeotia tellus,

et septemgemini turbant trepida ostia Nili. 800


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