and

And then shall Hellenes, proud and impure,

And then shall Hellenes, proud and impure,

And then shall be another kingdom, white

And many-headed, from the western sea,

Which shall rule much land, and shake many men,

And to all kings bring terror afterwards,

And out of many cities shall destroy

Much gold and silver; but in the vast earth

There will again be gold, and silver too,

And ornament. And they will oppress mortals;

And ornament. And they will oppress mortals;

And to those men shall great disaster be,

And forthwith in them there shall be a force

And children they will place in dens of shame;

And in those days there shall be among men

A great affliction, and it shall disturb

All things, and break all things, and fill all things

All things, and break all things, and fill all things

And by ill-gotten wealth in many lands,

And it shall stir up hatred, and all guile

And it shall stir up hatred, and all guile

And then the nation of the mighty God

Shall be again strong and they shall be guides

And what next, and what evil last shall be

And what next, and what evil last shall be

Both Cronos and the mother dearly loved.

And fierce kings overweening and impure,

And fierce kings overweening and impure,

Adulterous and altogether bad;

And for men shall be no more rest from war.

And the dread Phrygians shall perish all,

And unto Troy shall evil come that day.

And to the Persians and Assyrians

And to the Persians and Assyrians

Evil shall straightaway come, and to all Egypt

And Libya and the Ethiopians,

And Libya and the Ethiopians,

And to the Carians and Pamphylians--

And to the Carians and Pamphylians--

And to all mortals. Why now one by one

And who are progeny of righteous men.

The tribe and line of fathers and homeland--

The tribe and line of fathers and homeland--

And noble deeds have ever been a care.

And then did they teach miserable men

From good ways and just deeds. But they have care

For righteousness and virtue, and not greed,

For righteousness and virtue, and not greed,

War and unending famine. But with them

Just measure, both in fields and cities, holds,

Nor drive off herds of cattle, sheep, and goats,

With wheat and wine and oil; and always does

With wheat and wine and oil; and always does

With wheat and wine and oil; and always does

From Egypt, and with leaders sent of God

And during all the day by one of cloud,

Beside a marsh, and carried off and reared

Beside a marsh, and carried off and reared

And called her son. And at the time he came

And called her son. And at the time he came

Which he enjoined to do; and if, perchance,

For all, and in all hearts as best gift thought.]

A hundredfold from one, and thus completes

And even thou, forsaking thy fair shrine,

To leave the holy land. And thou shalt be

Carried to the Assyrians, and shalt see

Young children and wives serving hostile men;

And every means of life and wealth shall perish;

And every means of life and wealth shall perish;

And every land shall be filled up with thee,

And every sea; and everyone shall be

And every sea; and everyone shall be

Offended with thy customs; and thy land

Shall all be desert; and the altar fenced

And temple of the great God and long walls

And temple of the great God and long walls

Unseemly images, and didst not fear

And the wonders of thy temple all be waste.

And greatest glory, as the immortal God

Granted thee. But do thou wait and confide

And then will God from heaven send a king

To judge each man in blood and light of fire.

Shall be unfailing; and as times revolve

This race shall bear rule and begin to build

God's temple new. And all the Persian kings

Shall aid with bronze and gold and well-wrought iron.

Shall aid with bronze and gold and well-wrought iron.

By night. And then the temple shall again

And I prayed the great Father for a rest

And he bade me proclaim through all the earth

And plant in royal minds things yet to be.

And in my mind God put this first to say

And for the offspring of the Assyrian men!

Shall some time come, and shout of mortal men

And stroke of the great God, who inspires songs,

And out of heaven from holy ones to thee

Shall it come down, and the soul in thy children

And then shalt thou be, as thou wast before,

As one not born; and then shalt thou be filled

Didst shed that of good, just, and holy men,