of

Complete of old age on the father came,

And Aphrodite fond of crowns, Demeter,

And Hestia and Dione of fair locks

And others of the same ancestral blood,

And they judged Cronos should reign king of all,

For he was oldest and of noblest form.

Three men of Crete by oath she quickly sent

Noblest of women, at Dodona bear,

And then the sons of powerful Cronos heard,

And this is the beginning of dire war

With mortals the prime origin of war.]

And all of Titans and of Cronos born

And all of Titans and of Cronos born

The Egyptian kingdom, then that of the Persians

And of the Medes, and Ethiopians,

And of Assyria and Babylon,

And then that of the Macedonians,

Egyptian yet again, then that of Rome.

And then a message of the mighty God

Have been together gathered of mankind.

For first of all the house of Solomon

For first of all the house of Solomon

Shall include horsemen of Phœnicia

And Syria, and of the islands too,

And the race of Pamphylians and Persians

And the race of the Lydians rich in gold.

Great, shrewd, who as a fearful cloud of war

Shall come to mortals. But the God of heaven

And out of many cities shall destroy

Of wickedness, male will consort with male,

And children they will place in dens of shame;

But most of all in Macedonia.

Of which a king of Egypt shall be king

Of which a king of Egypt shall be king

And then the nation of the mighty God

Of life to all men. But why did God place

On all men? Which of these shall take the lead?

Who dwell by the great temple of Solomon

And who are progeny of righteous men.

Alike of all these also I will tell

The tribe and line of fathers and homeland--

Ur of the Chaldees, whence there is a race

Of men most righteous, to whom both good will

Of the sun's revolution, nor the moon's,

Of joy-imparting sea Oceanus,

Nor signs of sneezing, nor the wings of birds,

Nor signs of sneezing, nor the wings of birds,

Nor tricks of dull words of ventriloquists,

Nor tricks of dull words of ventriloquists,

Of the Chaldeans, nor astronomize;

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

Nor neighbor remove landmarks of a neighbor,

Nor any man of great wealth grieve the one

At the time of the harvests unto them

The saying of the mighty God, a hymn

Now when the people of twelve tribes depart

From Egypt, and with leaders sent of God

Nightly pursue their way by a pillar of fire

And during all the day by one of cloud,

And every means of life and wealth shall perish;

And temple of the great God and long walls

The holy law of the immortal God

The immortal Father, God of all mankind,

Of mortals thou didst honor Therefore now

Of time seven decades shall thy fruitful land

And the wonders of thy temple all be waste.

To judge each man in blood and light of fire.

There is a royal tribe, the race of which

Was set a message of the mighty God

And for the offspring of the Assyrian men!

Through all the earth the rush of sinful 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

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

And famine shall prevail until of kings

Alas for thee, O land of Gog and Magog

In the midst of the rivers of Ethiopia!

In the midst of the rivers of Ethiopia!

What pouring out of blood shalt thou receive,

And house of judgment among men be called,

And thy land of much dew shall drink black blood!

Both sea and land! O daughters of the west,

In pieces the great house of the Immortal,

Full of the dead, some of them fallen by war

Full of the dead, some of them fallen by war

And by the demon of all violence,

Of the sword and of famine and of death,

Of the sword and of famine and of death,

Of the sword and of famine and of death,

And murder of great leaders and chief men.

And the vast flow shall hold a neck of land.

Know then that the destructive race of Egypt

As much of tribute as Rome did receive

Of Asia, even thrice as many goods

A house of the Italians, twenty times

O virgin, soft rich child of Latin Rome,

Raise thee to heaven, for mortals of low rank

And of unrighteous life are held fast bound.

And of avenging Smyrna overthrown