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And he shall rule the Romans with his might;

All high-born men upon the earth, and slay

The noble for their wealth, and, robber like,

He shall go to the East; and all deceit

Having the name of a puissant lord

Of Macedon, by the first letter known;

The hard deception of the coming king

The hard deception of the coming king

In the bosom of the army; but the one

In the bosom of the army; but the one

In the bosom of the army; but the one

Slain by strong Ares with the gleaming iron;

And then the kings of Persia shall rise up;

For you first once the yawning earth received.

In the hands of Ares; and the lot of men

In the hands of Ares; and the lot of men

Shall be bad; but then by the eastern way

The other . . . gleaming and this not at once all know;

For all things shall not be (the lot) of all,

And now, Lord of the world, of every realm

Into my heart the oracle divine--

Make thou the word cease; for I do not know

The charming song; for weary is my heart

The immortal holy God imperishable,

And these the heavenly God enjoins on me

All perish, child and the old man who gives

To the assemblies laws; and many wars

Of the Assyrians over all the world,

Of the Assyrians over all the world,

Of the industrious Persians, and with them

His spearmen against the Assyrians

As the deep-flowing silvery Euphrates

In the ranks smitten by the gleaming iron.

In the ranks smitten by the gleaming iron.

A Caesar, shall even all the earth oppress;

And the one name is unto both of them:

Pledge solemn oaths against the white-toothed dogs,

The woolly sheep, and cast his oaths aside;

And the Armenians and Arabians,

The Persians and the Babylonians

The Persians and the Babylonians

Triumphing on the ocean, then is war

For as a fish swims not upon the point

So also are the Persians in that day

Far off from victory, while the fond nurse

Of the Italians, in the plain of Nile

Of the Italians, in the plain of Nile

Reposing by the sacred water's side,

Sends forth the appointed lot to seven-hilled Rome.

Now these things are; and while the name of Rome

So many years shall the great noble city

By reason of the strife of shameful men.

By reason of the wickedness of chiefs.

And there shall come wrath of the mighty God

On the Assyrians and a mountain stream

The Pyramus shall irrigate the city

The Pyramus shall irrigate the city

Of Mopsus; then shall the AEgaeans fall

The arrow-hurling Persians, he himself

With temples and with places for the race,

Into great sorrow; and the laughing spheres

Of the zodiacal vault, Aries,

And fighting for the sake of hateful strife,

By treachery on the older king's account.

Versed in war, coming from the Dacians

Also the letter of the number four,

Also the letter of the number four,

And many shall be slay, and then the king

Even while the kings are cut off, and straightway

Suddenly on the older king's account.

From Syria shall before the Romans come,

And shall pass over the Euphrates' streams,

No longer like the Romans, but like fierce

Down shall the ruler of the Italians fall

Down shall the ruler of the Italians fall

In the ranks smitten by the gleaming iron;

In the ranks smitten by the gleaming iron;

Then also to the Romans there shall come

Unstable nations, on the walls of Rome

And the Syrians shall perish fearfully;

For there shall come upon them the great wrath

Of the Most High and straightway an uprising

of the industrious Persians, and mixed up

With Persians shall the Syrians destroy

The Romans, but by the divine decree

The Romans, but by the divine decree

Front the East unto men of other tongues

Alas, the dark blood of how many men

The land shall drink! For that shall be a time

In which the living uttering o'er the dead

In which the living uttering o'er the dead

Also the fugitive of Rome shall come

Under the spears; and stripping off all things

Alas, how many by the steep high mount

The silver-eddying; for even to the bounds

The silver-eddying; for even to the bounds

With city-wasting Ares and the Carpians

The bastard son shall put the king to death,

The bastard son shall put the king to death,

And yet again the world shall be confused,