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“Diis te minorem quod geris, imperas
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Hor. Od iii. 6.
Why in the shades of ancient Rome
Did Empire make her wondrous home,
So deep her strong foundations cast,
With power that lingers to the last?
Did Empire make her wondrous home,
So deep her strong foundations cast,
With power that lingers to the last?
It is that to the Roman tongue
A mystic word there did belong,
Which changeful Greece could ne'er supply,
That word of power is “Piety.”
A mystic word there did belong,
Which changeful Greece could ne'er supply,
That word of power is “Piety.”
“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand
riches and honour.”
Prov. iii. 16.
The kingdom of the imperial Czar
Now seems to issue from afar,
And o'er the ages yet to be
To rise in tranquil majesty.
Now seems to issue from afar,
And o'er the ages yet to be
To rise in tranquil majesty.
Her strength she builds o'er sea and land
Upon Mount Sinai's fifth command,
Which casts its shadow long before,
And hath the length of days in store.
Upon Mount Sinai's fifth command,
Which casts its shadow long before,
And hath the length of days in store.
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