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VENI, VIDI, VICI
ON THE KAISER'S VISIT
The message by its brevity so great,Summing in three thrice-memorable words
The lightning of the sudden Latin swords,
And ruin of base son of Mithridate;
This History now, with Fame confederate,
Rescribes, old phrase with modern deed accords,
Nor lesser than the Roman's praise awards
To helmsman of the ship of German State.
Compeers in action swift, in vision sure:
But widening world and vaster issues bring
To Kaiser than to Cæsar nobler part.
Old glory by the recent beams obscure:
Cæsar came, saw, and smote a Pontic king;
Kaiser in triumph leads a people's heart.
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