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A CONGRATULATORY ODE.
(1878.)
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[The true version of the congratulatory Latin ode addressed to the Berlin Congress by “the well-known German poet Gustave Schwetschke,” and “distributed by Prince Bismarck's request among the Plenipotentiaries”—none other being genuine.]
Rideamus igitur,
Socii Congressus;
Post dolores bellicosos,
Post labores bumptiosos,
Fit mirandus messus.
Socii Congressus;
Post dolores bellicosos,
Post labores bumptiosos,
Fit mirandus messus.
Ubi sunt qui apud nos
Lites litigâre,
Moldo-Wallachæ frementes,
Græculi esurientes?
Heu! absquatulâre.
Lites litigâre,
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Græculi esurientes?
Heu! absquatulâre.
Ubi sunt provinciæ
Quas est laus pacâsse?
Totæ, totæ sunt partitæ:
Has tulerunt Muscovitæ,
Illas Count Andrassy.
Quas est laus pacâsse?
Totæ, totæ sunt partitæ:
Has tulerunt Muscovitæ,
Illas Count Andrassy.
Et quid est quod Angliæ
Dedit hic Congressus?
Jus pro aliis pugnandi,
Mortuum vivificandi—
Splendidi successus!
Dedit hic Congressus?
Jus pro aliis pugnandi,
Mortuum vivificandi—
Splendidi successus!
Vult Joannes decipi
Et bamboosulatur.
Io Beacche! Quæ majestas!
Ostreæ reportans testas
Domum gloriatur!
Et bamboosulatur.
Io Beacche! Quæ majestas!
Ostreæ reportans testas
Domum gloriatur!
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