Tomakeitscitizengladwelcomethere;
Andnowwithintheearenotwithoutwar
Thylivingones, andonedothgnawtheother
Ofthosewhomonewallandonefosseshutin!
Search, wretchedone, allroundabouttheshores
Thyseaboard, andthenlookwithinthybosom,
Ifanypartoftheeenjoyethpeace!
Whatbootsit, thatfortheeJustinian
Thebridlemend, ifemptybethesaddle?
Withoutenthistheshamewouldbetheless.
Ah! people, thouthatoughtesttobedevout,
AndtoletCaesarsituponthesaddle,
IfwellthouhearestwhatGodteacheththee,
Beholdhowfellthiswildbeasthasbecome,
Beingnolongerbythespurcorrected,
Sincethouhastlaidthyhanduponthebridle.
OGermanAlbert! whoabandonest
Herthathasgrownrecalcitrantandsavage,
Andoughtesttobestridehersaddle-bow,
Mayajustjudgmentfromthestarsdownfall
Uponthyblood, andbeitnewandopen,
Thatthysuccessormayhavefearthereof;
Becausethyfatherandthyselfhavesuffered,
Bygreedofthosetransalpinelandsdistrained,
Thegardenoftheempiretobewaste.
ComeandbeholdMontecchiandCappelletti,
MonaldiandFillippeschi, carelessman!
Thosesadalready, andthesedoubt-depressed!
Come, cruelone! comeandbeholdtheoppression
Ofthynobility, andcuretheirwounds,
AndthoushaltseehowsafeisSantafiore!
ComeandbeholdthyRome, thatislamenting,
Widowed, alone, anddayandnightexclaims,
"MyCaesar, whyhastthouforsakenme?"
Comeandbeholdhowlovingarethepeople;
Andifforusnopitymoveththee,
Comeandbemadeashamedofthyrenown!
Andifitlawfulbe, OJoveSupreme!
Whouponearthforuswastcrucified,
Arethyjusteyesavertedotherwhere?
