The Ruins Of Rome/IV

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The Ruins Of Rome ~ IV written by Joachim Du Bellay translated by A. S. Kline

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Les Antiquités de Rome - IV.

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IV
 
She, who with her head the stars surpassed,
One foot on Dawn, the other on the Main,
One hand on Scythia, the other Spain,
Held the round of earth and sky encompassed:

Jupiter fearing, if higher she was classed,
That the old Giants’ pride might rise again,
Piled these hills on her, these seven that soar,
Tombs of her greatness at the heavens cast.

On her head he heaped the high Capitol,
Then on her belly set the Quirinal,
On her stomach planted old Palatine,

On her right hand the Caelian stone,
On her left the Esquiline’s long bone,
On her foot, Viminal and Aventine.