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Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev - Cicero
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The Roman orator spoke out
 `midst civil war and strife:
"Too long I slumbered, and Rome`s night
 Has overtaken me upon my journey!"
 True! But in parting with Rom`s glory
 From the Capitoline heights
 You watched in all its grandeur
 The setting of her bloody sun! . . .
 Blessed are they who sojourned here
 In this world`s fateful hours-
 For they were summoned by the angels
 As guests to a great feast;
 They witnessed spectacles majestic,
 Were brought into the inner circle,
 And, while there, drank immortal life
 From heav`n`s own chalice!
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