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M. Annaeus Lucanus, Pharsalia (ed. Sir Edward Ridley), book 3, line 298 (search)
hat thou wilt: cut off the source that fills ' Our foaming river, force us, prone in thirst, ' To dig the earth and lap the scanty pool; ' Seize on our corn and leave us food abhorred: ' This people shall not shun, for freedom's sake, ' The ills Saguntum bore in Punic siege; Murviedro of the present day. Its gallant defence against Hannibal has been compared to that of Saragossa against the French. ' Torn, vainly clinging, from the shrunken breast ' The starving babe shall perish in the flames. Murviedro of the present day. Its gallant defence against Hannibal has been compared to that of Saragossa against the French. ' Torn, vainly clinging, from the shrunken breast ' The starving babe shall perish in the flames. ' Wives at their husbands' hands shall pray their fate, ' And brothers' weapons deal a mutual death. ' Such be our civil war; not, Caesar, thine.' But Caesar's visage stern betrayed his ire Which thus broke forth in words: ' Vain is the hope Ye rest upon my march: speed though I may Towards my western goal, time still remains To blot Massilia out. Rejoice, my troops! ' Unsought the war ye longed for meets you now: The fates concede it. As the tempests lose Their strength by sturdy forests unopp