he

And he alone shall sail both east and west.

Down upon Asia Ares comes, he comes

Around the tables when he shall have left

And he himself in turn by his own son,

And ere he shall put forth another shoot

He shall cease; but a root shall sprout again

And twice ten, from the time when he shall rule

Even he who cleft the violence of fire,

O thou of goodly fruit, he shall be full

For he, great soul, shall be the best in wars;

Under the spear. And laws will he ordain

Having great fame he shall wield scepter long;

For no short time shall he last nor shall ever

And also in the noble earth he showed

Numbers three hundred, and he shall destroy

And he himself by his power shall subvert

And he himself shall ravage afterwards

Which is devising evils. And then he

Will show the number three; and he much gold

From wars; and he shall make known many things

And many lawless things will he perform,

Of the assembly he will also slay.

Born to wealth he shall utterly destroy,

And he shall cleave the mountain of two seas,

Shall he return, but God will prove him naught.

And while he rules there shall be peace profound

Looking with anxious care he will appoint

And he himself an actor will contend

Along with harp-string; later he will flee

Illy will he repay the harm he wrought.

Illy will he repay the harm he wrought.

Shall point out clearly; he shall overthrow

Yet he shall also fall by treachery,

But he himself shall in mid breast receive

Of the great royal hall shall he fall down

But he shall rule few; for in Hades' halls

For a former king's sake he shall wounded go.

Which is much varied, and he shall destroy

Shall he be; foreign dust shall hide his corpse,

Presenting. Temples he shall dedicate

Both gold and amber much will he supply

All will he from the sanctuaries keep;

Will he place . . . ruling . . . thunderbolt;

And great peace shall be when he shall be lord;

And he shall be a minstrel of rich voice

But he shall fall, unloosing his own fate.

He that before was wounded, shall again

Shall he destroy them. And then shall the king

In many wise things skilled, and he shall have

Of the first unit; and he shall be good

Shall he adorn the walls of Rome with gold

And silver and ivory; and he shall go

And he shall sack the whole land of the Germans,

When he prays. But when these things are fulfilled

Succeeding to the kingdom, he shall die

Of mind shall grasp all things; and he shall rival

But he shall live in peril all alone.

When smitten with sharp brass he with the sword

And burdened with old age; but he shall make

And many sorrows shall he bring to pass,

And groans, and he shall plunder many men;

But he himself shall be short-lived and fall

A warlike Ares he shall come to Thrace;

And he shall flee thereafter and shall come

Another sign: he shall contrive a war

And he shall rule the Romans with his might;

He shall go to the East; and all deceit

Bringing in broils around him he shall flee

Stripped naked he shall fall by gleaming iron,

What things I say; for thou art in me he

GREAT word divine he bids me sing again--

For by his friend betrayed he shall fall down

Then, having misled, he will tear in pieces

The arrow-hurling Persians, he himself

And numbering three hundred; he shall have

From Syria appearing, he by guile

Her holy city. But when he by flight

And he shall burn thee, and dispose all things

And making naked he shall leave thee thus

Sees he shall of a sudden weep for thee.

And he himself for his impiety

First letter; but he too shall quickly fall

Shall he accomplish all things. And then too

Shall he destroy the well-horned rapid stag,

And the he-goat that sideways moves along,

And after him fame follows; he himself

And over them he stirs up what is dark;

And shall destroy all, he shall also tear

Because of wrath of kings, and he shall hurl

For hurtful he himself shall come from heaven,

And some he will destroy by lightnings burned,

But he shall be a sport for dogs and birds

And wolves, for he a martial people spoiled.

Then shall he under powerful Ares die

Of the first letter, and he shall himself

And having the good name he shall thereto

Add by good deeds. But while he reigns there shall

And many shall he utterly destroy

While he holds wrath against it. And a sign

And he, betrayed, shall fall by gleaming iron.