thou

Again with blood, as thou thyself before

And dreadful, to thy homes, which thou didst hope

What pouring out of blood shalt thou receive,

Therefore shalt thou then look upon thy land

Drunken with wine, now shalt thou be a slave

A spoil shalt thou become for greedy men.

Thou some time shalt by Asia be laid waste,

Shalt thou receive. And Cragus, lofty mount

Shall crash the crested billow. And thou, Rhodes,

But afterwards a spoil shalt thou become

And thou thyself beside hot ashes stretched,

As thou in thine own heart didst not foresee,

Shalt slay thyself. And thou shalt not of men

A spoiler, then, Laodicea, thou,

And Sicyon, with strong yells, and Corinth, thou

Fire ne'er shall leave thee, but thou shalt be burned.

Woe, woe to thee, O Thrace! So shalt thou come

Much shalt thou give, not anything receive.

O Greece, why hast thou trusted mortal men

And wherefore bringest thou thy foolish gifts

But thou, O mortal full of various wiles,

Do not delay and loiter, but do thou,

On miserable men. But do thou heed

Do thou not let an evil meet with thee.

The mighty, that thou mayest share those things;

That thou may'st know when the end of all things

Will prove all things. But do thou in all things,

And thou, O wretched Corinth, thou shalt look

And thou, O wretched Corinth, thou shalt look

But thou, a city firmly set, again

Shalt thou, in manner like an alien, pray

Because of thine own follies thou shalt fall.

Then know thou that God is no longer mild,

Thou best of all, above all, dark-haired one,

And thou shalt be in evil hands that day

Memphis, thou most shalt over Egypt wail;

Thou shalt become poor, so that out of heaven

O'er craven mortals greatly, thou shalt wail

Full of pain and all-hapless, so that thou

Is now thy mighty pride? Because thou didst

Thou shalt for such things suffer penalty

Fallen from the stars, thou shalt not rise to heaven."

For thy pride thou shalt pay as many things

As thou before didst. Silent shalt thou be

As thou before didst. Silent shalt thou be

And then shalt thou, in cities very rich,

Why dost thou move me to declare these things,

Thou shalt be among evil mortals made

To suffer evils, but thou shalt remain

Hating thy soil; for thou didst have desire

Thou evil city, womanish, unjust,

Thou city of the Latin land, unclean

Over thy banks a widow shalt thou sit

And impious soul. Didst thou not understand

But thou saidst, "I'm alone, and me no one

And mixed with burning fire inhabit thou

Thou shalt be filled up with the dead; in thee

So that thou mayest cease from wickedness.

Much-weeping, thou a widow shalt remain

Through all time. Thou didst full of years become

While thou alone wast ruling o'er the world;

Shall slay the people; but thou, wretched one,

And thou shalt make atonement for all things

Which thou aforetime with a shameless soul

For thee? Thou shalt not even to the time

And weep thou, Corinth, the destruction sad

O thou unstable one and ill-advised,

Restored again,--thou leader insolent

Hast thou disposed all things and washed away

Thou hast brought forward these unstable things;

And how dost thou say, "I will thee persuade,"

And "If in any thing thou blame me, speak?"

Because of this, thou narrow-minded one

Restored again,--hear, O thou curse of men,

Thus shalt thou be by earthquakes overthrown

Thou also, Hierapolis, sole land

With riches mixed, what thou hast longed to have

Thou shalt have, even a land of many tears,

Since thou wast angry towards a land beside

For thou, O God, in kindness didst regard

Thou wicked city all-bewailed, possessed

And city of all cities, thou no more

Of the Euphrates; thou shalt be laid low

Caused thee to stiffer all things. Hold thou fast

Ask not nor be concerned how thou shalt lead

The Persians or how thou shalt rule the Medes;

Which thou hadst, sending hostages to Rome

And serving Asia, thou that formerly

Because of whom thou hast suffered baneful things;

And thou shalt give instead of crooked words

Until thou to a worthless ruin fall,

Isis, thrice wretched goddess, thou alone

And also thou, Sarapis, who art placed

Shalt thou in thrice unhappy Egypt lie.

Are evil woes laid up; for thou thyself

But thou shalt look upon a heavenly house,

When thou, O God, shalt flash thine eye of fire.

O RHODES, thou art unhappy; for first thee,

Thee will I mourn; and thou shalt be the first

Of cities, and first shalt thou be destroyed,