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To be inquired of by men yet to be,

To be inquired of by men yet to be,

But what God gave for faithful men to honor;

A cloud of dust borne forth to all the earth,

But all must sacrifice to the great King.

For Hellas to proclaim to all the wrath

For Hellas to proclaim to all the wrath

And that I might to mortals prophesy

But at that time when all thing come to pass

To my ancestors; what things were the first

Those God made known to me; and in my mind

Did God put all things to be afterwards,

That I might prophesy of things to come,

To whom the first things happened, and the last

To prophesy; no oracle am I

Most dumb and toothless to a temple drawn,

Struck through my heart within to make me tell

Truly to men what things have now befallen

From the first generation to the eleventh;

For he himself by bringing them to pass

O people, to the Sibyl give all ear,

To the great glory of one God and not

They'll falsely charge to them as many deeds

To believe. But when judgment of the world

To lower darkness [and then they shall know

God giving to them breath and life and grace.

Shall come to pass; and now what things shall be

In which times those events shall come to pass:

To Phrygia sorrow and to Asia doom.

To Phrygia sorrow and to Asia doom.

To the tenth generation, also then

And Babylon, great to see but small to fight,

And Babylon, great to see but small to fight,

It shall take place among those yet to be,

O'erpouring, to the sacred isle shall come.

And to Rhodes shall come evil last, but greatest.

To flee away into another land,

To Solyma an evil blast of war

Awakened of war shall come to the West,

And more shall she to Asia render back,

Nor lead the mighty God to wrath extreme;

And lifting up your hands to heaven seek pardon

To dust and ashes, and God shall have calmed

God giving spirit life and joy to them

To Ares dear, and after the young babes,

And in like manner after him to reign

Then Memphis, Memphis cast headlong to earth

And he shall come to Ocean's utmost water

Putting to death and daring countless things;

Sister of Isis, to lay up in heart

Of Egypt even to sixteen cubits deep;

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

Which have no speech, nor mind, nor power to hear;

Which things it is not right for me to mention,

With countless numbers rushing to destruction.

He shall come, wishing to destroy the city

Shall judgement by the Immortal come to men.

Why dost thou move me to declare these things,

Go to the East, to races of the Persians

Go to the East, to races of the Persians

That which is now and that which is to be.

Shall to the isles beam brightly. Pergamos,

To ashes, wail, and o'er great Syria,

(Pretending once to bear the forms, of beasts).

A man made equal to God, whom, they say,

Applause for his sweet Songs, shall put to death

And he shall come to monarchs of the Medes

And Persians, first whom he loved and to whom

To lord Poseidon; then a great star shall come

To suffer evils, but thou shalt remain

For thee? Thou shalt not even to the time

There shall be moving downwards to the earth

As it hath been appointed. For to him

God gave strength to accomplish that which could

To others, so that kings unclean shall eat

But the wicked, who to heaven sent lawless speech,

And what things Egypt taught to magnify

And ruined, and be also changed to dust.

And to Asia gloomy. . . .

In that day summer. And to mortal men

And lawless, shall to heaven not so much

Reduced to ashes, by Eridanus

With riches mixed, what thou hast longed to have

Take me not, willing, to the neighboring land

Father of all, be gracious to the land

This land first that it might appear to be

And to hold fast what God put in their charge.

I yearn to see, and wall between two seas

Shall in a mass bring evil strife to pass.

By deadly sting to perish utterly.

To lifeless Hermae and to gods of stone.

To lifeless Hermae and to gods of stone.

It doth behoove them faithfully to love

Much war shall come to men, and blood shall flow

But to the king destruction. And a wind

And noblest men. Thus shall be made to cease

Caused thee to stiffer all things. Hold thou fast

Which thou hadst, sending hostages to Rome

Bitter vexation to the enemies,

And ships no longer sail to Italy,