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ROME! what a scroll of History thine has been; / In the first days thy sword republican / Ruled the whole world for many an age's span: / Then of the peoples wert thou royal Queen, / Till in thy streets the bearded Goth was seen; / And now upon thy walls the breezes fan / (Ah, city crowned by God, discrowned by man! ) / The hated flag of red and white and green. / When was thy glory! when in search for power / Thine eagles flew to greet the double sun, / And the wild nations shuddered at thy rod? / Nay, but thy glory tarried for this hour, / When pilgrims kneel before the Holy One, / The prisoned shepherd of the Church of God. / MONTRE MARIO