“The tribune of the people, who could stay
A tumult by the lifting of his hand,
And by the lifting of his voice could bring
An array round him”—
by his mother named Ciceruacchio, “Fair and strong.”
“And still the name grew with him as he grew
To stature stateliest, and strongest arm,
And fairest face of all the City.”
And we talked of the great deeds of that fateful year as we followed the street which is now called by the name of him.
“Who with deep eyes, silent and resolute,