Come as the Cæsars came! Be that your part,

Bright robed, triumphant, bold for victory,

And o’er my conquered soul cry—“Triompe!

XVIII

You praised my speech to-day. You said I’d caught,

Wandering in many lands ’mong many men,

Colorful vowel richnesses learned then

Of many tongues. When first we met you thought

This gave me added charm, that thus I ought

Be not one woman—O! proud praise again!—