Thou’lt see me in the Pluvial too,
The purple robe so glorious,
The gift of the Saracen Sultan erst
To Otto, the Cæsar victorious.
Beneath, I shall wear the Dalmatian dress,
Whereon, in each species of jewel,
A train of lions and camels is work’d,
And fabulous monsters and cruel.
Upon my breast the stole I shall wear,
Significantly blended
With eagles black on a yellow ground,—
The garment is really splendid.
Farewell! Posterity shall say
I reign’d with honest intention.—
Who knows? Posterity perchance
My name will never mention.
20. RECOLLECTIONS FROM KRÄHWINKEL’S DAYS OF TERROR.
We, mayor and senate of the town,
The following orders now lay down
To all who love their city truly,
Enjoining them to keep them duly.
’Tis foreigners and strangers most
Who their rebellious spirit boast;
Thank God, such rogues (to put it fairly)
The children of the soil are rarely.
The Atheists likewise are concern’d;
For he by whom his God is spurn’d
Is sure at last to hold detested
All those on earth with power invested.
Christian and Jew, at close of day,
Must shut their shops without delay;
“Obey your rulers” should be ever
Both Jew and Christian’s first endeavour.
No person shall be seen at night
In any street without a light;
Where three or more in groups are standing,
Let them at once begin disbanding.