O more than human Sea

That spared my mother that her son might live!

What bounty can I give?

I—Caesar—falter beggared at this gift

Of living words that lift

My mother from the regions of the dead!

Ah—I shall set a crown upon your head,

Snip you a kingdom from Rome’s flowing robe!

I’ll temple you in splendors! Yea, I’ll probe

Your secret heart to know what wishes pant