Harnessed with thrice the ghost of her dead sire,

Your mother is tonight! She knows, she knows

How galleys founder when no tempest blows

And moonlight slumbers on a glassy deep!

The beast our wound has wakened shall not sleep

Till it be gorged with slaughter, or be slain!

Lull not your heart, O Caesar! It is vain

To dream this cub-lorn tigress will not turn.

Lo, flaring through the dawn I see her burn,

A torch of revolution! Hear her raise