With these sagacious Roman soldiers there,
Who for a time will rise to glory's height,
While those poor Spaniards perish in despair;
But time will come when I shall change it all,
Will smite the mighty, and assist the small.
For I, who am the great and powerful War,
(By countless mothers all in vain abhorred,
Though he who curses me at times errs far,
Unconscious of the worth that owns me lord)
Do know right well that through all lands that are