Exposed to view, a fiercely blazing fire,
Fed with their corpses and their riches rare.
And as I gazed, there came with kindling ire
Theogenes, that valiant Numantine,
Intent on death with an insane desire;
And as he cursed his fate and luckless sign,
He sprang into the middle of the flame,
With fury suited to his mad design;
And as he sprang, he cried: "O brilliant Fame,
Come hither with thy countless tongues and eyes,