And Rome, indeed,

Robed at Goito in fantastic weed,

The Mother-City of his Mantuan days,

Looked an established point of light whence rays

Traversed the world; for, all the clustered homes

Beside of men, seemed bent on being Romes

In their degree; the question was, how each

Should most resemble Rome, clean out of reach.

How if, in the reintegration of Rome,

Nor, of the Two, did either principle