And he would be as generous a friend
As you could wish—resign his legions too—”
Ah, Cicero!—What’s this, here at the end?
“Remember the Republic! Caesar, Caesar!
Gaze not in that Medusa’s face. Your soul
Stands here at stake, you hold the fate of Rome
In your two hands. Gaze not in that dread face!”
Another letter! What ... from Calinus ...
How our lives part ... and men part.... Why the last
Time that I saw him was ... how long ago ...