Marius.                         Hark! dost thou hear?

Cethegus.                                          What sound?

Marius.   The tramp of horse;

And lo! the boat awaits us by the shore!

——

Marius, alone, seated among the Ruins of Carthage.

Alone, but not a captive—not o’ercome

By any fate, and reckless of its doom,

Even midst the ruins by his own arm made,

There sits the Exile, lone, but unafraid!