Brings now, with pomp of vine and rose,

This wondering and wondrous beast

From the subjugated East.

In bronze and basalt let us raise

The bust of CÆSAR; he has done

Great things for Rome; but here is one

Above the rest, o'ertopping praise.

The elephants and kings are gone,

But still the roaring tumult sways—

Much for the Conqueror of the East,