age of story was when he was king, so calm and peaceful
his rule over his people; till gradually there crept in a 30
race of worse grain and duller hue, and the frenzy of war,
and the greed of having. Then came the host of Ausonia
and the Sicanian tribes, and again and again Saturn’s
land changed its name; then came king after king, savage
Thybris with his giant bulk, from whom in after days we 35
Italians called the river Tiber: the authentic name of
ancient Albula was lost. Myself, an exile from my country,
while voyaging to the ends of the sea, all-powerful