Cicero

  The Roman orator spoke out
  'midst civil war and strife:
  «Too long I slumbered, and Rome's night
  Has overtaken me upon my journey! »
  True! But in parting with Rome's glory
  From the Capitoline heights
  You watched in all its grandeur
  The setting of her bloody sun! . . .

  Blessed are they who sojourned here
  In this world's fateful hours-
  For they were summoned by the angels
  As guests to a great feast;
  They witnessed spectacles majestic,
  Were brought into the inner circle,
  And, while there, drank immortal life
  From heav'n's own chalice!