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Then the progeny that springs from the forests of our land,
“隨后，我們的子孫后代，
Armed with thunder, clad with wings,
戴上翅膀，以驚雷作為武器，
Shall a wider world command.
這樣就能征服更廣闊的世界。”
Regions Caesar never knew,
“凱撒從未聽說過的那些地方，
Thy posterity shall sway;
你的子孫后代們就要在那里扎根；
Where his eagles never flew—
在那里，凱撒的鷹犬無法進入——
None invincible as they. —
他們甚至不知道其存在。——”
Such the bard's prophetic words, pregnant with celestial fire,
這些預言和天火一樣重要，
Bending as he swept the chords
好像是吟游詩人在撫琴，
Of his sweet but awful lyre.
琴聲甜美而可怕。
She, with all a monarch's pride,
她以一個君主的尊嚴
Felt them in her bosom glow;
感覺到這些話語在內心的翻騰；
Rushed to battle, fought, and died, —
沖上戰場，戰斗，死去——
Dying, hurled them at the foe
臨死前也要將武器投向敵人：
Ruffians! pitiless as proud,
“無情的惡魔！
Heaven awards the vengeance due;
上天賜予了我們復仇的權利；
Empire is on us bestowed, —
我們要奪回自己的國土，——
Shame and ruin wait for you!
等待你們的只有恥辱和滅亡！”
—Cowper
—考珀
