Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Rome, Hills of | | The Palatine Hill | | Claudian (c. 370–c. 404) |
| | Translated by Joseph Addison
THE PALATINE, proud Rome’s imperial seat, | |
| (An awful pile!) stands venerably great: | |
| Thither the kingdoms and the nations come, | |
| In supplicating crowds, to learn their doom: | |
| To Delphi less the inquiring worlds repair, | 5 |
| Nor does a greater god inhabit there: | |
| This sure the pompous mansion was designed | |
| To please the mighty rulers of mankind; | |
| Inferior temples rise on either hand, | |
| And on the borders of the palace stand, | 10 |
| While o’er the rest her head she proudly rears, | |
| And lodged amidst her guardian gods appears. | | | | |
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