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O Rome! my country! city of the soul!
O Rome! my country! city of the soul!
 I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
 Than such a Roman.  
 I had rather be a dog and bay the moon
 Than such a Roman. 
 When you are at Rome, do as you see.
 [Sp., Cuando a Roma fueres, haz como vieres.]  
 When you are at Rome, do as you see.
 [Sp., Cuando a Roma fueres, haz como vieres.] 
 See the wild Waste of all-devouring years!
 How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,
  With nodding arches, read more 
 See the wild Waste of all-devouring years!
 How Rome her own sad Sepulchre appears,
  With nodding arches, broken temples spread!
   The very Tombs now vanish'd like their dead! 
 In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge.
 A coin unsordid as a bond of love--
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 In tears I tossed my coin from Trevi's edge.
 A coin unsordid as a bond of love--
  And, with the instinct of the homing dove,
   I gave to Rome my rendezvous and pledge.
    And when imperious Death
     Has quenched my flame of breath,
      Oh, let me join the faithful shades that throng that fount above. 
 To Rome for everything.
 [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.]  
 To Rome for everything.
 [Sp., Y a Roma pro todo.] 
 [Rome] Widow of a King-people, but still queen of the world.
 [Fr., Veuve d'un peuple-roi, mais reine encore du read more 
 [Rome] Widow of a King-people, but still queen of the world.
 [Fr., Veuve d'un peuple-roi, mais reine encore du monde.] 
 All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should 
choose different paths.
 [Fr., Tous chemins vont read more 
 All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should 
choose different paths.
 [Fr., Tous chemins vont a Rome; ainsi nos concurrents
  Crurent pouvoir choisir des sentiers differents.] 
 Rome, Rome, thou art no more
 As thou hast been!
  On thy seven hills of yore
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 Rome, Rome, thou art no more
 As thou hast been!
  On thy seven hills of yore
   Thou sat'st a queen.