<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510871" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Rimini</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Marching Song of a Roman Legion of the Later Empire</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I left Rome for Lalage's sake,<br>By the Legions' Road to Rimini,<br>She vowed her heart was mine to take<br>With me and my shield to Rimini--<br>(Till the Eagles flew from Rimini--)<br>And I've tramped Britain, and I've tramped Gaul<br>And the Pontic shore where the snow-flakes fall<br>As white as the neck of Lalage--<br>(As cold as the heart of Lalage!)<br>And I've lost Britain, and I've lost Gaul,<br>And I've lost Rome and, worst of all,<br>I've lost Lalage!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you go by the Via Aurelia<br>As thousands have traveled before<br>Remember the Luck of the Soldier<br>Who never saw Rome any more!<br>Oh, dear was the sweetheart that kissed him,<br>And dear was the mother that bore;<br>But his shield was picked up in the heather,<br>And he never saw Rome any more!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he left Rome, etc.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">When you go by the Via Aurelia<br>That runs from the City to Gaul,<br>Remember the Luck of the Soldier<br>Who rose to be master of all!<br>He carried the sword and the buckler,<br>He mounted his guard on the Wall,<br>Till the Legions elected him Caesar,<br>And he rose to be master of all!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And he left Rome, etc.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It's twenty-five marches to Narbo,<br>It's forty-five more up the Rhone,<br>And the end may be death in the heather<br>Or life on an Emperor's throne.<br>But whether the Eagles obey us,<br>Or we go to the Ravens--alone,<br>I'd sooner be Lalage's lover<br>Than sit on an Emperor's throne!</div><div style="margin:10px 0">We've all left Rome for Lalage's sake, etc.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rudyard+Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=510871" data-title="Rimini de Rudyard Kipling" data-description="Marching Song of a Roman Legion of the Later Empire When I left Rome for Lalage's sake, By the Legions' Road to Rimini, She vowed her heart was mine to take With me and my shield to Rimini-- (Till the Eagles flew from Rimini--) And I've tramped ..."></div> </div> </div>

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