Hic iuvenis, maestos tollens ad sidera vultus, cum gemitu lacrimisque simul: si culmina nondum Tarpeia exosus damnasti sceptra Quirini, extremas Italum res Ausoniamque ruentem aspice, ait, genitor; tandemque adverte procellis aequos Iliacis oculos.
Now Serranus, raising his sorrowful eyes to heaven, cried out amid groans and tears: O Father,a if thou hast not yet condemned the realm of Quirinus,b and dost not hate the Tarpeian citadel, then look down on the desperate plight of Italy and the ruin of Rome; turn at last a merciful eye upon our troubles.
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