o patria, o Fidei domus inclita, quo tua nunc sunt fata loco? sacraene manent in collibus arces? an cinis, heu superi! tanto de nomine restat? ferte leves auras flatusque ciete secundos, si nondum insultat templorum Poenicus ignis culminibus, Latiaeque valent succurrere classes.
Alas for our country, the famous home of Loyalty! how do thy fortunes now stand? is thy sacred citadel still erect upon the hills? Or'alas, ye gods!'are ashes all that remain of so mighty a name? Grant us light airs, and send forth favouring breezes, if the Carthaginian fire is not yet triumphant over the tops of our temples, and if the Roman fleets have power to help us.
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