The Caldron . Is made to seem irrational now disseat the past in it not militate against a futureWhich seems to promise much, to hold much moreOf joy. Carthage is thine; my servicesI place at your disposal; jointly weShall rule these peoples. Thus will ter-minateThe workings of an awful : I may not! That same dispositionRemains impregnable to mortal wish;And I would vainly importune the skiesWith pleas of : Forget your Latium; here is life human glories wax and wane;Preferment proves but idle gain;Wealth, concord, freedom—a

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The Caldron . Is made to seem irrational now disseat the past in it not militate against a futureWhich seems to promise much, to hold much moreOf joy. Carthage is thine; my servicesI place at your disposal; jointly weShall rule these peoples. Thus will ter-minateThe workings of an awful : I may not! That same dispositionRemains impregnable to mortal wish;And I would vainly importune the skiesWith pleas of : Forget your Latium; here is life human glories wax and wane;Preferment proves but idle gain;Wealth, concord, freedom—all are vain,-Since war, the procreant, assailsThe progeny; and, too, entailsOn beneficiaries villages sustainWith checkered fortune their defense,Til fear to fury doth the mind is begot in violence,And lived in strict incarcerationSince the joys of home and nation(Apt signs of mortal liberty)Are minimized to you betake yourself and your do-rriinions Page Seventeen. 7/^ Tlie 1918 V ^^— CALDRON

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