Here you will find the Poem Cicero of poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
The Roman orator spoke out 'midst civil war and strife: 'Too long I slumbered, and Rome's night Has overtaken me upon my journey!' True! But in parting with Rom's glory From the Capitoline heights You watched in all its grandeur The setting of her bloody sun! . . . Blessed are they who sojourned here In this world's fateful hours- For they were summoned by the angels As guests to a great feast; They witnessed spectacles majestic, Were brought into the inner circle, And, while there, drank immortal life From heav'n's own chalice!
