XLIV.

Wandering in youth, I traced the path of him, The Roman friend of Rome's least-mortal mind,[422] The friend of Tully: as my bark did skim The bright blue waters with a fanning wind, Came Megara before me, and behind Ægina lay--Piræus on the right, And Corinth on the left; I lay reclined Along the prow, and saw all these unite In ruin--even as he had seen the desolate sight;