_Vidit urbem, et flevit super eam._ Luc. xix. 41, 42.
Ergo meas spernis lacrymas, urbs perfida? Sperne.
Sperne meas, quas o sic facis esse tuas.
Tempus erit, lacrymas poterit cum lacryma demum
Nostra, nec immerito, spernere spreta tuas.
_He saw the city, and wept over it._
Why scornest thou My tears, deceitful city?
Scorn, scorn My tears, and thus thou mak'st them thine.
The time will come when thou shalt seek My pity;
But I shall scorn thy tears, as thou scorn'st Mine. G.