Pagina:Poesie inedite di Silvio Pellico I.djvu/99


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                                   Qual possa di braccio
                                        Avria soffermato
                                        Chi tanto al suo ferro
                                        Già avea soggiogato?
                                        Qual gente dal Tevere
                                        435Incontro gli vien?
                                             Un duce canuto,
                                        Magnanimo, forte,
                                        Non forte di schiere
                                        Datrici di morte;
                                        La sola sua fede
                                        441Il guida, il sostien.
                                  
                                   Quel duce vestiva
                                        D’Apostolo il manto;
                                        Portava in sue mani
                                        Il Re sempre Santo;
                                        E folto seguialo
                                        447Pregante drappel.
                                             Ed Attila, fero
                                        Flagello di Dio,
                                        Innanzi agl’inermi
                                        Tremò, impallidìo,
                                        E disse: « Non voglio
                                        453» Pugnar contro il Ciel! »