Sol 5.6

  1. Do not be troubled; it is only that my exile has grown long.

    Some people fail to understand: exile is no cause for shame.

  2. And bear patiently with time a while, for I

    hope that this cloud will pass away.

  3. We are the soldiers of right; however badly we are routed

    before its enemies, right remains right.

  4. And the vicissitudes of time are ever-changing:

    one faction’s triumph wounds other factions.

  5. Tyranny has so corrupted people’s souls that

    were they to see a just man, they would mistrust him.

  6. They have been starved, so some devour others;

    some of them are sheep, and some are wolves.

Sol 5.6