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In descriptive pieces like "Keramos" and "The Hanging of the Crane," in such personal and occasional verses as "The Herons of Elmwood," "The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz," and the noble "Morituri Salutamus" written for his classmates in 1875, he exhibits his tenderness of affection and all the ripeness of his technical skill.
In fact, the Emperor's singular absence of mind gave rise to endless anecdotes. Among other things, when some condemned criminals were to fight as gladiators, and addressed him before the games in the sublime formula "Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutamus!"
Got you out of an orphanage, didn't they, or something like that? If I remember rightly, your name was Hall or Hale " "It was Hallett Peter Hallett." "Hallett, was it? Well, it will do no harm for a young Cæsar of finance like you to see what you may come to if you're not careful. Morituri te salutamus, as the gladiators used to say.
The following note gives a hint of his natural gayety, and details one of the many excuses by which he always declined to speak in public; the one memorable exception being that beautiful occasion at Bowdoin, when he returned in age to the scenes of his youth and read to the crowd assembled there to do him reverence his poem entitled "Morituri Salutamus."
I was invited to deliver an essay on "The Pleasures of Age," before the suffrage association in New York city. It took me a week to think them up, but with the inspiration of Longfellow's "Morituri Salutamus," I was almost converted to the idea that "we old folks" had the best of it. The day was ushered in with telegrams, letters, and express packages, which continued to arrive during the week.
Daney saw by his face instantly that old Hector knew. The general manager rose at his desk and bowed with great dignity. "Moritori salutamus, sir," he announced gravely. "What the devil are you talking about, Daney?" The Laird demanded irritably. "That's what the gladiators used to say to the Roman populace. It means, I believe, 'We who are about to die, salute you. Here is my resignation, Mr.
"Or, perhaps, the pressing cares of family life ended, the woman may awake to some slumbering genius in herself for art, science, or literature, with which to gild the sunset of her life. Longfellow's beautiful poem, 'Morituri Salutamus, written for a similar occasion to this, is full of hope and promise for all of us.
"Morituri salutamus we who are about to lose our babies and die wish you happiness with yours, is the free translation. Hold on to yours. He is a dear, I know. He may be as dear as mine, but he hasn't twelve toes!" "Mercy gracious!" It was the two days later and it was Evangeline. The child's radiant face lighted up the room. "He let me come!
Morituri Salutamus. By slow degrees their sobs exhausted themselves. Pamela leant her head against Duke and shut her eyes. "I am so tired, bruvver," she said. "If us could only get some quiet place out of the sun I would like to lie down and go to sleep. Wouldn't you, bruvver?" "I don't know," said Duke.
Republican simplicity need not fear comparison with any royal pageant when the President was received at the Metropolitan, and, in a scene of beauty and opulence that might be the flowering of a thousand years instead of a century, stood upon the steps of the "dais" to greet the devoted Centennial Quadrille, which passed before him with the courageous five, 'Imperator, morituri te salutamus'. We had done it we, the people; that was our royalty.
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