La Jeune Martyre

我還有意識嗎？

深藍的冰冷感滲進，一發不可收拾。

雙手乏力地交叠，提醒我死亡的莊嚴。

誰在輕托我的肩，好讓我感受失落的恬靜？

遠方的目光普照著，施捨我零星的救贖。

是勝行的戰士？還是偽善的諸神？

遠方的咆吼壯闊悠遠，卻似空洞的呢喃。

是殘暴的劊子手？還是狂妄的瘋子？

我樂於長眠於這樣的不安。

La Jeune Martyre - 年輕的烈士, 1855

by Paul Delaroche (1797-1856)

placed in Louvre

From source: "La Jeune Martyre" is Delaroche's depiction of Rhea Silvia's attempted murder by Amulius. If you look to the background in the original painting, you can see the figure of an angry male figure looking down upon the woman in the Tiber. In the legend, Rhea is ultimately saved by Tiberius the river god and they were married. Tiberius gave Romulus and Remus, Rhea's twin sons by Mars, God of War to a she wolf to raise and Romulus later killed Remus and claimed "Rome" his own.