Poems on Various Subjects with some Essays in Prose, Letters to Correspondents, &c. and A Treatise on Health. By Samuel Bowden |
Epig. 6. On the Combat of a Woman with a Lion, in the Amphitheatre. |
Poems on Various Subjects | ||
78
Epig. 6. On the Combat of a Woman with a Lion, in the Amphitheatre.
Not Mars alone, great Cæsar fights for you,In armor fierce, but Venus triumphs too.
In Nemæa's vale, let antient records tell,
How the dread lion by Alcides fell;
Your nobler shows eclipse the hero's fame,
For lo! a female arm performs the same.
Poems on Various Subjects | ||