Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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—As headlong Rivers flow,
Swoln big with falling Show'rs, or melting Snow:
And Shrubs and Trees o'erturn, and mighty Beams,
And whirl their conquer'd Prey in rapid Streams.
No Bridge can check, no Force the Flood controul,
It grows more wild, and fierce, and beats the Mole:
Ruin and Noise attend where-e'er it flows,
It rolls great Stones, and breaks what dares oppose.—
Swoln big with falling Show'rs, or melting Snow:
And Shrubs and Trees o'erturn, and mighty Beams,
And whirl their conquer'd Prey in rapid Streams.
No Bridge can check, no Force the Flood controul,
It grows more wild, and fierce, and beats the Mole:
Ruin and Noise attend where-e'er it flows,
It rolls great Stones, and breaks what dares oppose.—
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