The Second Punick War Between Hannibal, and the Romanes The whole Seventeen Books, Englished from the Latine of Silius Italicus: with A Continuation from the Triumph of Scipio, To the Death of Hannibal. By Tho: Ross |
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Martial. ad Silium; Lib. 4. Epigr. 14.
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Martial. ad Silium; Lib. 4. Epigr. 14.
Sili, Castalidum Decus, &c.
Silius, who art the Muses Fame,
Who the fierce perjur'd Africk's Name,
And crafty Hannibal's (Rome's Foes)
Mak'st yield to th'greater Scipio's,
With thy commanding, pow'rful Stile,
Thy severe Looks lay'd by a while,
Whilst loose December now abounds
With cogging Dice, and Boxes sounds,
And wanton Lots fly round the Board,
Thou to my Lines some Time afford.
But (pray) thy smooth, not knitted Brow,
To this my looser Mirth, allow.
So soft Catullus Sparrow might,
Appear in our great Virgil's sight.
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