IV.
Antithesis, to the conclusion of Sannazarius
his Epigram on the City of Venice, which when he has compared to Rome, he saies
Illam homines, dices, hanc posuisse Deos,
Those men you'l say,
These stones the Gods did lay.
In silence be the worlds Seven wonders lost,
Thy stately Hills Proud Rome, no longer boast.
See here! men dwell with Fish! a City stands
I'th' water! and the God thereof commands!
Neptunes great Realm's invaded thus, and tam'd!
Not Men (you say) but Gods, this Wonder fram'd,
That makes the wonder lesse; tis Venice's praise
That mortall Men, not Gods such Piles could raise.
