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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City Founded.
—Amaz'd
Æneas stands
To see an ample City, where before
Low Cottages appear'd: and wondring views
The Gates, the Streets, and Hurry of the Place.
The Tyrians urge their Work: some raise the Walls,
Roll pondrous Stones, and form the Citadel:
Some mark out Ground for Houses with the Plough:
Laws, Judges, and an aweful Senate chuse.
Others dig Ports: some deep Foundations lay
For Theaters, and Pillars hew from Rocks,
The stately Ornaments of future Scenes.—
To see an ample City, where before
Low Cottages appear'd: and wondring views
The Gates, the Streets, and Hurry of the Place.
The Tyrians urge their Work: some raise the Walls,
Roll pondrous Stones, and form the Citadel:
Some mark out Ground for Houses with the Plough:
Laws, Judges, and an aweful Senate chuse.
Others dig Ports: some deep Foundations lay
For Theaters, and Pillars hew from Rocks,
The stately Ornaments of future Scenes.—
—Here the
Tyrian Queen
To Juno built a stately Temple, rich
With Gifts, and by the present Goddess blest.
To which on Steps the brazen Thresholds rose:
The Beams were bound with Brass: the Brazen Doors
Jarr'd on their Hinges.—
To Juno built a stately Temple, rich
With Gifts, and by the present Goddess blest.
To which on Steps the brazen Thresholds rose:
The Beams were bound with Brass: the Brazen Doors
Jarr'd on their Hinges.—
—Himself describes the Walls
With a low Trench: the first Foundation lays:
And, like a Fort, his City on the Shore
With Banks and Battlements incloses round.—
With a low Trench: the first Foundation lays:
And, like a Fort, his City on the Shore
With Banks and Battlements incloses round.—
—With eager Haste
I lay Foundations of the long'd for Town,
Call it Pergamea, and exhort our Friends,
Pleas'd with their Colony's new Name, to love
Their Homes, and rear a Fortress for Defence.
Scarce did our Vessels, drawn within the Port,
Rest on dry Land: the Youth to nuptial Rites
Themselves apply'd, and till'd the new-found Soil:
Laws I assign'd them, and their fix'd Abodes.—
I lay Foundations of the long'd for Town,
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Pleas'd with their Colony's new Name, to love
Their Homes, and rear a Fortress for Defence.
Scarce did our Vessels, drawn within the Port,
Rest on dry Land: the Youth to nuptial Rites
Themselves apply'd, and till'd the new-found Soil:
Laws I assign'd them, and their fix'd Abodes.—
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